"Early Childhood Education and Society in Post-War Italy: The Case of Reggio Emilia" In Northern Italy in the late 1960's, within the context of the emerging Italian feminist movement and of social protests advocating for better social services, child care, and schools for young children, the city of Reggio Emilia developed an innovative system for […]
Please join us for Professor Lester K. Little's lecture, "The Forgotten Wine Porters of Northern Italy and their Forgotten Saint, 1200-1900." Little is Professor Emeritus at Smith College and the author of Religious Poverty and the Profit Economy in Medieval Europe; Benedictine Maledictions; and Indispensable Immigrants: The Wine Porters of Northern Italy and their Saint, […]
"Diplomacy as a Means of Political Survival: The Cities and Duchies of the Northern Holy Roman Empire in relation to France, 1650–1730" Talk by Indravati Félicité, Maîtresse de conférences, Université Paris-Diderot (Paris VII) October 27 @ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm in HSSB 4020 Indravati Félicité is the author of Négocier pour exister. Les villes […]
Modern historians map the diversity of early Christianity in a variety of ways, from declines into heresy to competition among “varieties” of early Christianities. Drawing particularly on the philosophical work of Gilles Deleuze and Bruno Latour, Concannon argues that we might better map the remains of second-century Christianity by focusing on networks of people, ideas, […]
Beyond the horse race, UCSB faculty from a variety of disciplines and viewpoints consider the larger meaning of the campaign and its implications for U.S. society and politics. Participants in this special panel include Paul Amar, Global Studies; Ralph Armbruster-Sandoval, Chicano/a Studies; Hahrie Han, Political Science; and Alice O’Connor, History.
Stanford political scientist David Laitin will speak about his new book (with Claire L. Adida and Marie-Anne Valfort), Why Muslim Integration Fails in Christian-Heritage Societies (Harvard, 2016). The lecture will take place on October 28 at 1 p.m., in Buchanan 1930. Sponsored by the IHC Research Focus Group on Identity and the Center for Middle […]
Please join the RFG Reinventing Japan in welcoming Professor Timon Screech (SOAS, University College London) to campus on November 2, 2016. Professor Screech will be presenting his new work on "The Shogun's Silver Telescope: God, Art, and Money in the First English Voyages to Japan, 1611-1623." The talk will be held in SSMS 2135 at […]
Giuliana Perrone, new Assistant Professor in the History Department, will give a talk at the IHC on the role the courts played in (re)constructing the lives of black families. Perrone will discuss the problems and possibilities Reconstruction-era courts presented to former slaves and the legal system in "Slaves into Citizens: Legitimizing Black Domestic Relationships in Reconstruction-Era State […]
"Looking at the Central Andes from a Textile Viewpoint: How Textiles Shaped Peruvian Space from the Early Horizon to the Incas" Professor Sophie Desrosiers brings together archeological evidence and observations of contemporary practice in order to reconstruct historical textile practices. Her main areas of study are the Andes, Xinjiang archaeological textiles, and silk between China and […]
On November 8 Isla Vista residents will take part in a historic vote that will determine the future of self-governance in the community. With ballot initiatives E and F, they will weigh in on proposals to create a new Community Services District with an elected board, and a utility tax to empower it to provide […]
