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Department of History

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  • Many College alumni in Seattle City Council race

    Crosscut offers a guide to all 47 contenders for the seven district positions and two at-large seats on Seattle's City Council.
    07/17/2015 | Crosscut
  • In 1915, as war raged in Europe, the Liberty Bell came to Everett

    The Liberty Bell no longer rang and it was late, but 100 years ago this month the bronze symbol of American freedom rolled into Everett on a train.
    07/04/2015 | Everett Herald
  • Corporate America beat back its best job trainers, and now it’s paying a price

    Companies say they can't find skilled workers. Turns out unions are pretty good at providing them. History professor Dan Jacoby is quoted.
    06/30/2015 | The Washington Post
  • ‘The Shape of the New': Two UW profs, four ‘big ideas’ in new book

    The concepts of freedom, equality, evolution and democracy lie at the heart of “The Shape of the New: Four Big Ideas and How they Changed the World.”
    06/30/2015 | UW Today
  • Is Seattle the epicenter of capitalism and anti-capitalist protest?

    Seattle is known as home to some of the world’s most successful corporations, but also to some of the most vigorous anti-capitalist protests. UW history professor Margaret O'Mara is quoted.
    06/08/2015 | KUOW
  • History professor Elena Campbell publishes book on Russia and the ‘Muslim question’

    Elena I. Campbell, a University of Washington associate professor of history, has published her first book, which studies Russia’s policies toward Muslims in the 19th and 20th centuries.
    05/29/2015
  • The Makah whale hunt seen through the lens of history

    Joshua Reid talks about his new book, "My Country is the Sea: The Maritime World of the Makahs." Reid arrives in the fall to be a UW associate professor of history and American Indian Studies.
    05/20/2015 | KUOW
  • Ivan Doig, history alum who chronicled the American West, dies

    Ivan Doig, a history department alumnus whose books set in his native Montana made him one of the most respected writers of the American West, has died. He was 75.
    04/10/2015 | Seattle PI
  • A Talent for Teaching

    To acknowledge the passing of beloved history professor Jon Bridgman (1930-2015), the College shares a 2001 profile in which he discusses his teaching, his colleagues, and more.

    April 2015 Perspectives
  • After Kleiner trial, expect less shooting from the hip in Silicon Valley

    Details that came out during the trial may upend perhaps the most celebrated aspect of venture capitalism: investing on instinct. Margaret O'Mara, an associate professor of history is quoted.
    The New York Times
  • Labor Archives of Washington kicks off minimum-wage history project April 11

    The Labor Archives of Washington is creating an online resource called the Minimum Wage History Project to document the 2013-2014 campaign that succeeded in mandating a $15 minimum hourly wage.
    UW Today
  • Medieval Scheming and Sabotage in Smith Hall

    In a new medieval history course, role playing is serious business as students learn about the past by living it.

    March 2015 Perspectives
  • From Middle East Tours to Medical Missions

    Rita Zawaideh ('75), owner of a successful tour company, uses her talents and connections to organize medical missions in the Middle East.

    January 2015 Perspectives
  • The coming of the Great War, set to music

    KUOW's Speakers Forum provides audio from the debut event to open the series "Music from the War to End All Wars," planned by Robin McCabe, professor of piano. A talk by Robert Stacey, dean of arts and sciences, is featured.
    KUOW
  • Political tremors and terror in Mexico lead to missing students

    In an op-ed piece, Carlos Gil, professor emeritus of history, looks at the "political tremors shaking" Mexico.
    Seattle Times

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