Michael Green (History) presented a lecture, "The Tropicana: From Tiffany to Island to Gone," at the Clark County Museum on Nov. 13.

Michael Green and A.B. Wilkinson (both History) participated as panelists at a special Vegas PBS preview event for the forthcoming documentary, "The American Revolution," produced by Ken Burns and his company.

Jeff Schauer (History) was the subject of a feature story that also appears in the newsletter of the Nordic Africa Institute. NAI, based in Uppsala (Sweden), represents a collaboration between Nordic governments, and "conducts research and offers resources that help further understanding about contemporary Africa." The newsletter…

History Department: Michael Green (professor/chair), and Fabian Rebolledo and Connor Young (graduate students) attended the recent Preserve Nevada annual meeting in Ely, Nevada. Green is executive director of Preserve Nevada and Rebolledo is deputy director, and organized the meeting.

Paul W Werth (History) has published a brief, accessible book titled, "How Russia Got Big: A Territorial History" (Bloomsbury Publishers). Covering over 700 years and featuring 29 original maps (in just 150 pages), the book recounts the construction of the world's largest country — from medieval Muscovy to the present war in Ukraine—as well as its…

Teddy Uldricks (History) gave an extensive interview on China's role in WW II that was published in the Chinese newspaper, THE PAPER (in Mandarin). Another interview on Western views of China's wartime experience was published in the magazine of the Social Sciences in China Press.

Members of UNLV's chapter of the Nevada Faculty Alliance (NFA) recently elected a new executive board. Sue Wainscott (University Libraries), Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy), and John Curry (History) will serve as president, vice president, and treasurer, respectively. NFA is the independent association of faculty in Nevada since 1983…

Michael Green (Honors), as executive director for the Pacific Coast Branch of the American Historical Association, oversaw their annual conference, July 30-August 1, in Santa Clara, California. Graduate assistant Fabian Rebolledo also participated. Green also chaired a panel featuring three recent UNLV Ph.D.'s in history: Christina Lamoreux,…

John Haberstroh (History) moderated and presented on a panel titled, "Epistemic Shifts: AI, Knowledge Production, and Historical Thinking in a Perilous Present," at the 118th annual meeting of the Pacific Coast Branch of the American Historical Association (PCB-AHA) at the University of Santa Clara. 

Teddy Uldricks (History) published "Evolving Western Views of Wartime China," (in Mandarin), in The Journal of Studies of the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, (in Mandarin), 2025, issue 7, pp. 32-39.

Michelle Tusan (History) has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society in recognition of her contribution to historical scholarship.

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…