Nakba in the Age of Catastrophe: Lessons from Palestine
Sherene Seikaly will give a talk called: "Nakba in the Age of Catastrophe: Lessons from Palestine" What can the history of Palestine teach us about surviving catastrophe? In this talk, […]
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Public Lecture
Ending Poverty in California: A Movement, A Plan, A More Equitable Future
HSSB 6020 (McCune Room) University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, United StatesWhat would a California without poverty look like? How would ending economic hardship advance freedom and well-being for all? This is a prospect that has captured the imaginations of activists, […]
Reparations Past and Present
For more than 200 years, Americans have argued about whether freed slaves should be compensated for the time and livelihood taken from them. These debates intensified after the Civil War […]
Women and Revolution: War, Violence, and Family Separations Across the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands
Alhecama Theater 215 A East Canon Perdido Street, Santa Barbara, United StatesVerónica Castillo-Muñoz will give a talk called: "Women and Revolution: War, Violence, and Family Separations Across the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands." On April 24 at 5:30pm At Alhecama Theater, 215 E. Canon […]
Van Gelderen Lecture 2024 – “Protect the One Who Carries You”: Amulets and Daily Life in Roman Egypt
HSSB 6020 (McCune Room) University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, United StatesEvan Andersson will present this year's Van Gelderen Lecture, "'Protect the One Who Carries You': Amulets and Daily Life in Roman Egypt" On Wednesday, May 8, 2024 at 5:00pm In […]
Juan Cobo Betancourt, “Christianity, Colonialism, & the Muisca peoples of the Northern Andes”
Alhecama Theater 215 A East Canon Perdido Street, Santa Barbara, United StatesPublic Lecture: Juan Cobo Betancourt, "Christianity, Colonialism, & the Muisca peoples of the Northern Andes" Alhecama Theatre, 215 E. Canon Perdido Street, located in El Presidio de Santa Bárbara State […]
Michael Cooperson (UCLA), “Towards a New Arabic Literary History”
HSSB 4020Towards a new Arabic literary history Michael Cooperson, Professor of Arabic, NELC, UCLA What did pre-modern authors writing in Arabic have to say about their own literary history? Many things, […]