UNM Department of History

04/14/2026

We need more specialists on Eastern Europe and Eurasia! In an increasingly globalized world, area studies expertise is more important than ever.

This week, ASEEES is joining ACLS to and .

We invite you to join us! For details, see: https://aseees.org/news/join-aseees-and-the-2026-acls-social-media-campaign/

10/08/2025

UNM PhD Alum, Dr. Jeff Roche, new book, The Conservative Frontier, reviewed in the NYT.

In “The Conservative Frontier,” Jeff Roche makes the case that the modern Republican Party was born in West Texas.

08/15/2025

https://obits.cfcscolorado.org/obituary/martina-will

How does one put into words the death of a woman whose presence surpasses the physical limitations our worldly bodies bind us to It would feel inauthentic to label Martina Wills death as a departure, a passing, a transition she always hated euphemisms. Martina Elaine Will didnt know it, but

03/30/2025

All the historical figures in the editorial are projects done by NM students.

The recent removal of the history of the Navajo Code Talkers from the Department of Defense’s website has me reflecting on how crucial these websites are for the teaching of

03/12/2025

Join us tomorrow, Thursday, March 13th at 4pm for a talk with Dr. Lina-Maria Murillo. Dr. Murillo will be discussing her book Fighting for Control: Reproductive Care, Race, and Power in the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands. The talk will be held in the Frank Waters Room in Zimmerman Library and will be followed by a book signing.

10/23/2024

Congrats to our PhD alum—Jordan Biro Walters

Congrats to the Robert G. Athearn Award winner, Jordan Biro Walters, for "Wide Open Desert: A Q***r History of New Mexico."

06/16/2024

Dr. Jane Slaughter, emerita professor. Memorial service is Saturday, August 24 from 3-5 at the UNM Memorial Alumni Chapel. Gathering to follow.

View Margaret Jane Slaughter's obituary, send flowers and sign the guestbook.

05/07/2024

https://www.historians.org/news-and-advocacy/aha-advocacy/aha-statement-on-2024-campus-protests-(may-2024)?_zs=0vVma&_zl=VP754

The AHA has issued a statement “deplor[ing] recent decisions among college and university administrators to draw on local and state police forces to evict peaceful demonstrators.” Pointing to historical events on campuses such as Kent State University and Jackson State University in 1970, as wel...

03/15/2024

11/14/2023

UNM American Studies Department presents:

Alex Lubin (former department chair of UNM American Studies)
Professor of African American Studies at Penn State University

"An African-American Novel in Nigeria: Duse Mohamed Ali's Ere Roosevelt Came (1934) and the Making of Literary Pan-Africanism"

Monday, November 20th, 2-4 PM
Frank Waters Room, Zimmerman Library
The University of New Mexico - UNM

09/13/2023

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