Department of History

Policymakers must not overlook the Kurdish troop takeover of Kirkuk in the Iraq unrest, writes assistant history professor Arbella Bet-Shlimon.

Seattlepi.com profiles the work of James Gregory, professor of history, and the Seattle Civil Rights & Labor History Project.

Stephanie Camp, University of Washington associate professor of history, will be remembered as a beloved mother and friend, and a leading feminist historian.

UW history professor Stephanie Camp passed away on April 2 due to cancer. She was 46.

An op-ed looks at the "bad history" of "The Grapes of Wrath." James Gregory, professor of history, is quoted.

KUOW talks with Margaret O'Mara, associate professor of history, about how Seattle's urban center focus might affect the University District.

Stephanie Camp, a noted feminist historian whose work has been widely praised, died April 2 at the age of 46. She will be profoundly missed.

Margaret O'Mara, an associate professor of history at the University of Washington, spends her days analyzing the ingredients that make up technology hubs like Seattle and San Francisco.

UW history professor William Rorabaugh says we still don't know if the the program has succeeded in enrolling enough young, healthy people.

The roots of some of today's most successful global health initiatives can be traced back to less-than-noble colonial ventures.

Nine wooden fishing vessels will parade from Fishermen's Terminal to South Lake Union Thursday, calling attention to an exhibit that will open Saturday at the Center for Wooden Boats. UW history students' research helped shape the exhibit.

Washington state has been lengths ahead of other states when it comes to worker pay, benefits, and workplace protections. James Gregory, professor of history, is quoted.

Patricia Ebrey, professor of history, is the author "Emperor Huizong," a new biography of a Chinese emperor who lived from 1082 to 1135 and ruled for 26 years during China's Song Dynasty.

UW professors turn their concern over Ferguson into a modern teach-in.

The campaign to raise Seattle's minimum wage to $15 fits in with Washington state's long history of labor movements, according to James N. Gregory, a history professor at the University of Washington