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Sami Shakir will present a talk on Islam and the Middle East and the history that shaped current events on Wed. Oct. 14 at noon in Communication & Journalism room 256.

The UNM History Department celebrates Women's History Month with events beginning on Thursday, March 5 and concluding Monday, March 30.  All events are free and open to the public. For more details on Women's History Month lectures, discussions and...

The University of New Mexico History Department's Center for the Southwest presents the 2015 C. Ruth and Calvin P. Horn Lecture in Western History and Culture, featuring John Gray, director, National American History Museum at the Smithsonian Institute....

The University of New Mexico Africana Studies program has a long history of bringing in engaging speakers to kick off Black History Month. When they arranged for NAACP Chairman Roslyn Brock to come, the reception was overwhelming. Individuals and groups...

The Center for the Southwest, in the University of New Mexico history department, announces the 2014 Richard W. Etulain Lecture in Regional History. This year, the event features a conversation with former U.S. Presidential candidate Senator Fred ...

The University of New Mexico is a proud sponsor of the “Digital Latin America: Symposium, Exhibit, Block Party” event Saturday-Sunday, June 7-8. This event is organized by 516 Arts, a nonprofit art space in downtown Albuquerque.

UNM Africana Studies has created and hosted a Black History Month Kickoff Brunch for more than 25 years. The brunch has featured renowned civil rights leaders, activists, political leaders, artistic fellows and economic powerhouses from the Black ...

Army Historical Foundation recently notified University of New Mexico Distinguished Professor of History Paul Hutton that his article, "Could Custer Have Won?" was selected as a winner of a 2012 Army Historical Foundation Distinguished Writing Award. His ...

A new $20 million Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) grant from the National Science Foundation will support key research into ways to make New Mexico an energy sufficient state. The research will focus on ways to improve ...

The University of New Mexico Latin American & Iberian Institute and Department of History present Gilbert Joseph, Farnham Professor of History and International Studies at Yale University, for his presentation, "In from the Cold: Latin America's New ...