John Haberstroh (History) presented a paper titled, "Local Panhellenism and the Sanctuary of Hera in the Argolid," at the Spaces in the Greek World conference at the Autonomous University of Madrid.

Teddy Uldricks (History) presented his research on "Military and Political Uses of Rape and Sexual Assault in the Second World War: Japanese, German, and Soviet Examples," at a conference on Violence in War sponsored by the Society for the History of War, in Lisbon, Portugal, on Nov. 24, 2023.

Paul W. Werth (History), together with colleague Charlotte Henze (University of Basel), has secured grants from the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) and a special research fund at the University Basel for a workshop on Russia's borders, sovereignty, and territoriality, to be held in mountain retreat near the Swiss-Italian border in June…

Michael J. Alarid (History) delivered a public talk at University of Alabama titled, "A Deluge of Violence: What Surges in Homicide and Assault Reveal about the Impact of Regime Change on Everyday People in 19th Century New Mexico and Beyond." The talk was made possible by the generosity of the Helen Delpar Endowment for Latin American Studies,…

Michelle Tusan (History) started her two-year term as president of the North American Conference on British Studies.

Michael J. Alarid (History) was invited to visit the University of Alabama History Department and hosted a graduate student luncheon, where he talked about his research and gave remarks about the challenges that graduate students face in the evolving academic profession. Alarid's visit was made possible by the generosity of the Helen Delpar…

Paige Figanbaum (History) wrote through the National Council on Public History a History@Work piece that speaks to the 2023 Home + History events hosted by the Nevada Preservation Foundation (NPF) to help provide a fuller portrait of Las Vegas's past by promoting sustainable building practices through adaptive reuse in the city's historic…

Kristen Phipps (History) recently presented at the Western History Association’s annual conference. The panel “Remembering the Civil War in the American West” explored the ways the Civil War is remembered and forgotten in the West. 

Michelle Tusan's (History) "The Concentration Camp as Site of Refuge: The Rise of the Refugee Camp and the Great War in the Middle East", published in the Journal of Modern History, won the DeBenedetti Award for Outstanding Article in Peace History.

University of New Mexico Press announced that they will release a second edition of Michael J. Alarid’s (History) book, Hispano Bastion: New Mexican Power in the Age of Manifest Destiny, 1837-1860. The hardcover version of Hispano Bastion was initially published in December 2022. This second edition will be printed in paperback, and is scheduled…

Noria Litaker (History) published Bedazzled Saints: Catacomb Relics in Early Modern Bavaria in the University of Virginia Press's Studies in Early Modern Germany series. The book chronicles the transfer, distribution, and display of nearly four hundred "holy bodies" of ancient Christian martyrs, some of the church’s most prestigious relics, sent…

On Sept. 27, Susan Lee Johnson (History) shared a Denver stage with librarian and genealogist Charlene Garcia Simms to discuss the life of nuevomexicana Josefa Jaramillo as part of History Colorado's "Bold Women. Change History." lecture series.