University of Wyoming History Department

04/28/2026

On Tuesday, May 12th at 7:00pm, please join the Albany County Historical Society for Kim Viner’s program: Rediscovering the Ivinsons. We will meet at the Alice Hardie Stevens Center, 6th & University in Laramie. Free admission. Everyone is welcome.

Please see the attached newsletter for more details about Kim’s program and for other upcoming history-focused America 250th events in Laramie and Cheyenne, including info on ACHS programs for September, October, and November 2026.

ALERT!!! Our meeting in May is on the 2nd Tuesday instead of the usual 3rd Tuesday due to venue availability!

03/24/2026

Some great talks coming up this week with the 2nd annual UW Humanities Summit!

03/24/2026

Come hear about Dr. Adam Blackler's sabbatical research next Thurs 4/2 at 3pm (BU 123)!

03/05/2026

Come see our illustrious department chair, Dr. Jeff Means, on 3/11!

02/12/2026

The Rentschler Lecture returns in two weeks! Join us on February 25 for "Art and Advertising in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show." Michelle Delaney presents on Buffalo Bill Cody’s adroit use of advertising to attract audiences from around the world and brand his traveling show as the authentic Wild West experience.

Our speaker, Dr. Delaney, is the Acting Associate Director for Museum Research and Scholarship at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian where she manages the Museum’s research and scholarship team and leads program development for exhibitions, educational programming, publications, and digital scholarship.

In the meantime, whet your appetite for stories of the West with the AHC's Buffalo Bill Collection, which features correspondence, legal documents, ticket receipts, train schedules, playbills, advertisements, and photographs from Buffalo Bill's Wild West. See the collection at https://bit.ly/4trRj3z.

02/09/2026

Also check out WIHR's associated event: Publishing Workshop with Dr. Andrew Greyill (SMU), 2/20, 10am, Cooper House!

02/05/2026

Check out our very own Dr. Melissa Morris in the trailer for a documentary about the West during the American Revolution!

This is "West of the Revolution_Teaser_260127" by Caldera Productions on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

12/08/2025

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/08/ancient-egyptian-pleasure-boat-found-archaeologists-alexandria-coast

First-century luxury vessel matches description by the Greek historian Strabo, who visited city around 29-25BC

10/24/2025

https://archaeologymag.com/2025/10/medieval-silver-hoard-unearthed-near-stockholm/

A man in Sweden discovered a massive medieval silver hoard of coins and jewelry near Stockholm, dating back to the 12th century.

10/09/2025

Cecily Zander, an assistant professor of history at UW, has earned the 2025 Center for Civil War Research’s Wiley-Silver Prize for the best first book in Civil War history.

This prize honors new and emerging scholars in the field of American Civil War history. Scholars who earn this award receive $2,000 and an invitation to speak at the University of Mississippi.

Zander’s book, “The Army Under Fire: The Politics of Antimilitarism in the Civil War Era” (Louisiana State University Press), is a pathbreaking study that examines the intense political debates over the size and use of military forces in the U.S. during the Civil War era.