History lives and breathes in places across the United States, bringing depth and nuance to unexpected corners of our everyday lives, and nobody knows that better than Matt Basso, associate professor of History and Gender Studies at the University of Utah. Matt is wrapping up a nearly five-year project with the National Park Service (NPS) that provides new resources for understanding the World War II home front, one of the most remarkable periods in our nation’s history.

Simmons Chair of Mormon Studies, Departmental Chair, and Professor in the History Department, W. Paul Reeves published an opinion piece in the Deseret News on Joseph Smith and the peaceful transfer of power.

The annual conference of the Pacific Coast Branch of the American Historical Association (PCB-AHA) is being held from July 31-August 2, 2024, on the campus of the University of Hawaii at Mānoa. In light of the conference’s location, the editors of the PCB-AHA’s official journal, the Pacific Historical Review, have curated a list of recent articles from the journal focused on Hawaii. Themes of racial diversity and belonging form a common thread throughout the selections. Whether or not you are in Hawaii for the conference, we invite you to read these articles for free online for a limited time.

Professors Edith Chen, Dwain Coleman, Annie Greene, and Daniela Samur will join us in fall 2024. Check out their faculty pages and what courses they will be teaching!