LAS professors receive Henry Luce Foundation grant
Three professors in the College of Letters, Arts & Sciences were recently awarded an impressive grant from the Henry Luce Foundation. (More)
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Woodall earns MESA Undergraduate Education Award
The Middle East Studies Association Undergraduate Award Committee has presented the 2023 MESA Undergraduate Education Award to Professor Carole Woodall, an Associate Professor in the Department of History. (More)
Getting Comfortable: A UCCS podcast
When history professor Carole Woodall and her students came up with the idea of doing a project instead of final essays for her “Islam and the West” course, she didn’t shy away from trying something that was new to both her and her students – a collaborative podcast. (More)
A tale of two cities: Jiménez to conduct research in Bogotá and Medellín during Fulbright
Department of History professor and Fulbright scholar Christina Jiménez is setting her sights on Colombia to study their city growth and politics around urban public space. (More)
UCCS annual Apocalyptica Symposium hosted in Montréal
The theme of Apocalyptica has been a fascination present in humanity for millennia, from our earliest cultures to recent pop culture iterations, as explored in the annual symposium “Through a Glass Darkly.” (More)
Kevin Weinman ’05 named President of Marist College
From first-generation student to president of a private liberal arts college, Kevin Weinman M.A. ’05 never could have predicted his winding path. But he knows one thing for sure: his academic experience at UCCS was the pivotal step. (More)
7 Questions with Susan Brandt, author of “Women Healers: Gender, Authority, and Medicine in Early Philadelphia”
In her new book, Susan Brandt, Lecturer in the Department of History at UCCS, unearthed a flourishing tradition of women up and down the medical hierarchy. But early American history has ignored their stories — until now. (More)
Immersive Global Middle Ages institute will recreate worlds that no longer exist
Is time travel possible? Short answer: Not yet— at least, not in the sense you’re thinking. But Roger Martínez-Dávila, Associate Professor of History, may have landed on the next best thing: using immersive virtual reality tools to recreate worlds that no longer exist. (More)
Upcoming event brings the Middle Ages to campus: Let’s get medieval on this pandemic
The College of Letters, Arts & Sciences’ Department of History is taking the UCCS community back in time with their upcoming event: Let’s get medieval on this pandemic. (More)
Harris: Personal reflections on modern apocalyptic Mormon survivalism
Drawing inspiration from Tara Westover’s bestselling New York Times memoir “Educated,” history major Madison Harris centers her reflection on the influence of Ezra Taft Benson over modern Mormon thought. (More)