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ArtSci People & Research in the Media: Autumn Quarter Roundup
January 9, 2025
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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
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News Bits: Spring 2024
May 28, 2024
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A ship at the center of the Gulf of Tonkin incident brings naval history to life in Bremerton
May 17, 2024
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Yes, JK Rowling, the Nazis did persecute trans people
March 21, 2024
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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
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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
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Faculty News Bits
November 6, 2023
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Rethinking the Conference: Jews Amidst the Embers  
August 2, 2023
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Redlining continues to reverberate in Seattle nearly a century later in pedestrian deaths
July 5, 2023
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Analysis: Historians are learning more about how the Nazis targeted trans people
June 5, 2023
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The Wide World of History: Updates from the History Community
May 16, 2023
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Who is Sam Altman? The man behind ChatGPT is about to have his moment on Capitol Hill
May 15, 2023
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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
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History of deadly Japanese balloon bomb in World War II
May 4, 2023
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Dr. Vicente Rafael on the "Sovereign Trickster" Rodrigo Duterte and Politics in the Philippines
April 26, 2023
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UW project identifies Pierce County racist housing covenants
February 9, 2023
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UW project has uncovered thousands of racially discriminatory housing covenants in Washington state – and it’s not done yet
February 5, 2023
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Q&A: UW historian explores how a Husky alum influenced postcolonial Sudan
January 31, 2023
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Opinion: Christmas lights brought to you by a Jew from the Muslim world
December 20, 2022
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The “Selling Sunset” Theory
December 20, 2022
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This is what happens to Silicon Valley in a downturn
November 27, 2022
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Opinion: Soccer leaders deserve blame for putting World Cup in Qatar
November 20, 2022
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Opinion: Sam Bankman-Fried and our faith in the tech whiz kid
November 14, 2022
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UW researchers find racist home covenants in Washington
November 14, 2022
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With Musk at the helm, tweeting the boss may actually change Twitter
November 6, 2022
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Who are Elon Musk's right-hand men at Twitter?
November 3, 2022
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Why we should transfer ?land back? to Indigenous people
October 16, 2022
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Analysis: Analyzing how 3 US presidents announced the deaths of terrorist leaders
August 4, 2022
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The Return of the Marcoses
July 20, 2022
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New faculty books: Threats to U.S. democracy, early history of gay rights, and more
July 11, 2022
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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
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The Racial Restrictive Covenants Project featured in College of Arts & Science's Perspectives
December 16, 2021
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Creating a Forum for Undergraduate Historians: The Historical Review at UW
November 4, 2021
book cover of Menace to Empire by Moon-Ho Jung
New book forthcoming: Menace to Empire by Professor Moon-Ho Jung
November 3, 2021
book cover of Women in the Sky by Hwasook Nam
Professor Hwasook Nam publishes new book Women in the Sky: Gender and Labor in the Making of Modern Korea
October 25, 2021
book cover of The Pope in Poland by James Felak
Professor James Felak publishes new book The Pope in Poland: The Pilgrimages of John Paul II, 1979-1991
October 20, 2021
Wendi Zhou
Undergraduate Wendi Zhou receives the 2021 Excellence in Scholarship Holocaust Paper Prize
July 15, 2021
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The Historical Review at UW Publishes First Volume of Undergraduate Student Research
June 23, 2021
Celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
May 14, 2021
When David and Emily Sibley bought their 1940s ranch-style home in Walla Walla in late 2018, they received a list of a dozen covenants as part of the title documents. (Courtesy of David and Emily Sibley)
Racist restrictions in old home deeds across Washington state will get expanded scrutiny
May 3, 2021
Reconstructed wall fragment from an Achaemenid palace at Susa, ca. 500 B.C., now housed at the Louvre.
Launching Ancient Iran: A Digital Platform
March 22, 2021