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Graduate Certificate in Public History Coming in Fall 2017

Beginning Fall semester 2017 the History Department at the University of Utah will offer a Public History Certificate designed to prepare graduate students for a range of careers in public history institutions. The program combines rigorous training in historical methods and theory with practical, real world experience.

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Instructor Safi Safiullah Named Librarian of the Year by Utah Library Association

Safi S. M. Safiullah, a native of Bangladesh and Manager of the Salt Lake City Public Library’s Marmalade Branch, was recognized for his career in community engagement and lifelong support of libraries and education around the world.

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American Historical Association Selects Department Professors for 2017 Career Diversity Initiative

The American Historical Society has announced its participants for the 2017-18 Career Diversity for Historians Faculty Institute, including Department Chair and Professor Eric Hinderaker, Professor Matt Basso, Professor Greg Smoak, and Professor Paul Reeve.

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Graduate Student Kathryn Hain Wins World History Association Honors

Kathryn Hain, December 2016 graduate from the History Department, received an Honorable Mention, in the World History Association Dissertation Prize, an award that placed her work in the top ten percent of the competition.

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First-Year Graduate Student Lori Wilkinson Accepted for Publication

Lori Wilkinson, a first-year graduate student focusing on 19th and 20th century US History, will have a research paper featured in the January 2018 issue of the Journal of Mormon History titled "Scribbling Women in Zion: Mormon Women Emulate Fanny Fern". The paper focuses on the relationship between LDS women on the frontier of Utah and the writings of Fanny Fern, a satirical newspaper columnist with the New York Ledger known for her conversational writing style.

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Graduate Student Travis Ross Curates Rare Utah Map Exhibit

History graduate student Travis Ross partnered with the Utah State Historical Society to curate a collection of rare maps of the Utah territory, on display at the Utah State Capitol. The exhibit will run from January 27 to late summer 2017.

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Graduate Student Kate Mower Wins Fulbright for 2016-17

Three Humanities students, Jessica Chamorro, Sabrina Dawson, and Kate Mower have won the 2016-2017 Fulbright Awards. The US Fulbright program was established in 1946 to create mutual understanding and support friendly and peaceful relations between people in the U.S. and other countries.

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Featured Course

(HIST 4230) Global Islam

China has more Muslims than Saudi Arabia. India has more Muslims than Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Jordan combined. And Indonesia has the largest Muslim population on earth. We think of Islam as a religion of the Middle East and North Africa, but the vast majority of the world’s Muslims are not Arab and do not live in those regions. This course explores Islam as it exists everywhere else. We discuss the military, political, intellectual, and economic reasons for Islam’s expansion into Africa, Asia, and Europe. We look at historical relations between Muslims and non-Muslims and ask what “counts” as orthodox Islam as we discuss Sufism, the Sunni-Shi’ite divide, and Islamic extremism. We also discuss current news stories and try to understand them in historical context. 
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Aug 19

Saturday
12pm - 3:40pm

Angels in America Part 1: Millennium Approaches

Broadway Centre Cinemas 111 E. Broadway Salt Lake City, UT 84111

Aug 22

Tuesday
7pm - 10:40pm

Angels in America Part 1: Millennium Approaches

Broadway Centre Cinemas 111 E. Broadway Salt Lake City, UT 84111

Aug 23

Wednesday
10am - 2pm

Student Job & Volunteer Fair

Union - A. Ray Olpin (UNION)

Aug 26

Saturday
12pm - 4pm

Angels in America Part 2: Perestroika

Broadway Centre Cinemas 111 E. Broadway Salt Lake City, UT 84111

Aug 29

Tuesday
7pm - 11pm

Angels in America Part 2: Perestroika

Broadway Centre Cinemas 111 E. Broadway Salt Lake City, UT 84111

Sep 07

Thursday
3pm - 4pm

Gerda Saunders: Talk @TannerHumCenter

Tanner Humanities Center 215 S. Central Campus Drive, Room 143 Salt Lake City, UT 84112
Last Updated: 6/12/17