The Incas and sacred space in colonial Cuzco
Gabriela Ramos is lecturer in Latin American History at the University of Cambridge, and author the Death and Conversion in the Andes: Cuzco and Lima 1532-1670 (University of Notre Dame […]
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Start of Winter Quarter Classes
See the calendar at:www.registrar.ucsb.edu/cal2012.htm On our Courses page you will find some syllabi (click the Download link), and links to the instructors' faculty pages, where there are often announcements about […]
PANEL: Welfare as a Public Good
Please join us for the next event in the IHC's Public Goods series: McCune Conference Room, Contrary to conventional wisdom, the notion of welfare as a public good has a […]
Note-taking and -organizing for historians
Dear History Graduate Students: I plan to devote two-hours of my History 223A (Research Seminar in Modern Europe) to the art of note-taking and note-organizing. I decided to open this […]
Civil Rights and the Cold War At Home: Post-War Activism, Anticommunism, and the Decline of the Left
Arnesen offers a provocative talk on the relationship between the idea of a “long civil rights movement” and the historiographical reappraisal of the role played by the Communist Party in […]
Domestic Production and Subsistence in an Ubaid Household in Upper Mesopotamia
It was harvest season. Much of the grain was already processed and had been loaded into one of the storerooms and winnowing was underway in the backyard. The fire started […]
Singers and Soldiers: Slaves and Slave Households of the early Islamic Near East
Matthew Gordon is Associate Professor of Middle Eastern Studies, Miami University of Ohio A Reception Immediately Following the Talk, HSSB 4041 hm 1/30/12
The Port Huron Statement at 50
University of California-Santa BarbaraFebruary 2-3, 2012 We invite you to attend a conference which brings together historians, social theorists, contemporary student activists, and Port Huron veterans to discuss the origins, […]
Animal Spirits Revisited: An Emotional History of Capitalism
Despite its manifest absurdity, the rational actor model continues to domi-nate discussions of modern capitalism. This lecture proposes an alterna- tive perspective, by deepening and broadening Keynes's brief mention of […]
The Past, Present, and Future of Feminist Studies
Conference ScheduleThe Past, Present, and Future of Feminist Studies February 9th - 11th 2012 Thursday, February 9th 7 - 9 pm Opening Remarks - Eileen Boris, Hull Professor and Chair, […]