American Studies

Given the area’s rich, manifold history, the quest for knowledge about New Mexico and the Southwest is boundless. The Center for Regional Studies (CRS) at The University of New Mexico embodies that quest announcing visiting appointments for Dr. Anita...

National debates about historic, sometimes controversial, art on college campuses are opening conversations at The University of New Mexico. The focal point? ‘The Three People’s Murals’ in the historic west wing of Zimmerman Library on UNM’s Main...

University of New Mexico Interim Provost Craig White announced today the appointment of Professor Alex Lubin as Interim Associate Provost for Faculty Development effective immediately. Lubin’s appointment extends through June 30, 2018. “I am very...

University of New Mexico Associate Provost Virginia Scharff announced today the appointment of Professor A. Gabriel Meléndez as director of the Center for Regional Studies effective March 1, 2017.  “I am very pleased to have Gabriel join UNM’s...

UNM Distinguished Professor of American Studies, A. Gabriel Meléndez, was presented with the Casimiro Legacy Award. The presentation was part of the Colorado Latino Hall of Fame gala event sponsored by the Latino Leadership Institute at the University of...

The UNM Departments of American Studies, English, History and Linguistics, along with 28 other colleges and universities have been chosen by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to rethink and transform the training and education for the “next...

The University of New Mexico Department of American Studies presents a public talk with Barni Axmed Qaasim on Sept. 30 at 1 p.m. in Education Building, Room 103.

Kathy Powers, professor in the Department of Political Science, and affiliated faculty with Africana Studies, was awarded the prestigious fellowship to study at the Woodrow Wilson Center over the summer. She also spent part of the summer teaching in Germany.

Alex Lubin will be at the UNM Bookstore on Thursday, Oct. 2 at 2 p.m. for a reading and book signing of “Geographies of Liberation: The Making of an Afro-Arab Political Imaginary” (University of North Carolina Press). The event is free and open to the ...

University of New Mexico American Studies Professor A. Gabriel Meléndez has been awarded a Fulbright Senior Teaching Fellowship to Eger, Hungary, where he will teach at Eszterházy Károly College for the fall 2014 semester. Meléndez will teach, lecture ...