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U.S. Senate Historian on Career Opportunities in Public History

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

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 […]

Department of History and the History Associates Annual Awards Ceremony

The UCSB History Associates and the Department of History honor the recipients of this year's History Associates and Department of History awards at the Annual Awards Ceremony: Wednesday June 1, 2016 at 4:00pm UCSB Interdisciplinary Humanities Center McCune Conference Room Sixth floor Humanities and Social Sciences Building

History Graduation Reception 2016 for all graduating History majors and their families

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

All graduating History majors and their families are invited: Sunday June 12th 10:00am-12:00pm in HSSB 4020 The UCSB Department of History is pleased to invite you to the annual UC Santa Barbara History Department Graduation Reception. Please join History faculty members and your fellow students for a buffet breakfast and mingling. This celebration is for […]

Kathleen Cairnes to Speak about First Female Chief Justice of California

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 […]

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Save the Date! Breakfast with the Humanities, September 20

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

On Tuesday, September 20, the Division of Humanities and Fine Arts will host the fourth annual Breakfast with the Humanities for HFA undergraduates at the McCune Conference room (HSSB 6020) at 9:30am. $50 gift certificates to the UCSB Bookstore as well as cool gear from local marketing company Oniracom will be raffled off!!!

2016-2017 Department of History New Majors Meeting

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

This is a great opportunity for the 2016-2017 new undergraduate majors and those interested in the History, Medieval Studies, and the History of Public Policy majors and the History and Labor Studies minors to meet members of the Department of History faculty. Students will make connections with faculty and with other students and learn about […]

Gender and Intimacy Across the U.S-Mexico Borderlands

Loma Pelona Conference Center Loma Pelona Center, Santa Barbara, CA, United States

A Workshop at UC Santa Barbara Keynote Speaker Dr. Alexandra Minna Stern, Professor of American Culture, Women’s Studies, History, and Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Michigan, will provide they keynote talk on “Gender and Intimacy Across the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands.” Author of Eugenic Nation: Faults and Frontiers of Better Breeding in America, 2d. ed. […]

UCSB’s History Associates “Much Ado about Nothing” Sponsored Lecture

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

Please join UCSB's History Associates at 12pm on October 2 in HSSB 4020 (the History Department's Conference Room) for lunch and a talk by Irwin Appel, Professor of Theater and Director of the BFA Actor Training Program at UCSB. We will then proceed to the nearby Studio Theater for the 2pm performance of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About […]