The History Department at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will host Prof. Ugur Ümit Üngör, Department of History at Utrecht University and the Institute for War and Genocide Studies in Amsterdam for a talk on "Race and Space: The Armenian Genocide in the Context of Population and Territory," on Friday, April 27th, 4:30-6:30 pm in Burnett Hall, Room 115.  Professor Bedross Der Matossian and Professor Lloyd E. Ambrosius, Samuel Clark Waugh Distinguished Professor of International Relations & Professor of History in the Department will discuss.

The eastern provinces of the Ottoman Empire used to be a multi-ethnic region where Armenians, Kurds, Syriacs, Turks, and Arabs lived together in the same villages and cities. From 1913 to 1950, successive Turkish governments subjected this region to a thorough policy of ethnic homogenization. Based on a decade of research on a range of unexamined records, Üngör demonstrates that the Armenian genocide was part and parcel of this wider process. He will offer insights into the economic ramifications of the genocide and describe how the plunder was organized on the ground. He will conclude that this violent process destroyed historical regions and emptied multicultural cities, but also cleared the way for the modern Turkish nation state.

Prof. Ugur Ümit Üngör  specializes in genocide, mass violence and ethnic conflict. His recent publications include Confiscation and Destruction: The Young Turk Seizure of Armenian Property (Continuum, 2011), and The Making of Modern Turkey: Nation and State in Eastern Anatolia, 1913-1950 (Oxford University Press, 2011). 

For more information, contact Prof. Bedross Der Matossian at bdermatossian2@unl.edu

Deparment undergraduates, Graduates, Faculty and Staff visited Omaha to talk to prospective students about majoring in history. The Big Red Road Show, in it's 11th season, allows Omaha-area Nebraskans a chance to learn about the diversity of majors and potential careers available at the University. The over a dozen department members who attended emobodied a variety of  fields, interests, and career paths to help inform prospective students and their families about the opportunities in history. Besides formal historical fields--academia and public historical work being the most notable--a history degree prepares students well for a wide variety of jobs in the public sector, from intelligence analysts to law enforcement. A facilty for writtern argumentation and critical analysis prepares students well for just about any career, and is valuable in life, generally. 

Picture: Jessi Hare (Foreground) and Allysa Felt help answer prospective students and their families' questions.

Patrick Jones and the History Harvest Project were the subject of an editorial in the Omaha World Herald! 

History major Rex Burkhead is one of three University of Nebraska Academic All-America football players this year. Burkhead, Austin Cassidy, and Sean Fisher were named to the Academic All America Division I team selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America. Nebraska continues its long tradition of academic excellence in its athletic programs. Burkhead was also named to the first team All Big Ten squad. He rushed for 1,268 yards and 17 touchdowns this year, as the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers compiled a 9-3 record. Burkhead continues a long tradition of History major All-American football players, beginning with Randy Reeves, a 1969 Academic All American, History major, and Rhodes Scholar. 

For more, see "Three NU Football Players Named Academic All-Americans." 

The 2011 UNL History Department's History Harvest, to be held in Omaha this Saturday, Oct. 22 at Love's Jazz and Art Center, 2510 N. 24th St., was featured recently in the Omaha World Herald. Dr. Patrick Jones has been steering the project with support from a team of undergraduate and graduate volunteers. Their goal is digitize and preserve everyday historical artifacts to help tell the story of Omaha's history.

The Department of History announces a search for Assistant Professor of History in North American West. 

North American West: The History Department at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln seeks candidates for a tenure-track assistant professorship in North American West, to begin August 2012. Ph.D. by August 2012 and ability to teach at the undergraduate and graduate levels required. We seek scholars working in any sub-field and any period, from early borderlands to the twentieth-century West. Scholars who can contribute to the History Department’s comparative and transnational focus are particularly encouraged to submit an application. To be considered for the position, applicants must complete the Faculty/Administrative Information Form at http://employment.unl.edu, requisition 110707, and send letter of application, curriculum vitae, three confidential letters of reference, and writing samples to Professor Timothy R. Mahoney, Chair, Search Committee, Department of History, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 612 Oldfather Hall, Lincoln, NE 68588-0327. Review of applications will begin on November 15, 2011, and will continue until the position is filled. For further information contact Timothy R. Mahoney at 402-472-2414 or tmahoney1@unl.edu. The University of Nebraska has an active National Science Foundation ADVANCE gender equity program, and is committed to a pluralistic campus community through affirmative action, equal opportunity, work-life balance, and dual careers.

Professor James Dean Le Sueur recently sat down with author Alexandra Fuller to talk about her experiences growing up as a youth in Rhodesia and her writing career. She has won numerous awards, and received recognition from The New York Times and The Guardian. James Dean Le Sueur is an historian of French Algeria.

Watch the Interview on UNL Mediahub

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