Histories of Economy Flyer2 MAY 18 1:30-1:45: Introduction Adam Sabra, University of California, Santa Barbara Sherene Seikaly, University of California, Santa Barbara 1:45-3:15: Commerce and Capital Adam Hanieh, “Space, Scale, and the Middle East’s Contemporary Political Economy” Jessica Goldberg, “Sea Change in Medieval Ifriqiyya” Ziad Abu-Rish, “Complicating the Post-Colonial Narrative” 3:15-3:30: Break 3:30-5:00: Money and […]

In this talk, Sheila Lodge will show how Santa Barbara became the community that it is through planning. She will describe the many battles it sometimes took and the process that was developed to make the critical decisions. Because of her personal involvement in the struggles, her talk is partially a memoir. Sheila Lodge is […]

Prof. Johanna Hanink (Brown University), "Modern Citizenship Tests and Classical Funeral Orations."

Please join us in recognizing the achievements of both the undergraduate and graduate students of the department.

Charles Delgadillo, who took his Ph.D. at UC Santa Barbara in 2010, is a lecturer at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. His biography of William Allen White, the influential Republican journalist, reformer, and internationalist, recaptures an era when the phrase "liberal Republican" was not a self-evident contradiction.

Two screenings of SKID ROW MARATHON, an acclaimed independent film about an innovative running club formed by a judge for the court that oversees the Skid Row district in LA.  An avid runner, he started a running club for clients which had some remarkable transformative effects. Two showings: Saturday August 25, 11:45am at Metro 4 […]

Come meet your peers in the department and hear an impressive faculty panel speak about the departmental honors program, the history majors' club, and many other exciting opportunities UCSB history has to offer. hope to see you all there!