News: Department of History

desert mountain landscape
Research |

51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ history professor Michael Green on why the state became a magnet for federal projects.

Len Jessup, Harry Reid and Jon Huntsman Sr.
Campus News |

Faculty hire, expected as early as Fall 2018, will further position 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ history department as leader in the study of the Intermountain West.

Student giving a presentation
Research |

A unique teaching model at 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ engages students in the classroom and empowers them beyond it.

Mexican ofrenda altar
Arts and Culture |

Barrick Museum display for Dia de los Muertos welcomes additions through this week.

illustration of Maude Frazier Hall and Hospitality Hall
51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ History |

It wasn't a popular decision to tear down Maude Frazier Hall, but the demolition had a silver lining for preservationists.

aerial shot of the university in 1960
51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ History |

As both a graduate and a history professor, Michael Green has watched 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ’s growth with some awe. It’s future, he says, will be all the more astonishing.

Cover of The Aztecs at Indepencence
Research |

New book on 19th century Mexican community proves a written tradition, previously assumed to have ended around the battle for independence, continued beyond.

two women looking at art exhibit
Arts and Culture |

History professor finds the humanity in a Barrick Museum exhibit meditating on the minutiae of atomic testing history.

A speaker on stage
Campus News |

The featured speakers from 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Creates share their wishes for this fall's incoming students.

Len Dessup shakes hands with Jon Huntsman, Sr. with Sen. Harry Reid watching on
Campus News |

Jon Huntsman Sr. gift honors Sen. Harry Reid and will help position 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ history department as leader in study of the Intermountain West.

Claytee White, Director, Oral History Research Center at the Historic Westside School
People |

Oral historian Claytee White has spent a career recording Las Vegans’ personal histories. Now she speaks about her own remarkable roots.

President Len Jessup speaks next to Hannah Kelley
Campus News |

Three 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ students win coveted nationally competitive grants to study, research, and teach abroad.