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History Professor Mark Choate Receives Top Military Award

By Ivette Galvez
October 21, 2024 12:00 PM
Mark I. Choate returned in July to his faculty position as a history professor at BYU with a Legion of Merit military award from the United States Armed Forces. The award is the seventh in order of precedence among all U.S. military awards.
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Annual Ronald and Nelani Walker Lecture: "Buffalo Bill and the Mormons"

11:00 AM
Thursday, November 07
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Chicano While Mormon: Activism, War, and Keeping the Faith

11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Thursday, November 14
Book of the Year Panel Discussion will be held on Thursday, November 14, 2024 at 11 a.m. in 1060 HBLL.
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Barrios of Faith: Latina/o Latter-Day Saints Encounters in Faith and Cultural Identity

11:00 AM
Thursday, October 24
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David Holland — Alumni Achievement Lecture

11:00 AM
Thursday, October 10
David F. Holland will deliver the Honored Alumni Lecture for the College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences during Homecoming Week.
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Articles

Conversion, connection bookend BYU grad’s journey

Growing up in Houston, Garrett Mast had always envisioned attending college on the East Coast, but after joining The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as a 16-year-old, the opportunity for an education at BYU was something he couldn’t resist. “BYU gave me more options to pursue things I was interested in,” recalls the Family History major.
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These 5 Employees are Making a Noticeable Difference

By Britney Heimuli
March 29, 2024 03:19 PM
March 29, 2024
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Kate Brown, MIT: Nuclear Terrorism in 21st Century War in Ukraine

11:00 AM
Thursday, March 28
39th Annual Russel B. Swensen Lecture titled "Nuclear Terrorism in 21st Century War in Ukraine" will be presented by Kate Brown, Thomas M. Siebel Distinguished Professor in the History of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, on Thursday, March 28 at 11 a.m. in 1060 HBLL.
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Truth and Reconciliation: A Conference of the BYU Slavery Project

9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Friday, February 16
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Paul Reeve and Grace Soelberg: Let’s Talk About Race and the Priesthood

4:00 PM - 5:15 PM
Thursday, November 02
Book of the Year Panel Discussion will be held on Thursday, November 2, 2023 at 4 p.m. in B002 JFSB.
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Matthew Grow, Church History Dept: The Career and Research Collection of Ronald W. Walker

11:00 AM
Thursday, November 09
Ronald and Launi Walker Lecture titled "“Find Grand Themes and Grand Topics: The Career and Research Collection of Ronald W. Walker” will be presented by Matthew Grow, Managing Director of the Church History Department on Thursday, November 9, 2023, at 11 a.m. in 3380 WSC.
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Mark Johnson, University of Notre Dame: A History of the Chinese Experience in Montana

11:00 AM
Thursday, September 21
William Howard & Hazel Butler Peters Lecture titled "The Middle Kingdom Under the Big Sky: A History of the Chinese Experience in Montana" will be presented by Mark Johnson, Associate Clinical Professor at Notre Dame, on Thursday, Sept. 21, at 11 a.m. in 2280 WSC.
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Utah Humanities Book Award: Erika Bsumek, Professor of History, UT Austin

11:00 AM
Thursday, October 05
Utah Humanities Book Award: Erika Bsumek, Professor of History, University of Texas "The Foundations of Glen Canyon Dam: Infrastructures of Dispossession on the Colorado Plateau" will be held on Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023, at 11 a.m. in 1060 HBLL.
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Amy Stanley, Northwestern: "Urban History as Global History: A View from Edo, Japan"

11:00 AM
Thursday, October 26
The 2023 DeLamar Jensen Lecture titled "Urban History as Global History: A View from Edo, Japan" will be presented by Amy Stanley, Research Professor in History at Northwestern on Thursday Oct. 26, 2023, at 11:00 a.m. in 1060 HBLL.
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Eduardo Pagán, ASU: What the Book of Mormon Says About Equity and Inclusion

11:00 AM
Thursday, October 12
The Fernando R. Gomez Latino Lecture titled "On the Question of Equity and Inclusion: What the Book of Mormon Has to Say" will be delivered by Eduardo Pagán, professor of history at ASU, on Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023, at 11 a.m. in 1060 HBLL.
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Spotlights

History Student Changing the World One Step at a Time

By Maddie Christensen
April 07, 2023 01:29 PM
April 6, 2023
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History Alum Curates Exhibit on First Black BYU Graduate

By Maddie Christensen
March 27, 2023 09:46 AM
March 27, 2023
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Utah Lieutenant Governor and Top Athletes Graduate from College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences

By Rachel Summers
July 18, 2022 05:44 PM
April 26, 2022
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