• Old photos of a man on a carriage being drawn by two horses.
  • A student reading a textbook.
  • Dr. William Bauer giving a lecture to a class.
  • A history class lecture in session.
  • A collection of old history books.

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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Academic Programs

Undergraduate Program
History students in class at their desks
Graduate Program
Graduate student outside of the entrance to the History department.
List of Degrees
Two students doing a research on their own.

What's Happening

UNLV Raises $2.2 Million to Fund Harry Reid Endowed Chair in History
Len Jessup, Harry Reid and Jon Huntsman Sr.
Nov. 15, 2017

Faculty hire, expected as early as Fall 2018, will further position UNLV history department as leader in the study of the Intermountain West.
A New Recipe for the Classroom Blends Teaching and Research
Nov. 9, 2017

A unique teaching model at UNLV engages students in the classroom and empowers them beyond it.
Remembrance and Healing in the Mexican Ofrenda
Mexican ofrenda altar
Oct. 31, 2017

Barrick Museum display for Dia de los Muertos welcomes additions through this week.
Grasping at the Past
illustration of Maude Frazier Hall and Hospitality Hall
Oct. 18, 2017

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

Announcements

In The News

Accomplishments

Experts

  • Deirdre Clemente
    Associate Director, Public History program
  • Jeff Schauer
    Assistant Professor of History
  • Mary-Ann Winkelmes
    Director of Instructional Development & Research; Associate Graduate Faculty, Department of History

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