Description
Nevada History Lecture
Diana L. Ahmad, Ph.D.
Curators’ Distinguished Teaching Professor Emerita
Missouri University of Science and Technology
Depot of Carcasses on the 40 Mile Desert
More information about Dr. Ahmad’s Nevada Day lecture will be posted soon!
Speaker Biography
Dr. Diana Ahmad is a Curators’ Distinguished Teaching Professor Emerita of American history at Missouri University of Science and Technology. She specializes in the history of the American West, with areas of interest in vice (smoking opium and prostitution), as well as animals on the overland trails. In addition, Ahmad looks at the concept of Manifest Destiny and its role in the movement west, including American expansion into the Pacific. Ahmad is also the Book Review Editor for the Nevada Historical Society Quarterly. Currently, she is retired and working on a book about American tourists in the Pacific from 1880-1914. Ahmad received her Ph.D. from the University of Missouri in 1997 and her B.A. (1974) and M.A. (1979) from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
Details
10/25/2023 17:00:0010/25/2023 18:30:00America/Los_AngelesNevada History Lecture 40 Mile DesertNevada History Lecture Diana L. Ahmad, Ph.D. Curators’ Distinguished Teaching Professor Emerita Missouri University of Science and Technology Depot of Carcasses on the 40 Mile Desert More information about Dr. Ahmad's Nevada Day lecture will be posted soon! Speaker Biography [caption id="attachment_6863" align="alignleft" width="300"] Diana Ahmad[/caption]
Dr. Diana Ahmad is a Curators’ Distinguished Teaching Professor Emerita of American history at Missouri University of Science and Technology. She specializes in the history of the American West, with areas of interest in vice (smoking opium and prostitution), as well as animals on the overland trails. In addition, Ahmad looks at the concept of Manifest Destiny and its role in the movement west, including American expansion into the Pacific. Ahmad is also the Book Review Editor for the Nevada Historical Society Quarterly. Currently, she is retired and working on a book about American tourists in the Pacific from 1880-1914. Ahmad received her Ph.D. from the University of Missouri in 1997 and her B.A. (1974) and M.A. (1979) from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.Reno, NV| Event Starts | Event Ends |
| 10/25/2023 | 10/25/2023 |
| All Day Event | |
| 5:00pm | 6:30pm |
