In addition to evidence for household cults in the terrace houses at Ephesus, three of the units contained installations for cultic activities that "blur" the traditional distinction between public and […]

The landmark federal Endangered Species Act—the most powerful and comprehensive U.S. environmental law, and the most ambitious biodiversity conservation statute ever enacted by any country—turns forty in 2013. Is this […]

This is the closing talk and reception as part of the IHC's Fallout: In the Aftermath of War series, with series closing remarks by IHC director Susan Derwin. Historian John […]

> Released in 1982, "The Atomic Cafe" was a masterful compilation of > U.S. government propaganda films that exposed the madness of the > nuclear arms race. Jayne Loader, one […]

Professor Hahamovitch explores exploited labor systems in the colonial period and the guest worker programs in the United States during the post-war period. About our speaker: Cindy Hahamovitch is the […]

In this talk, Hussein Ibish looks at the different ways post-dictatorship transition has unfolded in the three North African Arab states that experienced regime change during the "Arab Spring": Egypt, […]

The Division of Humanities and Fine Arts is sponsoring this special event. UCSB History professors Stefania Tutino and John Majewski were involved in putting the program together. We hope this […]

Please join us for the R. Stephen Humphreys Distinuished Lecture: The "Discovery of Writing" in the Qur'an: Tracing an Epistemic Revolution in Arab Late Antiquity" Professor Angelika Neuwirth Arabic Studies, […]

Revealing the direct connection between the history of U.S. intervention in Latin America and the current immigration crisis, this film based on Juan González’s book by the same title, provides […]

Participants in the 2012-2013 Senior Honors Thesis seminar will present their research in this year's colloquium. Eachstudent presenter will be followed by a faculty or advanced PhD student commentator. This […]