On Tuesday, September 20, the Division of Humanities and Fine Arts will host the fourth annual Breakfast with the Humanities for HFA undergraduates at the McCune Conference room (HSSB 6020) at 9:30am. $50 gift certificates to the UCSB Bookstore as well as cool gear from local marketing company Oniracom will be raffled off!!!
This is a great opportunity for the 2016-2017 new undergraduate majors and those interested in the History, Medieval Studies, and the History of Public Policy majors and the History and Labor Studies minors to meet members of the Department of History faculty. Students will make connections with faculty and with other students and learn about […]
A Workshop at UC Santa Barbara Keynote Speaker Dr. Alexandra Minna Stern, Professor of American Culture, Women’s Studies, History, and Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Michigan, will provide they keynote talk on “Gender and Intimacy Across the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands.” Author of Eugenic Nation: Faults and Frontiers of Better Breeding in America, 2d. ed. […]
Please join UCSB's History Associates at 12pm on October 2 in HSSB 4020 (the History Department's Conference Room) for lunch and a talk by Irwin Appel, Professor of Theater and Director of the BFA Actor Training Program at UCSB. We will then proceed to the nearby Studio Theater for the 2pm performance of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About […]
Andrew Jewett's talk traces fears about science's cultural impact among intellectual and political leaders and ordinary citizens in postwar America. Jewett is the author of Science, Democracy, and the American University: From the Civil War to the Cold War (2012). A copy of his paper can be found here.
Monday, October 10th, 5:00 pm IHC McCune Conference Room (HSSB 6020) How did the Mediterranean emerge as a coherent and recognizable place in the early modern period? By looking to the semi-licit world of piracy and to the development of its laws and practices in particular, we can trace a convergence of understandings and agreements […]
Registration Begins 10/22!!!! Are you a first year? A transfer student? New to the Department of History? Just want guidance? Come learn about all the amazing courses History is offering in Winter quarter and learn how to schedule the most advantageous schedule for YOU! ALWAYS THINK HISTORY FIRST The days, times, and locations of all […]
Why do we care about preserving biodiversity? At the beginning of the 21st century biodiversity has come to be seen as fragile and tenuous, constantly endangered by the threat of loss. Extinction plays a central role in this understanding of biodiversity. Whereas most historians who have examined this phenomenon have placed the modern biodiversity movement […]
This fall marks the 60th anniversary of the Suez War of 1956, a pivotal moment in Egyptian, Middle Eastern, and international history. In response to Egypt's nationalization of the Suez Canal Company, Britain, France, and Israel launched a coordinated military assault against Egypt. The United States, the Soviet Union, and much of the international community […]
"Early Childhood Education and Society in Post-War Italy: The Case of Reggio Emilia" In Northern Italy in the late 1960's, within the context of the emerging Italian feminist movement and of social protests advocating for better social services, child care, and schools for young children, the city of Reggio Emilia developed an innovative system for […]
