Petroglyph engravings in the side of a rock formation in the desert.

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

desert land with cityscape in distance
Business and Community |

Here's the history behind the 2,000+ acres slated to substantially expand UNLV's footprint in the valley.

Mirage Resort
Campus News |

Roundup of the hottest news headlines featuring UNLV students and staff.

Josh Hawkins, UNLV
Campus News |

News highlights featuring UNLV students and staff who made (refreshing) waves in the headlines.

Angie Shenouda in a cactus garden
People |

Changing majors propelled Liberal Arts student Angie Shenouda into unexpected opportunities.

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Campus News |

News highlights starring UNLV students and faculty who made local and national headlines.

Spring Flowers (Becca Schwartz)
Campus News |

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

History In The News

Las Vegas Review Journal

Bill and Mindy Lovell were not staying at Paris casino-hotel during their recent Las Vegas vacation. But, like millions of other tourists during the resort’s 25-year history, the couple from Louisiana stopped to take a few photos of the iconic replica Eiffel Tower.

SheThePeople

With Election Day approaching, candidates are courting voters with everything they’ve got: targeted ads, texts, taunts and stump speeches. As a fashion historian, I think an overlooked aspect of electioneering is clothing, which is a silent, powerful way for candidates to tell the American public who they are.

Fast Company

With Election Day approaching, candidates are courting voters with everything they’ve got: targeted ads, texts, taunts, and stump speeches. As a fashion historian, I think an overlooked aspect of electioneering is clothing, which is a silent, powerful way for candidates to tell the American public who they are. It’s an act as old as power itself.

KSNV-TV: News 3

UNLV is hoping to sell Sam Boyd Stadium, even though the property was given to the university at no cost. The university invested millions of dollars to upgrade the stadium throughout the years. Now it's hoping to get some of that investment back.

KSNV-TV: News 3

UNLV is hoping to sell Sam Boyd Stadium, even though the property was given to the university at no cost. The university invested millions of dollars to upgrade the stadium throughout the years. Now it's hoping to get some of that investment back.

Yahoo!

With Election Day approaching, candidates are courting voters with everything they’ve got: targeted ads, texts, taunts and stump speeches. As a fashion historian, I think an overlooked aspect of electioneering is clothing, which is a silent, powerful way for candidates to tell the American public who they are.

History Experts

A historian of European culture from the age of Enlightenment through the present day.
An expert in U.S. women's history, political activism, oral history, and feminism.
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An expert in American history.
An expert in Nevada, Civil War, and gaming history.
Kirk is an expert who studies the intersections of cultural and environmental history in the modern U.S. with a special interest in the American West.
Finding the intersection of the end of British colonial rule in African and how it affected wildlife conservation.

Recent History Accomplishments

Michelle Tusan's (History) book, The Last Treaty, was featured on the New Books Network. The interview is available online.
John Haberstroh (History) facilitated a workshop discussion called "Chatting about ChatGPT II" at the annual meeting of the Pacific Coast Branch of the American Historical Association (PCB-AHA) at the University of Hawaii, Manoa on August 2. This discussion continued a conversation began at last year's annual meeting on the instructional,…
Jeff Schauer (History) participated in a workshop, New Histories of Childhood and Youth in Southern Africa, at the University of the Free State, in Bloemfontein, South Africa.   Schauer's paper was titled "Children, Conservation, and Zambia's Environmental Turn," and explored Chongololo, the children's conservation clubs and magazine.…
John Curry (History) acted as an Early Table Leader for the College Board's Advanced Placement World History: Modern examination in Kansas City, Missouri. The exam was taken by over 400,000 high school students around the country. Having helped to design this year's exams, he worked with the leadership of the College Board to set the scoring…
Joshua Coleman (History), Ph.D. candidate, presented a paper titled "Jicarilla Apache, Project Gasbuggy, and the Early Years of Fracking in Indian Country" at the annual conference of the Historians of the Twentieth Century United States at the University of Southampton, in Southampton, England. Coleman's research examined the connections between…
Analiesa Delgado (History), a Ph.D. candidate, presented a paper titled "Escaping the Shadows: 'Runaways,' Kinship, and Community Building at the Greenville Indian School" at the annual conference of the Historians of the Twentieth Century United States at the University of Southhampton, in Southampton, England. Delgado's research used the story…