During this year’s Helen Damico Memorial Lecture series hosted by the Institute for Medieval Studies at The University of New Mexico, speakers will examine the many myths and misconceptions about the roles that women played during the Middle Ages.
Three University of New Mexico archaeologists from the Department of Anthropology made significant contributions to a recent special issue of The Journal of Quaternary Science (JQS). Recent UNM Ph.D. and current UNM Adjunct Assistant Professor Milena...
Justine Andrews, an associate professor in The University of New Mexico Department of Art, recently became the director for the Institute of Medieval Studies, only the third in the program’s 34-year history. She follows in the footsteps of the late Helen...
The University of New Mexico and the Mexican Consulate are helping students of Mexican origin succeed in higher education.
UNM President Robert Frank and Consul of Mexico Efren Leyba signed a Memorandum of Understanding at a ceremony on the main campus,...
Eytan Gilboa,a renowned expert on international communication, public diplomacy and U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East, speaks on Western media coverage of the Middle East on Wednesday, Oct. 28 at noon in room 256 of the Communications & Journalism...
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.
Sayyed Shah, a Ph.D. student in the Department of Communication and Journalism at UNM, speaks at noon on Wednesday, Sept. 30 in Mitchell Hall, room 102. Shah, who presents a talk titled “Identity, Religion and Politics: The Impact of War in the Middle...
The University of New Mexico hosts a talk by Alice Dreger titled, “Galileo’s Middle Finger: Why Social Progress Depends on the Protection of Academic Freedom,” Thursday, Sept. 17 at 8 p.m. in Anthropology rm. 163.
Dreger is an historian of medicine and...
Spanish settlement of the Middle Rio Grande Valley in New Mexico changed the way people lived, but a new paper in the journal, The Holocene" by UNM Assistant Professor of Anthropology Emily Jones suggests the change did not come quickly.
At one time, it used to be said that “fathers were forgotten” largely because they limited their role to primary provider for their families. However, over the years, that phrase has been largely forgotten because a father’s role in the raising and...