Please join us for Professor Lester K. Little's lecture, "The Forgotten Wine Porters of Northern Italy and their Forgotten Saint, 1200-1900." Little is Professor Emeritus at Smith College and the author of Religious Poverty and the Profit Economy in Medieval Europe; Benedictine Maledictions; and Indispensable Immigrants: The Wine Porters of Northern Italy and their Saint, […]

Beyond the horse race, UCSB faculty from a variety of disciplines and viewpoints consider the larger meaning of the campaign and its implications for U.S. society and politics. Participants in this special panel include Paul Amar, Global Studies; Ralph Armbruster-Sandoval, Chicano/a Studies; Hahrie Han, Political Science; and Alice O’Connor, History.

Stanford political scientist David Laitin will speak about his new book (with Claire L. Adida and Marie-Anne Valfort), Why Muslim Integration Fails in Christian-Heritage Societies (Harvard, 2016). The lecture will take place on October 28 at 1 p.m., in Buchanan 1930. Sponsored by the IHC Research Focus Group on Identity and the Center for Middle […]

Giuliana Perrone, new Assistant Professor in the History Department, will give a talk at the IHC on the role the courts played in (re)constructing the lives of black families. Perrone will discuss the problems and possibilities Reconstruction-era courts presented to former slaves and the legal system in "Slaves into Citizens: Legitimizing Black Domestic Relationships in Reconstruction-Era State […]

On November 8 Isla Vista residents will take part in a historic vote that will determine the future of self-governance in the community.  With ballot initiatives E and F, they will weigh in on proposals to create a new Community Services District with an elected board, and a utility tax to empower it to provide […]

"Protest and Politics in Historical Perspective," Panelists: Professor Giuliana Perrone, PhD UC Berkeley, "Black Lives Matter in Context: The Long HIstory of Black Activism in America" Professor Nelson Lichtenstein, PhD UC Berkeley, "$15 an Hour: Is it a Social Movement?" Professor Alice O'Connor, PhD Johns Hopkins University, "By the People: Self-Governance and the Isla Vista […]