Sherene Seikaly Event Description: This talk explores British economic policy in the Middle East in general and Palestine specifically during WWII. Scholarly depictions have focused on the importance of measuring and realizing economic growth. This analysis looks instead at the construction and provision of basic needs during times of scarcity. It shows how British officials […]

Betty K. Koed is the U.S. Senate Historian and Director of the Senate Historical office. Koed earned her Ph.D. in political and public history at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where she also taught history and provided editorial assistance to The Public Historian. A Senate Historian, Koed supervises all historical and archival projects, provides […]

ICW Director Bill Deverell with Veronica Castillo-Munoz (UCSB), Kelly Lytle Hernandez (UCLA), and Jessica Kim (CSUN). Hundred Years Since Columbus- Pancho Villa, the Border, & U.S. History 

Women in History Lecture: Rose Bird--Chief Justice of California Kathleen Cairns PhD (retired annuitant in Women's History/Gender Studies at Cal Poly SCU) will be speaking about Rose Elizabeth Bird (1936-1999), who served for 10 years as the first female Chief Justice of CA, and her role in politicizing the judiciary. There will be a Special […]