Department of History

 A new $250,000 fellowship at the UW Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies has been named for labor leader Frank Jenkins

Professor Margaret O'Mara weighs in on the impact of Amazon on cities that bid to be the location of its HQ2.

Jere L. Bacharach Endowed Professor in International Studies Jordanna Bailkin on how mass movements of refugees have turned into mass detention in many liberal democracies.

 UW History Professor Margaret O'Mara is quoted in  this op-ed comparing the reputations of Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates.

UW history professor, Jordanna Bailkin, on how Britain's past refugee camps shed light on today's global refugee crisis.

Department of History Professor, Margaret O'Mara weighs in on a changing Seattle. 

Jan. 10 Trace the development of Gandhi's legacy through history to the present. With UW Department of History's Anand Yang.

Google will invest $1 billion over the next five years in organizations helping people adjust to the changing nature of work. Margaret O'Mara, a history professor at the UW, is quoted.

Laurie Marhoefer, a historian of Nazi Germany at the UW, gives commentary on the recent controversy over KUOW's interview with a Neo-nazi. 

The prestigious prize recognizes Taylor’s distinguished career and his commitment to researching, preserving, and promoting the history of African Americans in the PNW.

Amazon's announcement that it's searching for a second HQ is generating a backlash in Seattle and elsewhere. Margaret O'Mara, a UW associate professor of history, is quoted. 

Quintard Taylor, professor emeritus of history, on Centralia's founding father and his unique place in history.

We've been through this drill before–for at least three decades during the Cold War years. John Findlay, professor of history at UW, is quoted.

The alt-right has an unlikely new martyr in the culture wars: A Harvard-educated engineer in the heart of Silicon Valley. Margaret O'Mara, a history professor at the UW, is quoted. 

The true cultural tipping point in the run-up to the American Revolution might not have been the Boston Tea Party, but Congress' decision to close the theaters in British America.