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

Nevada history women's pioneer Jean Ford sits at her typewriter and looks down as she writes on paper with her left hand
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51ԹϺ-led Preserve Nevada group encourages interest and action to protect 12 Silver State treasures.

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The rosiest headlines and highlights featuring the students and faculty of 51ԹϺ.

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Headlines and highlights featuring the students and faculty of 51ԹϺ.

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51ԹϺ’s public history class creates exhibit to share collector's rare and powerful artifacts related to the Holocaust.

History In The News

KSNV-TV: News 3

While a ceasefire seems to still hold between Iran and Israel after a 12-day war, there are a lot of questions about what happens next. There are many unknowns when it comes to this region.

CDC Gaming

When the castle gates of Excalibur swung open for the first time on June 19, 1990, the medieval-themed megaresort at the south end of the Las Vegas Strip was the largest hotel in the world. Thirty-five years later, the castle still stands, and the casino hotel’s allure continues to resonate with visitors.

Las Vegas Review Journal

When the castle gates of Excalibur swung open for the first time on June 19, 1990, the medieval-themed megaresort at the south end of the Las Vegas Strip was the largest hotel in the world. Thirty-five years later, the castle still stands, and the casino hotel’s allure continues to resonate with visitors.

Las Vegas Review Journal

When the castle gates of Excalibur swung open for the first time on June 19, 1990, the medieval-themed megaresort at the south end of the Las Vegas Strip was the largest hotel in the world. Thirty-five years later, the castle still stands, and the casino hotel’s allure continues to resonate with visitors.

KSNV-TV: News 3

With recent violence in Minnesota and riots in Los Angeles, concerns are mounting about the potential rise of political violence across the United States. Dr. Michael Green, an associate professor in the University of Nevada, Las Vegas's Department of History, weighed in on the issue. He emphasized the importance of understanding the underlying causes of such violence.

KSNV-TV: News 3

As the investigation continues into the tragedy in Minnesota that left State Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband dead, as well as State Sen. John Hoffman and his wife wounded, News 3 spoke with Dr. Michael Green, an associate professor in the University of Nevada, Las Vegas', Department of History about the rise in political violence across the country.

History Experts

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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.
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Recent History Accomplishments

Professor David Tanenhaus (Law; History) led a session in Washington, D.C. on the the Flag Salute Cases (Gobitis v. Minersville and Barnette v. West Virginia Board of Ed). His presentation was a part of for the Federal Judicial Center and American Bar Association's Summer Institute for Teachers. 
John Curry (History) presented a paper titled, "Setting the General Crisis of the Long Seventeenth Century in Comparative Contexts: How Do the Ottomans Fit?," at the SHIFA-ANAMED international workshop on "Death and Disease in Anatolia." The meetings took place at the Anatolian Civilizations Research Center (ANAMED) at Koç University in…
John Curry (History) traveled to the University of Munster in Germany to present as part of the Translation and Multilingualism in Mongol and Post-Mongol Eurasia workshop. He presented a paper titled, "Speaking Chinese, Translating Persian: Strategies of the Autograph Manuscript of Alī Akbar Khaṭāyī’s Book of China," as part of a panel…
Paul Werth (History) has received a grant from the National Association for Armenian Studies and Research for work in the Georgian State Historical Archive (Tbilisi) and the library of the Oriental Pontifical Institute (Rome) on the history of the Armenian Apostolic Church in the 19th-century Russian Empire.
On May 9, World Heritage USA, as part of its Monuments Toolkit program, released a Monumental Project Podcast interview with Susan Lee Johnson (History) titled "Kit Carson and Monuments of the West." Conducted by Noah Price ('21 BA 51ԹϺ; '22 MA University College Dublin), the interview ranged across multiple representations of Christopher "Kit"…
Jeff Schauer (History) participated in a conference on "Neoliberalism, Race, and Empire" at the University of California, Berkeley, in honor of the retirement of James Vernon (Helen Fawcett Distinguished Professor of History). In reflecting on Vernon's influence on his own work, Schauer shared "Writing Africa through Zambia", and argued that…