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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

Spring Flowers (Becca Schwartz)
Campus News |

A roundup of the top news stories featuring UNLV students and faculty.

The Las Vegas strip as seen on Super Bowl weekend (Josh Hawkins/UNLV).
Campus News |

A collection of news stories and highlights featuring UNLV students and faculty.

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People |

Ombuds David G. Schwartz provides a safe space for hearing your workplace concerns.

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Campus News |

As the nation's most-watched sports entertainment event rolls into town, UNLV researchers are available to provide expertise.

Allegiant Stadium
Business and Community |

UNLV history professor Michael Green on the continued evolution of pro sports in Las Vegas and its road to the Super Bowl.

The Las Vegas skyline (Josh Hawkins, UNLV).
Campus News |

A collection of news stories highlighting UNLV’s dedication to community and research.

History In The News

KNPR News

UNLV history professor Gregory Brown, along with other faculty and staff, founded the university’s first Jewish Affinity Group. Its aim is to host discussions on Jewish identity and expand UNLV’s Jewish studies.

KSNV-TV: News 3

The day many thought would never come arrived on Monday when there was a groundbreaking for a new high-speed rail to connect Las Vegas to Southern California. There has been talk about it for years, but those behind the Brightline West project say it's finally happening.

Yahoo! Sports

Oliver Lewis wasn't supposed to win the first Kentucky Derby.

PBS

One track on Taylor Swift’s new album, “The Tortured Poets Department,” honors a long-celebrated, oft-miscast heroine of American feminism: actress Clara Bow. As historians of the 1920s, we’ve studied Bow’s fame and her cultural legacy. At her ranch in rural Nevada, we oversee a collection of her personal artifacts, including her clothing and a makeup case.

KLAS-TV: 8 News Now

The final track on Taylor Swift’s 11th studio album, “The Tortured Poets Department,” released on Friday, April 19, is named after a prominent Nevada historical figure. “You look like Clara Bow in this light, remarkable,” Taylor sings as the song about ambitious women begins. But who exactly was Clara Bow?

Louisville Courier Journal

Oliver Lewis wasn't supposed to win the first Kentucky Derby. The jockey atop Aristides was instructed to have the horse serve as a "rabbit" and go hard at the beginning of the race to wear down the field, so stablemate Chesapeake could preserve his energy for the end to ride to victory.

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Recent History Accomplishments

Teddy Uldricks (History) presented a research paper on "Did the Wehrmacht Use Rape as a Weapon of War on the Eastern Front" at the annual meeting of the Society for Military History in Arlington, Virginia.
Michael Green (History; Honors) was elected to membership in the American Antiquarian Society, based in Worcester, Massachusetts. It is a national research library and learned society founded in 1812.
Carlos Dimas (History) co-organized and co-hosted the inaugural El Laboratorio: Seminar for the History of Latin American Science, Technology, Engineering, and Medicine that took place on April 11 and April 12 via Zoom. The seminar brought together 10 papers and scholars from the United States, Canada, England, Australia, and Brazil. The panel was…
John Curry (History) was the guest editor for the most recently-released issue of the World History Bulletin, volume 89:2 (Fall/Winter 2023). The special issue was dedicated to the topic of "Democratizing, Diversifying, and Decolonizing the World History Survey, and in addition to editing and finalizing the slate of six articles in the…
Jeff Schauer (History) organized a panel on converging and competing knowledge systems and conservation in southern Africa at the meeting of the American Society for Environmental History in Denver. Schauer's own paper was titled "Tracking Puku: Traditional knowledge, skills, and the crafting of Zambian wildlife science." The paper used the…
An article, "Cops or Coaches? The Statutory Role of Juvenile Probation Officers in a Transformative Age," co-authored by Justin Iverson (Law) and David Tanenhaus (Law/History) has been published in the Michigan State Law Review.