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Eadington Gaming Fellow Matias Karekallas | In Residence March 19 - April 8

Matias Karekallas

Special Collections and the Center for Gaming Research welcome Eadington Gaming Fellow, Matias Karekallas.

Karekallas is a sociology Ph.D. student in the Department of Social Research at the University of Helsinki, Finland. He also has a background in cultural geography where he earned his Master's degree. His dissertation approaches gambling from a cultural perspective and examines the (mental) images and places attached to gambling. In addition to gambling, his primary (research) interests include various phenomena related to popular music and…Read More

Eadington Gaming Fellow Lee Scrivner | In Residence March 17 -March 29

Special Collections and the Center for Gaming Research are delighted to welcome Eadington Gaming Fellow, Lee Scrivner.

Lee Scrivner (PhD London 2011, MA Utah 1998, BA Utah 1997) is a Lecturer in American literature and culture sponsored by the US Department of State, currently touring universities in Colombia. Formerly, (2010-2012) he was a Fulbright Lecturer in the Humanities at Bosphorus University in Istanbul, a sessional lecturer at the University of London (2007-2008); and an adjunct professor at UNLV (2001-2005). His…Read More

Eadington Gaming Fellow Michelle Robinson | In Residence March 6-March 19

Michelle Robinson

Special Collections and the Center for Gaming Research are delighted to welcome Eadington Gaming Fellow, Michelle Robinson.

Michelle Robinson is an Assistant Professor of American Studies at UNC-Chapel Hill. She earned a B.A. in English and American Language and Literature from Harvard University and a Master’s of Theological Studies from Harvard Divinity School before completing the Ph.D. in Boston University's American and New England Studies Program. Her essays have appeared in Studies in the Novel, Modern Drama, Children’s Literature Association…Read More

Eadington Gaming Fellow Robert Miller | In Residence February 24-March 21

Special Collections and the Center for Gaming Research are delighted to welcome Eadington Gaming Fellow, Robert W. Miller.

Robert Miller is a doctoral candidate in Modern European History at the University of Kansas, under the direction of Dr. Chris Forth. He received degrees in History, Sociology, and Political Science from Eastern Kentucky University, and a Master of Arts degree in History from the University of Kansas.  His research interests include histories of travel, tourism, culture, and consumption. He is primarily a historian of Europe in the…Read More

Caesars Palace Exhibit - 3rd Floor, Lied Library

A model standing in front of the neon sign for Caesars Palace (Las Vegas), August 1966 advertising the grand opening. YESCO Collection, 98-12.

In honor of the recent roundtable on Jay Sarno's life and legacy, Head of Exhibits Peter Michel curated an exhibit on Caesars Palace that is located just outside of the Goldfield Room.  It's drawn from a variety of collections in UNLV Special Collections, and features architectural drawings, menus, photographs, postcards, ephemera,artifacts, and original press releases documenting the history of one of the most legendary Las Vegas hotel/casinos ever built. Much of the material has…Read More

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