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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)
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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)
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Ileana Rodríguez-Silva and Laurie Sears co-edited a special issue of Positions: Asia Critique
(March 19, 2021)