Accomplishments: Department of History
History Department: Michael Green (professor/chair), and Fabian Rebolledo and Connor Young (graduate students) attended the recent Preserve Nevada annual meeting in Ely, Nevada. Green is executive director of Preserve Nevada and Rebolledo is deputy director, and organized the meeting.
Paul W Werth (History) has published a brief, accessible book titled, "How Russia Got Big: A Territorial History" (Bloomsbury Publishers). Covering over 700 years and featuring 29 original maps (in just 150 pages), the book recounts the construction of the world's largest country 鈥 from medieval Muscovy to the present war in Ukraine鈥攁s well as its鈥
Teddy Uldricks (History) gave an extensive interview on China's role in WW II that was published in the Chinese newspaper, THE PAPER (in Mandarin). Another interview on Western views of China's wartime experience was published in the magazine of the Social Sciences in China Press.
Members of 性视界传媒's chapter of the Nevada Faculty Alliance (NFA) recently elected a new executive board. Sue Wainscott (University Libraries), Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy), and John Curry (History) will serve as president, vice president, and treasurer, respectively. NFA is the independent association of faculty in Nevada since 1983鈥
Michael Green (Honors), as executive director for the Pacific Coast Branch of the American Historical Association, oversaw their annual conference, July 30-August 1, in Santa Clara, California. Graduate assistant Fabian Rebolledo also participated. Green also chaired a panel featuring three recent 性视界传媒 Ph.D.'s in history: Christina Lamoreux,鈥
John Haberstroh (History) moderated and presented on a panel titled, "Epistemic Shifts: AI, Knowledge Production, and Historical Thinking in a Perilous Present," at the 118th annual meeting of the Pacific Coast Branch of the American Historical Association (PCB-AHA) at the University of Santa Clara.
Teddy Uldricks (History) published "Evolving Western Views of Wartime China," (in Mandarin), in The Journal of Studies of the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, (in Mandarin), 2025, issue 7, pp. 32-39.
Michelle Tusan (History) has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society in recognition of her contribution to historical scholarship.
Teddy Uldricks (History) presented a research paper on "Weaponization of Rape and Sexual Assault by the Japanese Army in China during the War of Resistance: Spontaneous Atrocity or Deliberate Policy?" at the International Academic Symposium Commemorating the 80th Anniversary of the Victory in World War II and the Chinese People's War of Resistance鈥
Professor David Tanenhaus (Law; History) led a session in Washington, D.C. on the the Flag Salute Cases (Gobitis v. Minersville and Barnette v. West Virginia Board of Ed). His presentation was a part of for the Federal Judicial Center and American Bar Association's Summer Institute for Teachers.
John Curry (History) presented a paper titled, "Setting the General Crisis of the Long Seventeenth Century in Comparative Contexts: How Do the Ottomans Fit?," at the SHIFA-ANAMED international workshop on "Death and Disease in Anatolia." The meetings took place at the Anatolian Civilizations Research Center (ANAMED) at Ko莽 University in鈥
John Curry (History) traveled to the University of Munster in Germany to present as part of the Translation and Multilingualism in Mongol and Post-Mongol Eurasia workshop. He presented a paper titled, "Speaking Chinese, Translating Persian: Strategies of the Autograph Manuscript of Al墨 Akbar Kha峁亂墨鈥檚 Book of China," as part of a panel鈥