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Professor Aditya Ramesh

Getting to Know Aditya Ramesh, Professor of South Asia and Environmental History

(May 15, 2024)

Mark Letteney

Meet Mark Letteney, Professor of the Ancient World

(January 23, 2024)

John Findlay

From Side Job to Career: How One Professor Found His Passion

(November 14, 2023)

2022 History Department award winners

History Salutes the 2022 Department Award Winners

(May 27, 2022)

Image from the exhibit "Vessels of Genealogies” by Firelei Baez

Explore Your World - Check out these Autumn 2022 courses

(May 26, 2022)

History undergrad Melinda Whalen wins prestigious Beinecke Scholarship

(April 5, 2022)

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Department of History and UW Continuum College Team Up for Distance Learning Innovation

(November 22, 2021)

"The Church of Techno-Optimism" by artist Michael DeForge

Cool History Courses in Winter 2022

(November 4, 2021)

Prof. Bianca Dang

Introducing Professor Bianca Dang

(August 23, 2021)

History undergrad Melinda Whalen carries off FLAS to study Russian

(May 25, 2021)

History grad students share insights on World History pedagogy at community colleges

(May 25, 2021)

actors and artists performing world war soldiers riding London subway

Cool history courses forthcoming Autumn 2021

(May 22, 2021)

an image of a war scence with the course title "Digital World Wars"

Teaching digital history on the two World Wars

(November 24, 2020)

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History: a source of inspiration for navigating 2020

(November 20, 2020)

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History faculty debut brand new courses in Winter 2021

(November 2, 2020)

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History classes among "Cool Courses for Winter 2021"

(November 2, 2020)

This is an image of the online class "2020: The Course"

Professor Margaret O'Mara featured in UW's new online class "2020: The Course"

(November 2, 2020)

Lithograph depicting an allegorical female figure assisting plague victims

“We Can’t Not Talk about It”: History Instructors Teach the Virus

(May 18, 2020)

Poster for the Horn of Africa Initiative

History Students and Faculty Team Up with Local Communities for the Horn of Africa Initiative

(November 18, 2019)

Children playing an Atari videogame in a 1970s advertisement

Undergraduates: Parse Fact from Fiction in History Courses this Winter

(November 15, 2019)

Portrait photo of Philip Deloria

Growing Our History Community: Graduate Students Speak with Visiting Scholars

(November 15, 2019)

Summer Study

Teaching Outside the Book in the Department of History: A Trio of Classes Emphasizing Nontraditional Media, Coming This Summer

(April 18, 2019)

UWcourses

A Deep Dive into History’s Spring Quarter Course Catalog

(February 14, 2019)

Winter books

Winter is Here. Where Will it Take You? Exciting Courses on Offer Next Quarter.

(November 20, 2018)

Department of History Chair, Professor Anand Yang

Spring Message from Anand Yang, Chair, Department of History

(April 6, 2018)

HSTAA 345 - US Political and Economic History 1920 - Present

Historicizing Our Own Political and Economic Worlds: HSTAA 345 US Political and Economic History 1920-Present

(March 12, 2018)

HLS 2018

The Power of Protest? The 2018 History Lecture Series in Retrospect.

(February 8, 2018)

Newton surrounded by his discoveries.

Course Spotlight: HSTCMP 313 Science in Civilization: Physics and Astrophysics Since 1850

(October 16, 2017)

Undergraduate student Kathe Tallmadge presents her research on Ancient Rome

Transfer Students Find Home in Department of History

(June 7, 2017)

Michael Kendrick

Alumni Q&A: Michael Kendrick

(February 15, 2017)

Professor Phillip Thurtle

Historian Phillip Thurtle on Why We Don't Have Wings

(November 17, 2016)

Professor John Toews teaching

Professor John Toews Retires

(May 11, 2016)

Glenna Roderick receiving the Pressly Prize for Excellence in Secondary Education

The Department Recognizes Glenna Roderick for Excellence in Secondary Education

(October 12, 2015)

Professor James Gregory

James Gregory wins Barclay Simpson Prize

(April 26, 2015)

Boycott German Goods poster

New Course: The Holocaust and American Life

(March 19, 2015)

Organizers Stephanie Smallwood (right) and Ralina Joseph

History in Action: Department Supports Ferguson Teach-In

(February 10, 2015)

Hanford B Reactor, 1940s

UW History Professors facilitate NEH workshops, Atomic West, Atomic World

(September 13, 2014)

Chinese exclusion cartoon

New Course on American Citizenship Examines the Narrative of "Equal Rights for All" in U.S. History

(August 5, 2014)

Professor Susan Glenn

Prof. Susan Glenn Explores the Boundaries of Jewish Identity

(April 3, 2014)

Professor Devin Naar

Reviving the Language and Culture of Sephardic Jews

(March 10, 2014)

Vicente Rafael being interviewed

Translation: An Interview with Vicente Rafael

(January 6, 2014)

Ileana and Richard

Becoming an Historian

(July 7, 2013)