Department of Comparative History of Ideas

When an assistant racehorse trainer and mother of three returned to school, she discovered a passion for research.

The UW is ramping up Indigenous learning across campus. 

Matthew Moore (2008), a game designer at Disney Interactive, says studying the humanities has made him a better designer.

Texts and Teachers bridges the gap between high school and college through parallel courses and campus visits.

DXARTS graduate student Joel Ong from the University of Washington discusses his art and the broader implications of bio art on science, art, and society.

When she first heard about Bitcoin, Jinyoung Lee Englund ('06) was puzzled. Now she's a spokesperson for the Bitcoin Foundation.

For students on a CHID program in Europe, visits with the Roma community (commonly known as Gypsies) challenged persistent stereotypes.

For Mimi Cagaitan (BA, English, Comparative History of Ideas), an unusual family history was the motivation for her research and a class she led about international marriage migration—the so-called "mail-order bride" industry.

Through a three-quarter program in Northern Ireland, South Africa, and Cyprus, UW students explored the causes of conflict.