Nelson is the author of Steel Drivin’ Man: John Henry, the Untold Story of An American Legend (2008) which won the Merle Curti Prize for the best book in U.S. […]
The UCSB-Westmont Annual Lecture in Early Christianity Prof. Steven Friesen is Louise Farmer Boyer Chair in Biblical Studies in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Texas- Austin. […]
A central question for historians of religion and culture in early modern Europe and early America is how, given the complexities of mapping “popular religion,” the authority of theological paradigms […]
CSU Channel Islands (CI) will host the traveling exhibition Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War at the John Spoor Broome Library from Oct. 11 through Nov. 30. The free, […]
Speakers include Assemblyman Das Williams; Chris Newfield, Professor of English; Gene Lucas, Executive Vice Chancellor; and Nelson Lichtenstein, MacArthur Foundation Professor of History. Sponsored by the Center for the Study […]
Ephesus was one of the most important ancient harbour cities, yet it nevertheless had to contend with a continually progressive silting up caused by natural sedimentation processes. In order to […]
It is often believed that the modern scientific study of race first emerged in and around the Enlightenment. During this time the study of natural history reached an unprecedented level […]
Panelists will include Prof. Lansing, Prof. Plane, and UCSB alumnus Ross Melczer. jwil 19.x.2012
History tells war stories. Memory recalls them. Some war stories are true; some are not. Of many it’s hard to say. “War in History and Memory” will tell a few […]
Come hear Princeton University historian Michael D. Gordin give an engaging public lecture on the "Pseudoscience Wars" and the birth of the scientific fringe. ???; hm 8/14/12