Department of History

Historian Margaret O'Mara argues the company needs to shake its suburban mindset and become much more broadly civically engaged.

UW senior Racquel West has always loved museums. Now she spends nearly every day in one.  

“Mostly my summer has been devoted to monsters—dragons, revenants, werewolves, that sort of thing,” says Urbanski, a senior lecturer in the UW Department of History.

Her sweeping new book about the history of Silicon Valley has University of Washington history professor Margaret O’Mara on a busy national book tour this summer.

Faculty members in Social Sciences and Humanities are recognized for their recently published books. 

Margaret O’Mara, Professor of History at the UW discusses her book "The Code" about the history of Silicon Valley and its complex relationship with Washington DC.

NYT op-ed by UW Department of History Professor, Margaret O'mara.

"There's a lot these companies should have reckoned with earlier," argues History professor Margaret O'Mara.

Seen through the eyes of Charity Urbanski, senior lecturer in history, the women of medieval Europe have a lot to teach today’s students.

Naar and others trace their hidden Sephardic Jewish roots in a new documentary showing at the Seattle Jewish Film Festival.

Professor Margaret O'Mara, who researches the history of tech companies, weighs in on Amazon's reaction to conflicts.

UW faculty members Christopher Parker and Margaret O'Mara weigh in on the 2020 presidential election. 

Margaret O’Mara, a UW history professor who has studied presidential campaigns, weighs in on Inslee’s chances of becoming president.

Learn more about how the UW's Sephardic Studies Program and the department of linguistics are collaborating to keep Ladino alive. 

Analysis from Professor Laurie Marhoefer of the UW Department of History.