Latest Past Events

CMES Grad Fellows Panel III | Statecraft, Memory, Belonging: From Abkhazia to Palestine

On Monday January 26 at 9 am  CMES Spotlight Series is hosting its third iteration of the 2025-2026 academic year. This will feature a graduate student panel on the topic “Statecraft, Memory, Belonging: From Abkhazia to Palestine” and features the work of Graduate Fellows Gehad Abaza (Anthropology), Farah Hammouda (Sociology), and Amin Mahini (History).  Professor […]

History and Political Economy Colloquium with Dr. Utathya Chattopadhyaya | “Intoxication and Political Economy”

HSSB 4080 4080 Humanities and Social Sciences Building, UC Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara

We are excited to announce the fourth session of the History Department’s colloquium on history and political economy. The colloquium offers a forum for open, substantive discussions on how to approach political economy from a historical perspective; how to grapple with and benefit from the epistemological diversity surrounding political economy; and how a historical take […]

History and Political Economy Colloquium with Dr. Giuliana Perrone | “Abolition and Capitalism” | Feb 24, 12 PM | HSSB 4080

HSSB 4080 4080 Humanities and Social Sciences Building, UC Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara

The colloquium offers a forum for open, substantive discussions on how to approach political economy from a historical perspective; how to grapple with and benefit from the epistemological diversity surrounding political economy; and how a historical take on political economy can help contextualize and address urgent contemporary issues– at UCSB, in Santa Barbara/Southern California, in […]