Petroglyph engravings in the side of a rock formation in the desert.

Department of History News

The Department of History offers a curriculum that embraces the panorama of the past while also helping students fulfill their constitutions, humanities, multicultural, and international requirements. Our programs and courses also aim to enrich student's abilities to research, critically analyze, and effectively communicate.

Current History News

a plane flies over Las Vegas Strip with snowy mountains in background
Research |

UNLV professor Dan Bubb assures anxious passengers that commercial flying remains the safest way to travel.

June campus horizon shot
Campus News |

The top headlines featuring UNLV’s staff and students.

Nevada history women's pioneer Jean Ford sits at her typewriter and looks down as she writes on paper with her left hand
Arts and Culture |

UNLV-led Preserve Nevada group encourages interest and action to protect 12 Silver State treasures.

UNLV seasonal eggs
Campus News |

A collection of colorful headlines featuring UNLV staff and students.

spring flowers
Campus News |

The rosiest headlines and highlights featuring the students and faculty of UNLV.

spring flowers
Campus News |

The rosiest headlines and highlights featuring the students and faculty of UNLV.

History In The News

Vegas Inc

The U.S. commercial gaming industry generated nearly $72 billion in revenue in 2024, according to the American Gaming Association’s recently released “State of the States 2025.” It marks the fourth consecutive year of record-breaking revenue.

City Cast Las Vegas

You know the Goodmans (of Vegas mayoral fame) and the Reids (our airport's namesake) — but did you know that a surprising number of our politicians actually come from generations of elected power? Co-hosts Sarah Lohman and Dayvid Figler talk with UNLV history professor Michael Green about the political dynasties of Las Vegas and if a legacy last name still matters as much as it used to.

Las Vegas Review Journal

The Las Vegas Police Protective Association closed a poll on Friday asking its members to consider striking, but gave no indication on whether a work stoppage — which could be considered illegal under state law — will be authorized.

KSNV-TV: News 3

While a ceasefire seems to still hold between Iran and Israel after a 12-day war, there are a lot of questions about what happens next. There are many unknowns when it comes to this region.

CDC Gaming

When the castle gates of Excalibur swung open for the first time on June 19, 1990, the medieval-themed megaresort at the south end of the Las Vegas Strip was the largest hotel in the world. Thirty-five years later, the castle still stands, and the casino hotel’s allure continues to resonate with visitors.

Las Vegas Review Journal

When the castle gates of Excalibur swung open for the first time on June 19, 1990, the medieval-themed megaresort at the south end of the Las Vegas Strip was the largest hotel in the world. Thirty-five years later, the castle still stands, and the casino hotel’s allure continues to resonate with visitors.

History Experts

An expert on Russia, religion, and U.S. and international history.
An expert on the history and practice of juvenile justice. 
An expert on commercial aviation, airport history, and travel.
Kirk is an expert who studies the intersections of cultural and environmental history in the modern U.S. with a special interest in the American West.
User icon
An expert in American history.
An expert in Nevada, Civil War, and gaming history.

Recent History Accomplishments

Teddy Uldricks (History) presented a research paper on "Weaponization of Rape and Sexual Assault by the Japanese Army in China during the War of Resistance: Spontaneous Atrocity or Deliberate Policy?" at the International Academic Symposium Commemorating the 80th Anniversary of the Victory in World War II and the Chinese People's War of Resistance…
Professor David Tanenhaus (Law; History) led a session in Washington, D.C. on the the Flag Salute Cases (Gobitis v. Minersville and Barnette v. West Virginia Board of Ed). His presentation was a part of for the Federal Judicial Center and American Bar Association's Summer Institute for Teachers. 
John Curry (History) presented a paper titled, "Setting the General Crisis of the Long Seventeenth Century in Comparative Contexts: How Do the Ottomans Fit?," at the SHIFA-ANAMED international workshop on "Death and Disease in Anatolia." The meetings took place at the Anatolian Civilizations Research Center (ANAMED) at Koç University in…
John Curry (History) traveled to the University of Munster in Germany to present as part of the Translation and Multilingualism in Mongol and Post-Mongol Eurasia workshop. He presented a paper titled, "Speaking Chinese, Translating Persian: Strategies of the Autograph Manuscript of Alī Akbar Khaṭāyī’s Book of China," as part of a panel…
Paul Werth (History) has received a grant from the National Association for Armenian Studies and Research for work in the Georgian State Historical Archive (Tbilisi) and the library of the Oriental Pontifical Institute (Rome) on the history of the Armenian Apostolic Church in the 19th-century Russian Empire.
On May 9, World Heritage USA, as part of its Monuments Toolkit program, released a Monumental Project Podcast interview with Susan Lee Johnson (History) titled "Kit Carson and Monuments of the West." Conducted by Noah Price ('21 BA UNLV; '22 MA University College Dublin), the interview ranged across multiple representations of Christopher "Kit"…