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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
Prof. Stuart Tyson Smith (Anthropology) will speak for the Ancient Borderlands group.
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 […]
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 […]
