College of Arts & Sciences

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...

Richard W. Etulain, professor emeritus of history who taught at The University of New Mexico from 1979 to 2001, has published two new books. The first book, “Ernest Haycox and the Western,” is a study of the popular western writer, whose short story...

A new History class at The University of New Mexico is tackling current issues facing higher education, using the past as a guide. ‘History 220: The History of The University of New Mexico’ just wrapped up its first semester, with huge success....

The Center for the Southwest at The University of New Mexico presents a special evening with New York Times climate and science reporter Henry Fountain. Fountain will share from his new book The Great Quake: How the Biggest Earthquake in North America...

To mark the centennial of the Russian Revolution of 1917, The University of New Mexico Department of History has organized a public lecture series.

The Center for the Southwest announces the 2017-2018 C. Ruth and Calvin P. Horn Lecture in Western History and Culture. Historian Megan Kate Nelson will present “Why the Civil War West Mattered,” on Thursday, Oct. 26, at 6 p.m. in the Hibben Auditorium...

In response to the positive feedback from the University community, UNM’s Department of History is expanding the public lecture series for History 220: The History of UNM. The course is designed to give students the opportunity to investigate the...

For the first time ever, the History Department is offering a class about the "History of The University of New Mexico." The course titled, “History 220 – The History of The University of New Mexico,” features a series of public lectures on a variety of...

Seven humanities doctoral students in the College of Arts & Sciences at The University of New Mexico are recipients of the 2017 Bilinski Fellowship. As a recipient, each student will receive dissertation completion fellowships made possible through...

Jason Scott Smith, professor in the Department of History at The University of New Mexico, has been selected as the Mary Ball Washington Professor of American History at the University College Dublin School of History.