Research

Ancient Mediterranean Incarceration
Deciphering Ancient Graffiti on the Remains of Prison Walls: Professor Letteney on his new book Ancient Mediterranean Incarceration 
January 30, 2026
Sudans cultural heritage becomes a casualty in its civil war
November 3, 2025
Analysis: When socialists win Democratic primaries: Will Zohran Mamdani be haunted by the Upton Sinclair effect?
July 29, 2025
Los Angeles' 1936 'bum blockade' targeted American migrants fleeing poverty and drought during the Great Depression
July 25, 2025
Seattles history was defined by the waterfront what about today?
July 14, 2025
ArtSci Roundup: June 2025
ArtSci People & Research in the Media: Spring Quarter Roundup
June 13, 2025
Cover of Transgender Tapestry magazine Issue 87, Summer 1999
UW History Undergrads Confront Ableism, Racism, and Transphobia Through Research
May 29, 2025
Tepoztlán Institute participants, 2024.
From Chance Encounter to Collaboration: UW Scholars and the Tepoztlán Institute
May 21, 2025
ArtSci Roundup: May 2025
ArtSci People & Research in the Media: Winter Quarter Roundup
May 21, 2025
Analysis: Sudans civil war: What military advances mean, and where the country could be heading next
March 25, 2025
ArtSci People & Research in the Media: Autumn Quarter Roundup
January 9, 2025
Analysis: Remembering the longest journey to Auschwitz — the deportation of Rhodes’ Jews decimated a small but vibrant community with centuries of Mediterranean history
August 6, 2024
Jess Cavalari petting a cat in Seville, Spain
Chasing the Mule Train: A Trip Through the Colonial Archives of Spain
May 28, 2024
Dubs giving a high-five
News Bits: Spring 2024
May 28, 2024
A ship at the center of the Gulf of Tonkin incident brings naval history to life in Bremerton
May 17, 2024
Yes, JK Rowling, the Nazis did persecute trans people
March 21, 2024
It seems like everyone you know is moving — they're not
February 12, 2024
Mark Letteney
Meet Mark Letteney, Professor of the Ancient World
January 23, 2024
Americans dislike tech billionaires, but still want to be like them
December 27, 2023
John Findlay
From Side Job to Career: How One Professor Found His Passion
November 14, 2023
UW Quad with Autumn Leaves
Faculty News Bits
November 6, 2023
conference attendees sit around a long table in discussion
Rethinking the Conference: Jews Amidst the Embers  
August 2, 2023
Redlining continues to reverberate in Seattle nearly a century later in pedestrian deaths
July 5, 2023
Analysis: Historians are learning more about how the Nazis targeted trans people
June 5, 2023
An ariel view of the University of Washington Quad during cherry blossom time looking out towards the downtown Seattle
The Wide World of History: Updates from the History Community
May 16, 2023
Who is Sam Altman? The man behind ChatGPT is about to have his moment on Capitol Hill
May 15, 2023
Urdu poetry text
Sharing the Beauty of Urdu Poetry 
May 15, 2023
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Get to Know: Melinda Whalen 
May 15, 2023
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A Conversation with Graduate Student Sierra Mondragón
May 15, 2023
History of deadly Japanese balloon bomb in World War II
May 4, 2023
Global shot of the Philippines
Dr. Vicente Rafael on the "Sovereign Trickster" Rodrigo Duterte and Politics in the Philippines
April 26, 2023
UW project identifies Pierce County racist housing covenants
February 9, 2023
UW project has uncovered thousands of racially discriminatory housing covenants in Washington state – and it’s not done yet
February 5, 2023
Q&A: UW historian explores how a Husky alum influenced postcolonial Sudan
January 31, 2023
Opinion: Christmas lights brought to you by a Jew from the Muslim world
December 20, 2022
The “Selling Sunset” Theory
December 20, 2022
This is what happens to Silicon Valley in a downturn
November 27, 2022
Opinion: Soccer leaders deserve blame for putting World Cup in Qatar
November 20, 2022
Opinion: Sam Bankman-Fried and our faith in the tech whiz kid
November 14, 2022
UW researchers find racist home covenants in Washington
November 14, 2022
With Musk at the helm, tweeting the boss may actually change Twitter
November 6, 2022
Who are Elon Musk's right-hand men at Twitter?
November 3, 2022
Why we should transfer ?land back? to Indigenous people
October 16, 2022
Analysis: Analyzing how 3 US presidents announced the deaths of terrorist leaders
August 4, 2022
The Return of the Marcoses
July 20, 2022
New faculty books: Threats to U.S. democracy, early history of gay rights, and more
July 11, 2022
After 27 years, Microsoft has retired Internet Explorer
June 15, 2022
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Celebrating Pride Month
May 31, 2022
2022 History Honors cohort
History Honors and a Focus on Local History
May 27, 2022
Professor Jordanna Bailkin
Professor Jordanna Bailkin receives Guggenheim Fellowship
April 20, 2022