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Jonathan Porter, Professor Emeritus of Chinese History and Asian Studies at the University of New Mexico, died peacefully at his home on March 26, 2024, in Chupadero, New Mexico, after surviving more than two decades with metastatic prostate cancer. He was 86.

It’s easy to celebrate female empowerment during Women’s History Month, but promoting women’s well-being beyond a few dedicated weeks is a different, more difficult story.  Researchers like UNM Psychology Professor Tania Reynolds are focusing on the...

The Center for the Southwest at The University of New Mexico announces the 2019 C. Ruth and Calvin P. Horn Lecture. Historians Annette Gordon-Reed and Peter S. Onuf will present “Most Blessed of the Patriarchs: Thomas Jefferson and the Empire of the...

Professor Emeritus John Kessell will give a lecture on Southwestern mapmaking on Friday, Sept. 9 in the UNM History Department Commons Room—1104 Mesa Vista Hall—from 2:30-4 p.m.  

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 ...

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 ...

Ned Blackhawk, photo by Derek JenningsThe University of New Mexico Center for the Southwest in the Department of History announces the 2012-2013 C. Ruth and Calvin P. Horn Lecture in Western History and Culture. Ned Blackhawk, professor of history and ...

Jason Scott SmithJason Scott Smith, University of New Mexico associate professor of history, has been working with a team of scholars to develop a mobile app, "Let's Get Lost: New Deal Murals of San Francisco." "The app is now out of beta testing and is ...

An agreement signed recently between the University of New Mexico's Museum of Southwestern Biology (MSB), the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science (NMMNHS), and the State of New Mexico, Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA), has led to the ...

Princeton University History Professor Martha Sandweiss is the featured speaker for the 2011-2012 C. Ruth and Calvin P. Horn Lecture in Western History and Culture, presented by the UNM Department of History's Center for the Southwest. Sandweiss ...