History

A 2015 alumna is the author of the first comprehensive study of queer lives in New Mexico, and in honor of Women’s History Month, the Department of History is bringing her back to campus for a very special presentation of her new book, Wide-Open Desert:...

The Center for the Southwest at The University of New Mexico announces the 2023 C. Ruth and Calvin P. Horn Lecture in Western History and Culture, which takes place Monday, March 20, from 5 to 6:30 p.m. in UNM Student Union Building, Ballroom C.  Dr....

In recognition of International Women’s Day on Wednesday, March 8, the Department of History hosts a special roundtable, “Publishing the History of Women, Gender, and Sexuality: A Roundtable on UNM Graduates’ Work,” featuring five outstanding alumni who...

Assistant Professor of History Holly Guise has been awarded two national fellowships to support her research on the colonial/Indigenous relationship during World War II Alaska. Guise is one of 60 recipients of the American Council of Learned Societies...

Two recent grant awards from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Institute of Advanced Study will help support the development of a new book by Associate Professor of History, Sarah Davis-Secord. These awards will allow her the opportunity...

The University of New Mexico Professor Emeritus of History Richard Etulain points to his Spanish Basque-born father when explaining why he’s such a prolific writer. This year he has four new books being released, his 61st through 64th. “Dad always...

Thanks to a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Sam Truett, associate professor of History and director of the Center for the Southwest at The University of New Mexico, will present the Indigenous Borderlands in North America Symposium...

Libraries have long been the center for student research and learning, from the ancient collections of clay tablets to the modern library containing books, digital files, and other resources in spaces meant to nurture and support learning. At The...

Tiffany Florvil, associate professor of History at The University of New Mexico, is one of 20 recipients of the Berlin Prize for fall 2022 from the American Academy in Berlin, Germany. Florvil will work on a biography of the prominent Black German poet...

The Udall Foundation announced recipients of the 2022 Undergraduate Scholarship, and among them is UNM student Nicolas Estrada.  Estrada is a UNM Honors College student with a Regents Scholarship. Born and raised in Albuquerque, New Mexico, he is a...