It was harvest season. Much of the grain was already processed and had been loaded into one of the storerooms and winnowing was underway in the backyard. The fire started in one of the storerooms. It quickly spread igniting the wooden beams that supported the flat clay roof, which roof collapsed crushing the wooden shelves […]

Matthew Gordon is Associate Professor of Middle Eastern Studies, Miami University of Ohio A Reception Immediately Following the Talk, HSSB 4041 hm 1/30/12

University of California-Santa BarbaraFebruary 2-3, 2012 We invite you to attend a conference which brings together historians, social theorists, contemporary student activists, and Port Huron veterans to discuss the origins, historical impact, and contemporary relevance of the New Left's founding manifesto. (conference website) Keynote speeches by: Michael Kazin and Tom Hayden and: Paul Booth Charles […]

Despite its manifest absurdity, the rational actor model continues to domi-nate discussions of modern capitalism. This lecture proposes an alterna- tive perspective, by deepening and broadening Keynes's brief mention of "animal spirits" in economic decisions. Building on the work of anthropolo- gists and cultural historians, Lears explores the tangled relationships be- tween capitalism and emotional […]

Conference ScheduleThe Past, Present, and Future of Feminist Studies February 9th - 11th 2012 Thursday, February 9th 7 - 9 pm Opening Remarks - Eileen Boris, Hull Professor and Chair, Feminist Studies and Patricia Cline Cohen, Professor of History Genders and Sexualities Chair: Leila Rupp (UCSB) Panelists: " Matt Richardson (University of Texas, Austin) " […]

The Living History Project is an exciting new effort that uses a variety of media, including archival materials, interviews, and video to bring together stories and remembrances about the role UCSB students have played in shaping the campus throughout the years. Associated Students Living History Project Coordinator Mahader Tesfai will present his work developing the […]

Using the Ancient Greeks to Think about Public Goods: A Dialogue with Josiah Ober (Classics and Political Science, Stanford)Greg Anderson (History, Ohio State University) and moderator Glenn Patten (Classics, UCSB) Classical structures (such as the polis) and ideas (such as koinonia) are frequently invoked in discussions of the common good — either as the grounds […]

This is the first major confernce on the emerging historiography of the Chicano Movement as witnessed by the several scholars who will be presenting on their recently published books or on their book projects on the Movement. More than 40 years after many of the key events of the Chicano Movement, historians and other scholars […]

75 years ago, the first Great German Art Exhibition (Große Deutsche Kunstausstellung) opened at the new „House of German Art“. The show was accompanied by the infamous exhibition „Degenerate Art“ („Entartete Kunst“), which was initiated by Joseph Goebbels and on view in the Munich Hofgarten close by. For the national socialist regime no other exhibition […]

“White Wash” explores the complexity of race in America through the eyes of the ocean via the history of African Americans and water culture from slavery, civil rights wade-ins to surfing in contemporary times. In examining the history of world water culture, and the history of black identity as it triumphs and evolves in the […]