John Curry (History) made a presentation Aug. 6 "How the Corsair Mezemorta Hüseyin Paşa Became the Ottoman Grand Admiral" to the second meeting of the Problem of Piracy conference, constituted from an international group of scholars based in Europe, the Americas, and Asia that focus on manifestations of maritime piracy across various periods…

Susan Lee Johnson (History) was interviewed about the book Writing Kit Carson: Fallen Heroes in a Changing West by historian Jennifer Holland for the Journal of Women's History/New Books Network podcast.

Paul Werth (History) gave a presentation entitled "Conceptualizing Russia's Territorial History" at the Kennan Institute For the Advanced Study of Russia and Eurasia of the Wilson Center in Washington. 

,Michael Green (History) published has published a new book, Lincoln and Native Americans through Southern Illinois University Press.

William Bauer (History) appeared on KQED's "Grappling with the History of Native American Boarding Schools." Bauer discussed the history and consequences of the United States' off-reservation boarding school system for American Indian children.

Michael Green (History) contributed the chapter, "A Mob Museum Matters" to Reckoning With History: Unfinished Stories of American Freedom, a collection in honor of Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Eric Foner by his graduate students. The book was published by Columbia University Press.

Michelle Tusan (History) will give a public presentation at noon July 25 on the legacy of Lawrence of Arabia, sponsored by the National World War I Museum and Memorial. 

Michael Green, Andy Kirk, Willy Bauer, Michelle Turk (all History), Claytee White (Libraries), and Karen Harry (Anthropology) presented at the NEH Summer Institute, "Hoover Dam and the Shaping of the American West," which brought 25 K-12 teachers from around the country to Southern Nevada for a two-week program of content, pedagogy, and tours.

Doris Morgan Rueda (History) presented a paper at the biennial conference of the Society for the History of Childhood and Youth. Her paper, "Delinquency and Duress in the Desert: Juvenile Detention Centers in mid-20th Century Las Vegas," explored the development of juvenile detention institutions in Southern Nevada and its…

Doris Morgan Rueda (History) will have art work featured in "Sizeable," a public art exhibition at Clark County's Rotunda Gallery at the Government Center. The exhibition is on public display through July 29. 

Paul W. Werth (History) has been invited for a month-long appointment in 2022 as visiting professor to the department of historical studies at the University of Turin in Italy, for participation in its Global History of Empires program.

Michelle Elizabeth Tusan (History) published "The Woman of No Importance" as part of the Lausanne Project, an international group of scholars engaged in rewriting the history of the end of World War I.