“Beyond Tokenism: Celebrating Black Life in America”
This student-moderated panel discussion, set to launch Black History month, features HFA Dean Daina Berry, Butch Ware (History), Wendy Jackson (Film), and Omise'Eke Tinsley (Black Studies).
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Public History Colloquium, Alison Rose Jefferson
HSSB 3208 University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, United StatesAlison Rose Jefferson (PhD 2015) will speak about her career as a public historian, some of her current/recent projects, and share thoughts on how they fit into a broader public history landscape of Greater Los Angeles and the field in general. All of her projects include the recognition and commemoration the African American experience.
Mystery Children: The Stasova International Children’s Home During Stalin’s Purge
HSSB 6020 (McCune Room) University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, United StatesDrawing on her current book project, Communist Neverland: History of an International Children’s Home, 1933–2013, Elizabeth McGuire tells the story of the Stasova International Children’s Home, an elite orphanage and boarding school for the children of Communist Party leaders from all parts of the globe. Professor McGuire will focus in this talk on “Jimmy Ruegg,” one of the Stasova home’s many […]
The Atlantic Revolutions
Goleta Library 500 N Fairview Ave,, Goleta, California, United StatesManuel Covo will give a talk on Atlantic Revolutions, title TBD On Wednesday, February 21 at 5:30 pm at the Goleta Library
The World of Ancient Greek Potters: Skills, Spaces, Social Networks
ARTS 1341 UC Santa BarbaraGreek pots, with their delicate shapes, lively scenes and varied contexts of use and deposition have enjoyed great popularity with ancient and modern viewers alike. They have also been scrutinized as documentation of gender roles, extent of literacy, social and economic status, and as media for political propaganda. Scholars have recently widened their research scope […]
Encyclopédie noire: The Making of Moreau de Saint Méry’s Intellectual World
McCune Conference Room (HSSB 6020) Humanities and Social Sciences Bldg, Santa Barbara, CA, United StatesSara Johnson is professor of literature of the Americas at the University of California, San Diego. Her book, Encyclopédie noire: The Making of Moreau de Saint-Méry’s Intellectual World (Omohundro Institute/UNC Press, 2023), documents the work of Moreau de Saint-Méry, a late eighteenth-century Caribbean intellectual. The book combines traditional academic chapters and experimental forms in its use of […]
Beyond Bookselling: How Queer Bookstores Shaped the Gay Liberation Movement
Santa Barbara Public Library, Faulkner Gallery, 40 E. Anapamu Street, Santa Barbara. University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, United StatesSarah Dunne will give a talk called: "Beyond Bookselling: How Queer Bookstores Shaped the Gay Liberation Movement." On Tuesday, March 5, 2024 at 6:00pm At Faulkner Gallery, SB Central Library
Lecture: “Care: The Highest Stage of Capitalism”
Dr. Premilla Nadasen, who will deliver the Hull Lecture in Women and Social Justice, will be speaking about her new book Care: The Highest Stage of Capitalism in the McCune Conference Room.
Experiencing Disaster in Late Antiquity: From the Extraordinary to the Everyday
HSSB 4080 4080 Humanities and Social Sciences Building, UC Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, United StatesProf. Kristina Sessa, Department of History, The Ohio State University Thursday, 18 April 2024 at 4:00pm in HSSB 4080
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, reformers, and everyday people for decades, ever since Upton Sinclair made it the centerpiece of his near successful gubernatorial campaign in 1934. Today, it animates […]