Beyond Hebrew: Zionism and the Politics of Multilingualism in Palestine, 1920-1948
HSSB 3041 University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, United StatesEvent 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 […]
Desmond King, “When the State Stops: The Unruly Demise of Federal Civil Rights Activism”
HSSB 4041 University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, United StatesProfessor Desmond King is the author Making Americans: Immigration, Race, and the Origins of Diverse Democracy (Harvard University Press, 2002) and co-author (with Lawrence Jacobs) of Fed Power: The Federal Reserve and the Great Recession (forthcoming).
Probing “Presence”: Photography and Policing in Colonial South Africa
SSMS 2135 2135 Social Sciences and Media Studies Building, Santa Barbara, CA, United StatesTALK: 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 StatesOn 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 StatesOn 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. […]
Samir Sonti, “The Price of Prosperity: Inflation and the Making of American Inequality”
HSSB 4041 University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, United StatesSamir Sonti is completing a dissertation on the politics of inflation in the United States from the 1930s to the 1980s.
Last Day of Winter 2016 Quarter
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Shape Shifters: Journeys Across Terrains of Race and Identity
Conference, Shape Shifters: Journeys Across Terrains of Race and Identity, to be held in UCSB's McCune Conference Center, March 18-20. Forty scholars from three continents will be on hand. Conference Website Conference Poster Speakers Please join us for two public lectures in the McCune Conference Room (HSSB 6020): Friday, March 18, 9:30-10:30, Paul Spickard of […]
First Day of Spring 2016 Quarter
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