“U.S.-Russian Relations: Crisis without End,” with Michael Kimmage
HSSB 4020 University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, United StatesKimmage_flyer
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American History & Institutions Exam
HSSB 3237 University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, United StatesNOTE: This exam is used to fulfill the UCSB American History & Institutional General Educational requirement. History majors and minors, please contact the History Undergraduate Advisor, Alan Vu for specific questions about how your degree/minor requirements could be fulfilled through this exam. The current reading list to prepare for the examination can be found below with […]
“En la frontera de los pijaos”: the making of an Andean borderland (Santiago Muñoz, Universidad de los Andes)
HSSB 4020 University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, United StatesPlease join us for the first meeting of the new Colloquium on Latin American and Caribbean History as we welcome Santiago Muñoz Arbeláez, who will deliver a talk entitled "'En la frontera de los pijaos': the making of an Andean borderland in northern South America". The talk will be held in HSSB 4020 at 5 pm […]
Book Launch: Kate McDonald’s Placing Empire: Travel and the Social Imagination in Imperial Japan
McCune Conference Room Humanities & Social Sciences Building, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, United StatesCome Celebrate the publication of Kate McDonald's, Placing Empire: Travel and the Social Imagination in Imperial Japan (University of California Press, 2017) Featuring: Ken Ruoff Professor of History, Director / Center for Japanese Studies, Portland State University Sabine Fruhstuck Professor of Modern Japanese Cultural Studies, Director/ East Asia Center, UCSB Kate McDonald Professor of History, […]
Diocletian’s Palace: Design and Construction
Karpeles Manuscript Library 21 West Anapamu Street, Santa Barbara, CA, United StatesSpeaker: Goran Nikšić is the City Archaeologist and Architect for City of Split in Croatia (Service for the Old City Core), and the Senior Lecturer on architectural conservation at the University of Split. He holds his degrees from the University of Zagreb (Ph.D.), the University of York, and the University of Belgrade. His areas of […]
Book Launch: Erika Rappaport’s A Thirst for Empire: How Tea Shaped the Modern World
TD-W 1701 University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, United StatesPlease 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 Ghosh, Professor of English, University of California, Santa Barbara Erika Rappaport, Professor of History, University of California, Santa Barbara
The Russian Revolution and the Trump Revolution by Prof. Toshi Hasegawa
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. In 1917, the February Revolution overthrew the monarchy of Tsar Nicholas II in Russia and un-wittingly opened the door to Lenin and his allies who […]
Slaves, Silver, and Atlantic Empires (Alex Borucki, UC Irvine)
HSSB 4020 University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, United StatesPlease 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 Atlantic Empires: The Slave Trade to Spanish South America, 1700-1810". The talk will be held in HSSB 4020 at 5 pm on Wednesday, November 1st, […]
The Chinese Typewriter: A History (Tom Mullaney, Stanford)
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 two centuries, Chinese script has encountered presumed alphabetic universalism at every turn, whether in the form of Morse Code, Braille, stenography, Linotype, punch cards, word […]
James Delbourgo (Rutgers) on the Origins of the British Museum
UCSB Library, 1312 University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, United StatesCollecting 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 world. But how did it come into being? This talk recounts the overlooked yet colorful life of the museum's founder: Sir Hans Sloane. Born […]