
KANSAS UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY
Studying history at the University of Kansas will expand your mind. Our course offerings introduce students to medieval witches and Samurai warriors, conspiracy cranks and Chairman Mao, Native American activists and the Black Panther Party. Students can take courses on the history of sexuality, or, if that isn’t exciting enough, courses on natural disasters, wars, and plagues. With 26 tenured and tenure-track faculty, the Department of History covers the globe.

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Thursday, April 20th 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
As a part of The Hall Center for Humanities Resident Speaker Series, Assistant Professor of History, Elaine Nelson will present her new work, "Dreams and Dust in the Black Hills: Tourism, Performance, and the American West in National Memory."
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