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Start of Winter Quarter Classes

See the calendar at:www.registrar.ucsb.edu/cal2012.htm On our Courses page you will find some syllabi (click the Download link), and links to the instructors' faculty pages, where there are often announcements about waiting list and "crashing" policies. hm 11/6/11

PANEL: Welfare as a Public Good

Please join us for the next event in the IHC's Public Goods series: McCune Conference Room, Contrary to conventional wisdom, the notion of welfare as a public good has a venerated?if highly contested?history, and has found valence in many different cultures, political regimes, and religious traditions over the course of centuries. It has also been […]

Note-taking and -organizing for historians

Dear History Graduate Students: I plan to devote two-hours of my History 223A (Research Seminar in Modern Europe) to the art of note-taking and note-organizing. I decided to open this session to interested graduate students. The workshop will be held at 4-6, Monday, January 23, in HSSB 4041. Roger Eardly-Pryor will demonstrate how to take […]

Domestic Production and Subsistence in an Ubaid Household in Upper Mesopotamia

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 […]

The Port Huron Statement at 50

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 […]

Animal Spirits Revisited: An Emotional History of Capitalism

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 […]

The Past, Present, and Future of Feminist Studies

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) " […]

UCSB Associated Students History Initiatives

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 […]