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Maurice Isserman, “The Rucksack Revolution: Mountaineering and American Culture, 1945-1963”

HSSB 4041 University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, United States

Maurice Isserman writes pathbreaking books on the American left - and on mountaineering. In the latter category are Fallen Giants: A History of Himalayan Mountaineering from the Age of Empire to the Age of Extremes(2008, with Stewart Weaver); and Continental Divide: A History of American Mountaineering (2016). In the former can be found Which Side […]

Activism and Social Change: Panel Discussion

Davidson Library (UCSB) Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, United States

Professors Alice O'Connor (History), Hahrie Han (Political Science), and National People's Action Director Ryan Greenwood will lead a discussion of "Activism and Social Change" as part of the Library's UCSB Reads 2016 programming. The panelists will explore both historical and contemporary activism, including the Black Lives Matter movement, and Bryan Stevenson's legal work as highlighted […]

Beyond Hebrew: Zionism and the Politics of Multilingualism in Palestine, 1920-1948

HSSB 3041 University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, United States

Event Description: The promotion of modern Hebrew as a spoken vernacular is often viewed as a central accomplishment of the Zionist movement in Palestine before Israeli statehood. But by viewing twentieth-century history through the lens of language, author Liora Halperin questions the common narrative of a Zionist move away from multilingualism during the years following […]

Probing “Presence”: Photography and Policing in Colonial South Africa

SSMS 2135 2135 Social Sciences and Media Studies Building, Santa Barbara, CA, United States

TALK: Lorena Rizzo (University of Bielefeld & Harvard University) Probing “Presence” – Photography and Policing in Colonial South Africa The presentation starts from research conducted in the Western Cape Archives in 2012/3. While working on a collection of photographic albums produced in a Cape Town convict station in the late 19th and early 20th century, […]

Book Launch and Signing: James F. Brooks, Mesa of Sorrows: A History of the Awat’ovi Massacre

Chaucer Books 3321 State Street, Santa Barbara, CA, United States

On Tuesday, February 23, 2016, Chaucer Books in Santa Barbara will be hosted a book launch/signing for James F. Brooks' new monograph, Mesa of Sorrows: A History of the Awat'ovi Massacre.   For additional information on Mesa of Sorrows, please visit the following URL: http://books.wwnorton.com/books/Mesa-of-Sorrows/

Holly Roose: 3rd Annual Van Gelderen Graduate Student Lecture

Alumni Hall, Mosher Alumni Center UCSB, Santa Barbara , CA, United States

On February 28, the UCSB History Associates present the 3rd annual Van Gelderen Lecture shocasing graduate student Holly Roose who will talk about her doctoral dissertation: "Once you go Black you got to go back: Multicultural Garveyism in the Far West" About our Speaker: Holly Roose has recently completed her doctoral dissertation and will receive her degree soon. […]

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