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The history of Brigham Young University (BYU) begins in 1875, when the school was called Brigham Young Academy (BYA). The school did not reach university status until 1903, in a decision made by the school's board of trustees at the request of BYU president Benjamin Cluff .
Eric R. Dursteler (born 1964) is a professor of history at Brigham Young University (BYU) and chair of the BYU history department. He is a lecturer and seminar presenter, and has specialized in the history of early modern Italy, the history of the Mediterranean including the early modern Mediterranean, and the history of food.
In 1982, the History Division of the church's Historical Department was dissolved and its staff transferred to BYU, to become part of the Smith Institute. Leonard J. Arrington, who headed the History Division from 1972–1982, also led the Smith Institute from 1980–1986. [1] Arrington was succeeded as head of the institute by Ron Esplin.
The University Archive contains over 7,000 feet (2,100 m) of linear records that document BYU's history. The archive has documents and photographs from each year of the school's history including items related to dance planning, and athletics and also includes copies of the school's newspaper The Daily Universe and the yearbook The Banyan ...
Later, some university trustees had reservations about Allen's 1981 appointment as chair of the history department. [21] However, he retained leadership roles at BYU until his 1992 retirement, when he rejoined the staff and programs from the old History Division, at BYU's Joseph Fielding Smith Institute.
It was while serving as a missionary that he decided to shift to studying history. After his mission he returned to BYU and in 1952 earned a BA in history. He then earned an MA and PhD from Columbia University. [1] He then was a professor of history at New York University. [2] Jensen joined the BYU history department in 1957.
Brigham Young University Department of Anthropology Excavations The Museum also has extensive excavated collections from the Department of Anthropology. There are over 100,000 lots which contain over 1 million individual artifacts of sherds, lithics, projectile points and soil samples.
Hamblin taught as a professor in the BYU History Department, and he taught at the BYU Jerusalem Center in 2010. [7] [8] After retiring, Hamblin spent time traveling the world. [3] [7] From approximately 2011 to 2019, Hamblin co-wrote a Deseret News column on world religions with Daniel C. Peterson. [2]