Call for applications for those of you research gender in the American West: The Coalition for Western Women’s History announces the 15th ...

Attention, all graduate students! This looks like a great opportunity. WESTERN HISTORY DISSERTATION WORKSHOP The Center for the Southwest ...

“Religion in the Rocky Mountains and Great Plains” Conference Call for Proposals The Department of Religious Studies at the University of...

For those of you researching Hinduism in the American West, Mike Altman, a PhD candidate at Emory, is looking to propose a panel around this...

For those of you doing field research or archival research on (American) Western topic that requires travel and find yourself in needs ...

The Pacific Coast Branch of the American Historical Association has a call for papers for their August 8-10, 2013 conference in Denver. They...

So, in case you didn't notice, December 21, 2012--apparently the last day on one of the Mayan calendars--has come and gone with no apoca...

Call for Participants: Seminar on Religion and US Empire (2013-2015) We invite applications to participate in a three-year series of researc...

Quincy Newell has published a new article in the most recent issue of the online journal Religion Compass , titled: "Religion and the ...

by the Editors Five years ago the Religion in the American West Seminar at the American Academy of Religion was created. Since seminars ...

Graduate Student Fellowships at the Western Historical Quarterly Applications are now welcome for the S. George Ellsworth Fellowship ...

Spotted outside Green River, Wyoming, in August 2012: Photo by Quincy D. Newell.  Click image to enlarge.  It's worth it. One has ...

Earlier this summer, during a cross country road trip we pulled into Butte, Montana. I noticed right away (how could I miss it) a giant stat...

The Loretto Chapel in Santa Fe, New Mexico, is known for its spiral staircase . Photo by Quincy D. Newell Specifically, this is a spir...

We're happy to announce a new Twitter page! You can find us at RelWest. We'll tweet new blog posts when they are posted on Fridays a...

This is exciting news! The Department of Archives and Special Collections, William H. Hannon Library, Loyola Marymount University, has op...

Jared Farmer , author of On Zion's Mount: Mormons, Indians,and the American Landscape (Harvard, 2008) has published a free e-book tit...

REMINDER: WHA Proposals Due Tomorrow! Hi everyone -- your friendly blog editors here, reminding you that proposals for the 2013 Western Hi...

This announcement came across our desk recently. You might be interested, or know someone who is. 2013 Webb-Smith Essay Competition $1...

We thought this potential session looked pretty interesting when it came across our desk. Remember the deadline for proposals to the WHA is...