History

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...

In her new book Workers Like All the Rest of Them, Elizabeth Quay Hutchison, Professor of Latin American History and Associate Vice President of the Division for Equity and Inclusion at The University of New Mexico, recounts the long struggle for...

The University of New Mexico School of Law and Department of History host a pair of events Wednesday, March 2 concerning the war in Ukraine.    The UNM School of Law hosts, Invasion of Ukraine, in Room 2401 Bratton Hall on North Campus at 12 noon. The...

Tiffany Florvil, professor of History at The University of New Mexico, has received the Waterloo Centre for German Studies prize for her research in her book Mobilizing Black Germany: Afro-German Women and the Making of a Transnational Movement. The...

The University of New Mexico Professor Emeritus of History Richard Etulain recently published his 60th book and also received an award for his last book published in 2020. Etulain’s latest book Mark O. Hatfield: Oregon Statesman looks at the career...

As part of Hispanic Heritage Month, University Communication and Marketing (UCAM) will publish a series of stories highlighting immigration issues and concerns. The series is titled Immigration: A Look at the Issues. To help set the background for the...

Russell J. and Dorothy S. Bilinski's life objective was to be self-sufficient and intellectually challenged. They firmly believed that people should be Independent, ambitious, and, most importantly, accountable. Russell worked as a researcher,...

Distinguished Professor Paul Hutton from The University of New Mexico Department of History  was recently presented with the True Westerner of the Year Award from True West magazine. Hutton is known for his work in the film and television industry and he...

A group of 17 historians recently met to assess the turbulent presidency of Donald Trump. Among those helping to compile a scholarly history of the 45th president’s administration is Jason Scott Smith, professor of History at The University of New...