U.S. Ambassador Dennis Ross serves as Counselor, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy and Ghaith al-Omari is Executive Director, American Task Force on Palestine. The event is free and […]

The Center for Cold War Studies and International History (CCWS) will be showing the classic 1966 film, "The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming." Directed by Norman Jewison and […]

Sponsored by the Department of Classics. moved from News by hm 12/1/13

Dr. Ned Kaufman will do a lunchtime talk about his current research around historic conservation, social justice, intangible resources, sustainability and the economics of heritage. He will also discuss his […]

Evening Public Lecture at The Presidio at the Santa Barbara Trust forHistoric Preservation, 7pm. Dr. Ned Kaufman's lecture is entitled "Extraordinary Prizes in Ordinary Places: How Preserving Everyday Things Can […]

Classes end Friday March 14. Final Exam Schedule hm 1/4/13, 10/3/14

In 1912, Japanese government railways embarked on a mission to remake how Europeans and Americans thought about Japan—through tourism. In this talk, historian Kate McDonald will explore how Japanese tourist […]

Instruction begins on Monday March 31. Monday, May 26: Memorial Day holiday Friday, June 6: Last day of instruction. June 7-13: Final exams. final Exam Schedule hm 1/4/13, 10/3/13

Sasha Abramsky, author of The American Way of Poverty: How the Other Half Still Lives (2013) and contributor to The Nation, The Atlantic Monthly, Rolling Stone, and other publications. Co-sponsored […]

BORDERLANDS, broadly defined, are spaces where disparate ethnicities, cultures, religions, political systems, or linguistic traditions come into close contact and require both individuals and societies to adapt culturally, politically, economically, […]