Department of History

Coming changes should be quite different than South Lake Union precisely because of the collaborative, community-centered work done over the past four years.

Why are investors backing firms whose tech prowess amounts to little more than a website and social media team? Margaret O'Mara, associate professor of history, is quoted. 

The Pacific Northwest is at the epicenter of a push to improve global health. Margaret O’Mara, associate professor of history at the UW, is quoted. 

History professor James Gregory said few people are surprised that Sanders is fairing well in Seattle because the city recently elected a much more radical socialist. 
 

The number of Wikipedia entries on female scientists is staggeringly low, but that might be changing. Margaret O'Mara, professor of history at the UW, is quoted. 

From 1901-1920 the Socialist Party of America was a force in U.S. politics. Rebecca Flores and Arianne Hermida, undergraduates and research associates on a history project at the UW, are mentioned.

Seattle ranks No. 1 among the 50 biggest U.S. cities for per-capita contributions to Bernie Sanders. James Gregory, professor of history at the UW, is quoted. 

BlackPast.org, the online reference guide to African-American history started by University of Washington history professor Quintard Taylor, is getting an executive director and a website redesign.

The Whole U profiles Madeleine Yue Dong, chair of the Jackson School's China Studies Program. She talks about reconciling the many facets of modern China. 

UW historian Margaret O'Mara talks about how Bernie Sanders reminds her of Henry Wallace who lost to Harry Truman  in the 1948 Democratic primary. 

College education in American prisons is starting to grow again. Katja Schatte, a graduate student at the UW who teaches world history at Monroe Correctional Complex, is quoted. 

When Professor Quintard Taylor got an email from New Zealand, he realized he was onto something big.

According to history professor John Findlay, Seattle's 1962 World's Fair promoted the city as a haven for engineers and techies with middle-brow culture for middle-class fairgoers.

"History, geography and education all played a role in the prosperity we like to brag about," writes Ron Judd. John Findlay, professor of history is quoted.

Pioneer, adventurist, and 'Renaissance man' Doug Walker remembered