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University of Wyoming Department of History

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WELCOME TO HISTORY

Native American peoples inhabited and visited the landscape encompassed within Wyoming for centuries prior to the founding of the University of Wyoming (UW) in 1887 and we would like to acknowledge the Arapaho, Cheyenne, Crow, Lakota, Shoshone, and Ute, on whose land we stand today.

Long committed to the history of the American West, the History Department at UW is uniquely positioned to situate this field in a global context. Drawing on expertise ranging from Europe, East and Central Asia, Africa, and the Americas, we strive to explore historical questions with thematic as well as comparative approaches. Our goal is to give students a truly global perspective on history.

 

 

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Contact Us

History Building
Dept. 3198
1000 E. University Ave.
Laramie, WY 82071
Phone: (307) 766-5101
Email: uwhist@uwyo.edu
Find Us: UW Campus Map