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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

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Arts and Culture |

UNLV-led Preserve Nevada group calls for action to protect the survival of 11 Silver State treasures.

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A selection of top headlines featuring UNLV experts from the front half of the fall semester.

Nevada
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Professor Michael Green offers a history lesson in why Nevadans say the state's name the way we do.

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A collection of top headlines featuring UNLV faculty and students.

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A collection of top headlines featuring UNLV faculty and students.

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A flowery collection of top headlines featuring UNLV faculty and students.

History In The News

Las Vegas Review Journal

The last voter on Tuesday to cast a ballot in Nevada, and quite possibly the entire country, waited nearly five hours past the polls’ closing time to reach a voting machine and make selections.

KNPR News

It’s always election season, but we’re headed toward a general election. And 2026 marks the anniversary of some important elections in Nevada’s history and the country’s. We’ve elected a governor this fall, and a century ago, we had a campaign for governor that foreshadowed this one in some ways.

Las Vegas Review Journal

Kenny Epstein has spent more than half his life connected to the El Cortez hotel-casino.

Short History Of…

Truly a modern wonder of the world, the Hoover Dam is one of the great feats of human ingenuity. 

KSNV-TV: News 3

With Election Day approaching, political advertisements are appearing across television, radio, social media, mailboxes and cellphones as campaigns compete for voters’ attention ahead of the Nov. 3 midterm elections. But do those ads actually change voters’ minds, and is there a way to avoid the constant stream of political messages?

KSNV-TV: News 3

Boulder City voters are weighing two ballot questions ahead of the Nov. 3 general election that could shape the community’s future, from whether data centers can be built south of town to how much money the city can spend each year on infrastructure projects.

History Experts

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Recent History Accomplishments

Professor John Curry (History) has successfully released his new translated book titled The Book of China: A Persian Merchant's Description of the Ming State for the Ottoman Court, by Columbia University Press. Curry worked with his co-editors Kaveh Hemmat and Hyunhee Park to produce an annotated version of the text of `Ali Akbar Khatayi, a…
Maryam Ahranjani (Law), David Tanenhaus (Law/History), and A.B. Wilkinson (History) were panelists on "America 250: Panel Discussion and Historical Reflection," moderated by Michael Green (History).
Michelle Tusan's (History) essay, "Violence and Genocide" appeared in The Interwar World, a volume recently awarded the American Historical Association's Waldo G. Leland Prize. 
Michael Green (History) has co-edited A Companion to Abraham Lincoln, part of the Wiley-Blackwell Companions to American History series, with Shae Smith Cox (History Ph.D., 2020), and Evan C. Rothera. 
John Haberstroh (History) was interviewed for the weekly teaching newsletter of The Chronicle of Higher Education on alternative grading practices in humanities courses. Using specifications grading, Haberstroh communicates high expectations and increases transparency for students. This grading system also allows students the opportunity…
In collaboration with the Nevada Center for Civic Engagement (NVCCE), the University of Nevada, Reno Center for Constitutional Law hosted educators from across Nevada for the 2026 Summer Teacher Institute at UNR’s Lake Tahoe campus. David Tanenhaus (Law, History) engaged participants in exploring constitutional history, Supreme Court jurisprudence…