Michelle Tusan (History) started her two-year term as president of the North American Conference on British Studies.

Michael J. Alarid (History) was invited to visit the University of Alabama History Department and hosted a graduate student luncheon, where he talked about his research and gave remarks about the challenges that graduate students face in the evolving academic profession. Alarid's visit was made possible by the generosity of the Helen Delpar…

Paige Figanbaum (History) wrote through the National Council on Public History a History@Work piece that speaks to the 2023 Home + History events hosted by the Nevada Preservation Foundation (NPF) to help provide a fuller portrait of Las Vegas's past by promoting sustainable building practices through adaptive reuse in the city's historic…

Kristen Phipps (History) recently presented at the Western History Association’s annual conference. The panel “Remembering the Civil War in the American West” explored the ways the Civil War is remembered and forgotten in the West. 

Michelle Tusan's (History) "The Concentration Camp as Site of Refuge: The Rise of the Refugee Camp and the Great War in the Middle East", published in the Journal of Modern History, won the DeBenedetti Award for Outstanding Article in Peace History.

University of New Mexico Press announced that they will release a second edition of Michael J. Alarid’s (History) book, Hispano Bastion: New Mexican Power in the Age of Manifest Destiny, 1837-1860. The hardcover version of Hispano Bastion was initially published in December 2022. This second edition will be printed in paperback, and is scheduled…

Noria Litaker (History) published Bedazzled Saints: Catacomb Relics in Early Modern Bavaria in the University of Virginia Press's Studies in Early Modern Germany series. The book chronicles the transfer, distribution, and display of nearly four hundred "holy bodies" of ancient Christian martyrs, some of the church’s most prestigious relics, sent…

On Sept. 27, Susan Lee Johnson (History) shared a Denver stage with librarian and genealogist Charlene Garcia Simms to discuss the life of nuevomexicana Josefa Jaramillo as part of History Colorado's "Bold Women. Change History." lecture series.

Teddy Uldricks (History) recently published a book, The Second World War: A Global History (Rowman & Littlefield, 2023). This work examines the military, diplomatic, domestic political, economic, social, and environmental aspects of World War II. The book recounts the actions of political leaders and generals as well as the…

John Haberstroh (History) led a round-table discussion on "Chatting about ChatGPT: Wisdom, Worries, and Warnings," which covered pedagogical strategies for Artificial Intelligence (AI) at the Pacific Coast Branch of the American Historical Association's annual meeting at CSU Northridge on Aug. 11, 2023. This discussion sought to clarify the…

John Haberstroh (History) presented at the "AI x Education" Online Conference on Saturday, August 5, 2023. On the panel "Higher Ed: Redefining Education in the AI Era," John discussed the opportunity for college instructors to implement "AI Non-use" and "AI Limited-use" pledges. This strategy is based on mutual trust and allows instructors to…

Professor John Curry (History) has been elected as treasurer of the American Research Institute in Turkey (ARIT), and will serve a three-year term as part of the organization's Board of Directors. He will oversee the management of an endowment of over $2 million in funds that are used to support research in archaeological, historical, and…