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Gaming Research Colloquium comes to town

March 6th, 2008 by Dave

The Center for Gaming Research is sponsoring a new series of Gaming Research Colloquia that feature lunchtime talks by gambling researchers at UNLV Special Collections. Check it out:

March 21

Transforming Gambling Research into “Big History”

Larry Gragg, Ph.D.

Curators’ Teaching Professor
History and Political Science
Missouri University of Science and Technology
Rolla, Missouri

March 2008 Visiting Gaming Research Fellow

Where? Special Collections Reading Room, Lied Library
When? Friday, March 21, 2008, 12:15 p.m. to 1:15 p.m.

Download flyer (pdf)

March 28

Gamblers, Con Men, & Political Corruption: Denver 1889-1900

Jane Haigh

Ph.D. Candidate, University of Arizona
Author, King Con: The Story of Soapy Smith

March 2008 Visiting Gaming Research Fellow

Where? Special Collections Reading Room, Lied Library
When? Friday, March 28, 2008, 12:15 p.m. to 1:15 p.m.

Download flyer (pdf)
Center for Gaming Research: Gaming Research Colloquium Series

I’m really excited about this new series, which is less formal than a lecture but more structured than a chat.

In other news, I’ve revamped the main page of the Center for Gaming Research, and I’m pretty jazzed about the new look. I humbly ask you to take a look for yourself.

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David G. Schwartz

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is the online home of David G. Schwartz, who writes extensively about Las Vegas, gambling, and history.

He's the Director of the Center for Gaming Research at UNLV and has a Ph.D. in United States history from UCLA. He's also taught a range of subjects, running the gamut from hospitality security to gambling history to writing creative non-fiction.

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