News & Events
Department of History
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1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131
Phone: (505) 277-2451
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Departmental News
Sarah Davis-Secord publishes new book
Departmental News
Posted: Sep 12, 2017 - 12:00am
In Where Three Worlds Met, Sarah Davis-Secord investigates Sicily's place within the religious, diplomatic, military, commercial, and intellectual ne
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Dr. Luis Campos hosts Library of Congress Astrobiology Symposium: "Life As It Could Be"
Departmental News
Posted: Sep 12, 2017 - 12:00am
What is life? How might life have emerged on Earth or on other worlds? And how might we engineer the future of life—what might we make life to
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New book by Emeritus Professor Richard Robbins
Departmental News
Posted: Aug 29, 2017 - 12:00am
Department of History Emeritus Professor, Richard Robbins, has a new book Overtaken by the Night: One Russian's Journey through Peace, War, Revolutio
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Buffalo Bill Centennial Symposium Rewind, Paul Hutton keynote speaker
Departmental News
Posted: Aug 28, 2017 - 12:00am
The Buffalo Bill Centennial Symposium celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Buffalo Bill Memorial Association took place on August 2-4, 2017.
On A
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History Department Alumnus Joseph P. Sanchez (PhD, 1974) and Angelica Sanchez-Clark publish Historic Route 66: A New Mexican Crossroads
Departmental News
Posted: Jul 14, 2017 - 12:00am
Joseph P. Sanchez, history alum and Director of the Spanish Colonial Research Center, and Angelica Sanchez-Clark announced the release of their new b
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Dr. Kimberly Gauderman Awarded the 2017-2018 Snead-Wertheim Endowed Lectureship
Departmental News
Posted: May 23, 2017 - 10:30pm
Dr. Kimberly Gauderman, Associate Professor of Latin American History, has been awarded the 2017-2018 Snead-Wertheim Endowed Lectureship in Anthropol
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Taming New Mexico, documentary on NM federal courts featuring Paul Hutton airs on PBS
Departmental News
Posted: May 18, 2017 - 12:00am
Taming New Mexico, a documentary on the history of the federal courts in New Mexico, airs tonight (May 18) on PBS/KNME at 7pm. It will be rebroadcast
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PhD student Alexandro Jara wins Bilinski Fellowship
Departmental News
Posted: May 04, 2017 - 12:00am
Alexandro Jara, a PhD student under the advisement of Professor Andrew Sandoval-Strauz, has been selected as a 2017 recipient of a Russell J. and Do
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National radio program quotes Jason Scott Smith on the history of American infrastructure
Departmental News
Posted: Apr 06, 2017 - 12:00am
The national radio program, Marketplace, recently aired "When Public Works employed millions" and quoted New Deal historian Jason Scott Smith on the
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Paul Hutton, Espinosa Prize Winner
Departmental News
Posted: Apr 06, 2017 - 12:00am
Paul Hutton has been awarded the 2016 Gilberto Espinosa Prize for Best Article Published in the New Mexico Historical Review. His article, "'The Fear
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