Welcome to the History Department's homepage. We offer degrees at the undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral levels, and our students enjoy many opportunities for research and travel. Our faculty members are committed teachers and scholars, with substantial records of publication and national and international reputations. The faculty's particular areas of strength are the U.S.-Mexico border region and Latin America. We invite you to explore this page, and to contact us with any questions you might have.    

Bienvenidos al Departamento de Historia. Nosotros ofrecemos grados de licenciatura, maestría y doctorado, y nuestros estudiantes disfrutan de muchas oportunidades de investigación y de viajes académicos. Nuestros profesores son reconocidos en la enseñanza y en investigación, quienes tienen un extenso número de publicaciones y poseen prestigio nacional e internacional. Las especialidades con más fortalezas de los profesores son la región fronteriza de los Estados Unidos de América y México, y Latinoamérica. Te invitamos a explorar esta página y a contactarnos con cualquiera de las preguntas que tú pudieras tener. Información sobre el programa doctoral en el español.

Fall 2008

Selected Friday Afternoons at 3:30 in LA 322

 

The goal of the seminar is to provide an opportunity for presentation and discussion of research of interest to historians and others with an interest in history.  The seminar is interdisciplinary and will include UTEP faculty and graduate students as well as scholars from other universities.  A formal paper presentation will be followed by discussion and an opportunity for informal socializing.  The seminar is open to all faculty and graduate students and others who may be interested.

 

Sept. 5: Roundtable:  Reflections on the Personal and the Intellectual:  What is the Relationship Between Historians’ Personal Interests and Identities and Their Intellectual Pursuits?   Sandy McGee Deutsch (Prof., UTEP History Dept.); Nancy Aguirre (PhD Cand. UTEP History Dept.);  Keith Erekson (Asst. Prof., UTEP History Dept.)

 

Sept. 26: Lydia Otero, PhD, Asst. Prof., Mexican American Studies & Research Center, University of Arizona

La Plaza Theatre: A Site of Cultural Continuity in the Tucsonese Downtown?

 

Oct. 17: Joshua Fan, PhD, Asst. Prof., UTEP History Department

The Homeless Generation Testifies—You Cannot Go Home Again (Mainland Migrants in Taiwan)

 

Oct. 24: Sam Brunk, Prof., UTEP History Department

Join us in celebrating the publication of Sam Brunk’s newly published book:  The Posthumous Career of Emiliano Zapata: Myth, Memory, and Mexico's Twentieth Century. University of Texas Press.

 

Nov. 7 Charles Martin, Assoc. Prof., UTEP History Department

Benching Jim Crow:  The Collapse of the Color Line in Southern College Sports”?

 

For further information contact Chuck Ambler at cambler@utep.edu or 747-8039.  There will be refreshments and informal discussion following.

The twelfth annual El Paso History Day contest will be held on Saturday, February 21, 2009, on the UTEP campus.  Last year some 224 middle school and high school students registered for the event.   Approximately 260 students from 24 schools are expected to participate in 2009.  The categories in which students may enter are:

 

                Exhibits—individual and group entries

                Documentaries—individual and group entries

                Performances—individual and group entries

                Interpretive Web Sites—combined entries

                Papers—individual entries only

 

For further information, contact the local director, Dr. Charles H. Martin, at mcharles@utep.edu or visit the website for History Day