Classes end Friday March 13. Final Exam Schedule hm 12/18/14

Jodi Magness has uncovered some stunning synagogue mosaics in her excavations at Huqoq and will be here to talk about them. UCSB-Westmont Joint Lecture Series on the New Testament and Early Christianity This is will be a seminar-style presentation with lots of Q and A, and a little light lunch. hm 3/9/15

Professor Madsen is the author or co-author of twelve books on Chinese culture, American culture, and international relations. His best known works on American culture are Habits of the Heart and The Good Society. These books explore and criticize the culture of individualism and the institutions that sustain it. Habits of the Heart won the […]

Instruction begins on Monday March 30. Monday, May 25: Memorial Day holiday Friday, June 5: Last day of instruction. June 6-12: Final exams. June 13-14: Commencement Final Exam Schedule hm 2/8/15

The tragic events at Charlie Hebdo are a reminder of the continuing force of images incontemporary culture. Far from an isolated incident, tensions surrounding portrayals of the Prophet Muhammad continue to resonate and escalate, threatening further polarization and violence. Media responses to the crisis have framed this as a clash between “Western” and “Islamic” values […]

Wadad Kadi is the Avalon Foundation Distinguished Service Professor of Islamic Studies, University of Chicago. Sponsored by the King Abdul Aziz Ibn Saud Chair in Islamic Studies and the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, UCSB hm 2/16/15

Alexandra Stern is Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, American Culture, and History at the University of Michigan. This lecture series on the biopolitics of reproduction in the US and globally is hosted by the Black Studies Colloquium, with the co-sponsorship of the department of Feminist Studies, Chicana and Chicano Studies, the History of Science Program, […]

Painstakingly assembled from interviews, photographs, documents, andartifacts, Three Minutes in Poland tells the rich, funny, harrowing, and surprisingly intertwined stories of these seven survivors and their Polish hometown. Originally a travel souvenir, this home movie became the sole remaining record of a vibrant town on the brink of catastrophe. Pursuing the significance of this brief […]

Magnetic resonance is best known for its unique capabilities of imaging in diagnostic medicine and molecular structure determination in analytical chemistry. In the past two decades, the instrumentation has been shrunk to tabletop and even shoebox size. One example is the NMR-MOUSE, a portable sensor for nondestructive materials testing. This sensor has been developed and […]

Japan has one of the most sophisticated waste managementsystems in the world and its household waste generation has been steadily declining since 2003. However, before the first national recycling Law was passed in 1991, the country stood on the verge of a 'garbage crisis' with landfill space around Tokyo quickly reaching the point of absolute […]