Research

an image illustrating the Racial Restrictive Covenants Project led by Professor James Gregory
The Racial Restrictive Covenants Project featured in College of Arts & Science's Perspectives
December 16, 2021
image of the student journal_the Historical Review at UW
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
Suzzallo Library
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
Positions Cover Image
Ileana Rodríguez-Silva and Laurie Sears co-edited a special issue of Positions: Asia Critique
March 19, 2021
Behold! UW-authored books and music for the good Dawgs on your shopping list
December 14, 2020
profile image of Professor Alexandra "Sasha" Harmon
Professor Alexandra Harmon receives Robert G. Athearn book award
November 9, 2020
Left and right still talk in this district east of Seattle, but what does that mean when their candidate lands in D.C.?
October 30, 2020
LIN HONGXUAN TELLS AN UNTOLD HISTORY
October 30, 2020
Senate Republicans accuse tech CEOs of anti-conservative bias in hearing on ‘26 words that created the internet’
October 30, 2020
COVID-19. Social unrest. Election Day. Where does 2020 stack up against other chaotic times in U.S. history — and where do we go from here?
October 30, 2020
Project Ninos
Glennys Young appears in documentary on Cold War CIA interrogation program in Spain
October 16, 2020
Citizens of Scandal: Journalism, Secrecy, and the Politics of Reckoning in Mexico by Vanessa Freije
Professor Vanessa Freije Publishes Citizens of Scandal: Journalism, Secrecy, and the Politics of Reckoning in Mexico
October 15, 2020
UW secures competitive $1 million Luce Foundation grant to advance Southeast Asian research and community engagement
October 5, 2020
ArtSci Roundup: Velvet Sweatshops and Algorithmic Cruelty, Social Movements & Racial Justice, the Vice Presidential Debate Preview, and More
September 29, 2020
Cover image of Professor George K. Behlmer's book "Risky Shores: Savagery and Colonialism in the Western Pacific" published by Stanford University Press in 2018
Professor George Behlmer's award-winning book receives Featured Review in AHR
September 24, 2020
What Science and Technology Owe the National Defense
September 9, 2020
UW professors give insights on the past, present, and future of Ladino
August 11, 2020
Podcast | What regulation of Big Tech might look like
August 7, 2020
UW Libraries publishes new online research guides on racial justice, African American experience in Pacific Northwest
July 29, 2020
UW books in brief: Chinese funerary biographies, skin lighteners through history, NYC neighborhood gentrification study, Arthurian verse-novel in translation
April 29, 2020
There’s a complex history of skin lighteners in Africa and beyond
March 6, 2020
Jeff Bezos Commits $10 Billion to Address Climate Change
February 17, 2020
Faculty Friday: Patricia Ebrey
January 30, 2020
Book covers from left to right, Arbella Bet-Schlimon's City of Black Gold, Margaret O'Mara's The Code, and Alexandra Harmon's Reclaiming the Reservation.
History Faculty Hosts an Abundance of Book Launches
November 11, 2019
Racquel West
A Museum Mission
November 5, 2019
Dr. Michael Aguirre receives the Distinguished Dissertation in the Humanities & Fine Arts Award
August 7, 2019
Margaret O'Mara on MSNBC
'The Code' looks at big tech's role in remaking America
July 11, 2019
UW Books in Brief: US credit markets in history, ‘value sensitive’ design, the lasting effects of reproductive slavery, and more
July 11, 2019
Podcast | Biography of Silicon Valley
July 10, 2019
Madison Heslop
Exploring the Archives to Uncover New Pacific Northwest Histories
April 18, 2019
Amazon’s Hard Bargain Extends Far Beyond New York
March 5, 2019
Do you speak Ladino? Meet the folks trying to save a dying language
February 26, 2019
The Freddie Mercury story that goes untold in 'Bohemian Rhapsody'
February 26, 2019
Faculty Friday: Adam Warren
February 7, 2019
UW to mark centennial of 1919 Seattle General Strike
February 1, 2019
Silicon Valley can't escape the business of war
October 29, 2018
Professor George Behlmer
Race, empire, agency explored in UW history professor’s book ‘Risky Shores: Savagery and Colonialism in the Western Pacific’
October 10, 2018
UW historian Margaret O'Mara discusses famous 1968 computer mouse 'demo' – and the start of Silicon Valley – for new podcast by The Conversation
September 20, 2018
Working class heroes: A look inside the Labor Archives of Washington
August 31, 2018
The History Honors students present their research.
Encouraging the Historians of the Future
April 6, 2018
Department of History, Doctoral Candidate Michael Aguirre
Graduate Students Working Towards a More Democratic Society  
March 6, 2018
Department Gradaute Students Awarded With Prestigious Grants.
February 16, 2018
Ross Coen in the archive
When History Has More To Say
January 3, 2018
200 years later, Centralia celebrates its very own George Washington
August 15, 2017