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Knowledge of the Human Past and Experience

Providing a historically informed perspective on the contemporary world and the challenges that it faces.

The History Department provides students with a broad knowledge of the human past and experience...

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What's Happening

UNLV Receives $1 Million Gift to Create Endowed Chair in History
Len Dessup shakes hands with Jon Huntsman, Sr. with Sen. Harry Reid watching on
Jun. 26, 2017

Jon Huntsman Sr. gift honors Sen. Harry Reid and will help position UNLV history department as leader in study of the Intermountain West.
The Memory Keeper
Claytee White, Director, Oral History Research Center at the Historic Westside School
Jun. 14, 2017

Oral historian Claytee White has spent a career recording Las Vegans’ personal histories. Now she speaks about her own remarkable roots.
Three UNLV Students Win Fulbright Scholarship
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Jun. 1, 2017

Three UNLV students win coveted nationally competitive grants to study, research, and teach abroad.
Atomic Testing, One Panel at a Time
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Nov. 16, 2016

UNLV professor Andy Kirk's "Doom Towns" takes a ground-level view of ground zero, and presents it in the form of graphic novel about Las Vegas' position in the atomic firmament.

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