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Book Launch: Erika Rappaport’s A Thirst for Empire: How Tea Shaped the Modern World

TD-W 1701 University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, United States

Please come celebrate the publication of Erika Rappaport's new book: A Thirst for Empire: How Tea Shaped the Modern World Speakers: Nadja Durbach, Professor of History, University of Utah Bishnupriya Ghosh, Professor of English, University of California, Santa Barbara Erika Rappaport, Professor of History, University of California, Santa Barbara

The Russian Revolution and the Trump Revolution by Prof. Toshi Hasegawa

Please join us on Sunday October 22 2017 to hear a talk by Prof. Toshi Hasegawa. The event will be at the Karpeles Manuscript Library, 21 West Anapamu Street, Santa Barbara. In 1917, the February Revolution overthrew the monarchy of Tsar Nicholas II in Russia and un-wittingly opened the door to Lenin and his allies who […]

Slaves, Silver, and Atlantic Empires (Alex Borucki, UC Irvine)

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

Please join us for the next meeting of the new Colloquium on Latin American and Caribbean History as we welcome Alex Borucki, who will deliver a talk entitled "Slaves, Silver, and Atlantic Empires: The Slave Trade to Spanish South America, 1700-1810". The talk will be held in HSSB 4020 at 5 pm on Wednesday, November 1st, […]

The Chinese Typewriter: A History (Tom Mullaney, Stanford)

7 November at 4PM in the McCune Room (6th floor, HSSB) Abstract: Chinese writing is character-based, the one major world script that is neither alphabetic nor syllabic. Over the past two centuries, Chinese script has encountered presumed alphabetic universalism at every turn, whether in the form of Morse Code, Braille, stenography, Linotype, punch cards, word […]

James Delbourgo (Rutgers) on the Origins of the British Museum

UCSB Library, 1312 University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, United States

Collecting the World: Hans Sloane and the Origins of the British Museum In 1759, London's British Museum opened its doors for the first time--the first free national public museum in the world. But how did it come into being? This talk recounts the overlooked yet colorful life of the museum's founder: Sir Hans Sloane. Born […]

History Associates and Arthur Miller’s View from the Bridge, Nov. 19

The UCSB History Associates are presenting a talk by Prof. Irwin Appel (Professor of Theater) on Arthur Miller's play A View from the Bridge on 19 November 2017. He will speak at a luncheon in HSSB 4020 at noon, after which we will proceed to the theater to see the play (directed by Appel). Please see […]

Robert Mugabe-Vladimir Putin: The End of One Era-Continuation of Another

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

Mhoze Chikowero, Professor of History, UCSB, "The End of an Era in Zimbabwe?" Elena Aronova, Professor of History, UCSB, "Trolls, Bots, Cyberwarfare and the Cold War Origins of Putin's Information Wars" Monday, December 4, 5-6:30, UCSB McCune Conference Room Poster here: Mugabe poster

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Cold War Curvature: Measuring and Modeling Gravity in Postwar American Physics (David Kaiser, MIT)

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

A popular image persists of Albert Einstein as a loner, someone who avoided the hustle and bustle of everyday life in favor of quiet contemplation. Yet Einstein was deeply engaged with politics throughout his life; indeed, he was so active politically that the FBI kept him under surveillance for decades. His most enduring scientific legacy, […]

Life and Death at Ancient Eleon: Excavations in Central Greece, 2011-2017

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

A lecture by Brendan Burke, Associate Professor and Department Chair of Greek and Roman Studies at the University of Victoria, Canada. Excavations at ancient Eleon, located 15 km east of Thebes in central Greece, have revealed a center of vibrant activity throughout the Late Bronze Age, starting with a burial complex of the Late Helladic […]

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