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Lawrence Badash Memorial Lecture by Audra J. Wolfe: “Science, Freedom, and the Cold War: a Political History of Apolitical Science”

HSSB 6020 (McCune Room) University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, United States

As a part of the Lawrence Badash Memorial Lecture Series, the Interdisciplinary Humanities Center presents Audra J. Wolfe on the development of so-called apolitical science. Why do so many U.S. scientists continue to lean on the language of apolitical science, even as political leaders display less and less interest in scientists’ claims to expertise, or […]

History Associates Presents: Stephan Miescher’s Ghana’s Electric Dreams

Faulkner Gallery 40 E Anapamu Street, Santa Barbara, CA, United States

History Associates will kick off the 2019-2020 year with a presentation by UCSB’s Professor Stephan Miescher titled Ghana’s Electric Dreams. It is based on his forthcoming monograph on the history of Ghana’s most ambitious development project, the Volta River Project and the Akosombo Dam, and their importance for the process of nation-building. It will include the showing of […]

Nelson Lichtenstein, “A Fabulous Failure: Bill Clinton, American Capitalism, and the Origin of Our Troubled Times”

Corwin Pavilion 494 UCEN Road, Isla Vista, CA, United States

As part of the The Center for the Study of Work, Labor, and Democracy’s “The Political Economy of Racial Inequality” Fall Quarter speaker series, Nelson Lichtenstein (History, UC Santa Barbara) will present “A Fabulous Failure: Bill Clinton, American Capitalism, and the Origin of Our Troubled Times.” Lichtenstein is the Academic Senate's 2019 Faculty Research Lecturer. […]

Elizabeth Buettner, “Postcolonial Migration Meets European Integration: Britain in Comparative Perspective”

HSSB 4020 University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, United States

Elizabeth Buettner, Professor of Modern History at the University of Amsterdam, will present her paper "Postcolonial Migration Meets European Integration: Britain in Comparative Perspective" on Tuesday, October 22 at 4:00 in HSSB 4020. How exceptional has Britain’s history of inward migration after 1945 been compared to that of other Western European countries? Like other former […]

Rosemarie Zagarri on “The Murky Past and Contested Future of the Electoral College”

HSSB 4080 4080 Humanities and Social Sciences Building, UC Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, United States

On October 24 at 4:00pm in HSSB 4080, Professor Rosemarie Zagarri of George Mason University will present a talk titled "The Murky Past and Contested Future of the Electoral College." The event is free and open to the public. This talk will examine the roots of the American system for electing its president and explore […]

Steve Zipperstein, “The Impeachment Wars: What Lies Ahead”

HSSB 6020 (McCune Room) University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, United States

The Trump impeachment saga has gained startling momentum in recent days. As the proceedings accelerate, fascinating legal and policy questions arise. Can the president pardon people who have committed crimes at his behest? Can he pardon himself? Does impeachment require proof of a federal crime? Is the Senate required to hold an actual trial? Can nonfederal legal authorities—like the […]

Brad Bouley, “To Catch a Witch: Gender, Politics, and Persecution in the European Past”

McCune Conference Room (HSSB 6020) Humanities and Social Sciences Bldg, Santa Barbara, CA, United States

As a special Halloween event, Professor Brad Bouley will present "To Catch a Witch: Gender, Politics, and Persecution in the European Past." Join us at noon on October 31 in the McCune Conference Room (HSSB 6020) for knowledge, pizza, and drinks. Undergraduates are especially welcome.

Einstein’s War: How World War I Made Relativity (Matt Stanley, NYU)

HSSB 6020 (McCune Room) University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, United States

Join us for the next Lawrence Badash Memorial Lecture...13 November 2019 at 4PM  About the talk: Einstein’s ascent to worldwide celebrity was, in large part, not his own doing. The 1919 confirmation of the German Einstein’s theory of general relativity by British astronomers soon after the end of the First World War made him an […]

Queen Victoria and the Making of the Modern Monarchy

Karpeles Manuscript Library 21 West Anapamu Street, Santa Barbara, CA, United States

In this talk, Dr. Erika Rappaport, Professor and Chair of the Department of History at UCSB and historian of British consumer culture, explores how Queen Victoria became the first media monarch. Queen Victoria was unmatched in bringing the monarchy into the modern age, becoming the subject of intense media attention, criticism and adoration. In her […]

Susan Lederer, “‘Send My Body to the Medical College’: Alternative Afterlives in Turn of the Century America”

HSSB 6020 (McCune Room) University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, United States

Dr. Susan Lederer, Professor of the History of Medicine, University of Wisconsin Madison will be giving a talk on Thursday, January 9 at 5:30 pm entitled "'Send My Body to the Medical College': Alternative Afterlives in Turn of the Century America." In 1876 American and English newspapers reported the extraordinary will made by an American […]

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