Gender and Sexualities Colloquium: Julie Johnson, “He Tells Me His Penis is Abnormally Large…”
The Gender and Sexualities Colloquium invites you to a workshop “He Tells Me His Penis is Abnormally Large”: Productive Pleasures in Conversation in British Bedrooms after World War One.” Julie Johnson UCSB Department of History For a copy of the paper, please download it here.
Nakba in the Age of Catastrophe: Lessons from Palestine
Sherene Seikaly will give a talk called: "Nakba in the Age of Catastrophe: Lessons from Palestine" What can the history of Palestine teach us about surviving catastrophe? In this talk, Professor Seikaly draws on one hundred years of history to reflect on land, time, and survival. On Monday, January 22 at 5:30 pm Location: McCune […]
Networks of Witchcraft and Sorcery in Early Modern Venice
HSSB 4020 University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, United StatesThursday, January 25 at 2:00 pm in HSSB 4020 John Hunt (Prof. Utah Valley University) will present a paper entitled "Networks of Witchcraft and Sorcery in Early Modern Venice." Dr. Hunt is an expert on magic, the occult, and the circulation of knowledge in the early modern period, so this should prove to be a fascinating talk. Hunt Flyer1
History and Political Economy
HSSB 4080 4080 Humanities and Social Sciences Building, UC Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, United StatesThe colloquium offers a forum for open, substantive discussions on how to approach political economy from a historical perspective; how to grapple with and benefit from the epistemological diversity surrounding political economy; and how a historical take on political economy can help contextualize and address urgent contemporary issues– at UCSB, in Santa Barbara/Southern California, in […]
Public History Colloquium, Eric Boyle
HSSB 3208 University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, United StatesJoin the Public History Colloquium for a conversation with Eric Boyle (PhD 2007), Chief Historian and Federal Preservation Officer for the Department of Energy. He will discuss his work as a government historian and pathways for historians interested in careers in government service.
“Beyond Tokenism: Celebrating Black Life in America”
This student-moderated panel discussion, set to launch Black History month, features HFA Dean Daina Berry, Butch Ware (History), Wendy Jackson (Film), and Omise'Eke Tinsley (Black Studies).
Public History Colloquium, Alison Rose Jefferson
HSSB 3208 University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, United StatesAlison Rose Jefferson (PhD 2015) will speak about her career as a public historian, some of her current/recent projects, and share thoughts on how they fit into a broader public history landscape of Greater Los Angeles and the field in general. All of her projects include the recognition and commemoration the African American experience.