BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Department of History, UC Santa Barbara - ECPv6.15.12.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Department of History, UC Santa Barbara X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://history.ucsb.edu X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Department of History, UC Santa Barbara REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Denver BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:MDT DTSTART:20140309T090000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:MST DTSTART:20141102T080000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:MDT DTSTART:20150308T090000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:MST DTSTART:20151101T080000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:MDT DTSTART:20160313T090000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:MST DTSTART:20161106T080000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20150223T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20150223T000000 DTSTAMP:20260424T190350 CREATED:20150928T112902Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150928T112902Z UID:10002289-1424649600-1424649600@history.ucsb.edu SUMMARY:The Ayotzinapa Student Massacre and the Rural Teacher Training Schools in Mexico: A Historical Perspective DESCRIPTION:On September 26 and 27\, 2014\, municipal police agents opened fire on students of the teacher training school Isidro Burgos of Ayotzinapa. The students were traveling in buses they commandeered in the city of Iguala\, in the southern Mexican sate of Guerrero. The police assassinated six people\, three of them students. One student remained in vegetative state and forty-three students were disappeared. Nearly five months later\, their whereabouts are still unknown\, save for one student\, whose death was confirmed by the federal government and Argentinean forensic doctors. This massacre and disappearance of students\, many of them indigenous youth who were beginning their studies to become teachers in one of Mexico’s most impoverished regions\, stirred a strong social mobilization. The crimes exposed the links between drug trafficking and the government\, the growing violence and impunity\, and the increasing inequality sweeping Mexico\, with 20\,000 people so far reported disappeared. In this talk Professor Civera examines the history of the teacher training rural schools of Mexico\, focusing particularly on Ayotzinapa. From this historical framework\, she analyzes the disappearances of the students.\nRural teaching training schools\, or escuelas normales rurales\, were created by the federal government in the 1920s\, after the Revolution. While historical and education scholarship has widely addressed their inception\, scholars have overlooked their more recent trajectories. Conceived of as boarding schools for poor people in the countryside\, the escuelas normales rurales have had problems coping with modernizing policies in the teaching profession including the federal state’s attempts to limit matriculations. The students of the rural teaching training schools have maintained their political organization\, fighting against such polices. Starting in the 1980s\, local newspapers criticized the political attitude of the students\, charging them with being radical Marxists and with resorting to illegal fighting methods. One can conclude\, analyzing the relationship between the government and students over time\, that the disappearances and massacre of the Ayotzinapa students are\, among other things\, the result of years of abandonment and discrimination against rural sectors in Mexico. \nDr. ALICIA CIVERA CERECEDO is Principal Researcher at Center for Research and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute\, CINVESTAV-IPN\, Mexico City and founding member and current Vice-President of the Mexican Society for the History of Education. She is the author of La Escuela como opción de vida: la formación de maestros normalistas rurales en Mexico\, 1921-1945 (2008)\, and editor of Culturas escolares\, sujetos y comunidades en America Latina\, among many other publications on the history of rural education in Mexico and Latin America. For more information see Dr. Civera’s faculty page. \nMore information about the massacre can be found on the Wikipedia page 2014 Iguala mass kidnapping. \nThis talk will be in Spanish with an English translation. \nOrganized by the Department of History with the co-sponsorship of the Departments of Anthropology\, Spanish and Portuguese\, the Programs in Latin American and Iberian Studies\, and in Global and International Studies\, as well as the Department of Education and the Interdisciplinary Humanities Center. \nFree and open to the public. \nhm 12/7/14\, 1/11/15\, 1/15\, 1/23\, 2/9\, 2/16 URL:https://history.ucsb.edu/events/the-ayotzinapa-student-massacre-and-the-rural-teacher-training-schools-in-mexico-a-historical-perspective/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20150225T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20150225T000000 DTSTAMP:20260424T190350 CREATED:20150928T112905Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150928T112905Z UID:10001997-1424822400-1424822400@history.ucsb.edu SUMMARY:Maidservants' Tales: Domestic and Comparative Histories of Women in Early Modern Japan DESCRIPTION:In 1839\, a twice-divorced temple daughter from a small village in Echigo ran away to Edo. In a letter home\, she wrote that she wanted to enter a daimyo’s service and learn “the conduct and manners of the upper class.” Her brothers\, scandalized\, demanded that she return immediately. Instead\, she made a life for herself in the capital\, working a series of temporary maidservant jobs and ultimately marrying a samurai in the service of the Edo city magistrate. This talk places her story of urban migration and service work in a global context. It considers how we might find a place for Japanese women in the history of global early modernity\, which tends to emphasize instances of travel and exchange at the expense of the stories of the majority of individuals (particularly women)\, who stayed within “national” boundaries.\nAmy Stanley specializes in the history of early modern and modern Japan\, with a particular interest in how common people contributed to Japan’s political\, economic\, and social transformation in the mid-nineteenth century. Her first book\, Selling Women: Prostitution\, Markets and the Household in Early Modern Japan was published by University of California Press in 2012. She is currently at work on a new project\, which investigates a Japanese woman’s experience of urban migration\, service work\, and social mobility in early modern Japan. \nThis talk is sponsored by the IHC’s Reinventing Japan RFG\, the East Asia Center\, the Hull Chair\, the IHC\, and the departments of History\, Global Studies\, and East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies. \nhm 2/16/15 URL:https://history.ucsb.edu/events/maidservants-tales-domestic-and-comparative-histories-of-women-in-early-modern-japan/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20150302T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20150302T000000 DTSTAMP:20260424T190350 CREATED:20150928T112905Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150928T112905Z UID:10002002-1425254400-1425254400@history.ucsb.edu SUMMARY:“To Trust is Good\, But Not to Trust is Better”: The Italian Paradox DESCRIPTION:How did the citizens of Italian communes learn to trust one another\, trust one another enough to build the fundamental institutions of a civil society in which citizens enjoyed participatory politics\, elected officials to administer the laws\, and adjudicated disputes according to legal statutes? The answer to this question points to a peculiar paradox of Italian history in which vital\, successful communities cohabited with pervasive violence manifest most infamously in feuding and vendetta. Trust and mistrust lived in the same house\, on the same street\, within the same city walls. This lecture argues that what made Medieval and Renaissance Italy so culturally creative were the many new ways people found to build trust\, especially through written documents. It was literacy that made the trust necessary for modern life possible. \nIf you have any questions\, please contact: english@history.ucsb.edu \nSponsored by the Medieval Studies Program. \nhm 2/25/15 URL:https://history.ucsb.edu/events/to-trust-is-good-but-not-to-trust-is-better-the-italian-paradox/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20150303T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20150303T000000 DTSTAMP:20260424T190350 CREATED:20150928T112904Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150928T112904Z UID:10001991-1425340800-1425340800@history.ucsb.edu SUMMARY:Gateway to Freedom: The Hidden History of the Underground Railroad DESCRIPTION:“Gateway to Freedom liberates the history of the underground railroad from the twin plagues of mythology and cynicism. For anyone who still wonders what was at stake in the Civil War\, there is no better place to begin than Gateway to Freedom.”—James Oakes\, author of Freedom National\, winner of the Lincoln Prize \nA deeply entrenched institution\, slavery lived on legally and commercially even in the northern states that had abolished it after the American Revolution. Networks of antislavery resistance\, centered on New York City\, became known as the underground railroad. Forced to operate in secrecy by hostile laws\, courts\, and politicians\, the city’s underground-railroad agents helped more than 3\,000 fugitive slaves reach freedom between 1830 and 1860. Until now\, their stories have remained largely unknown\, their significance little understood. Building on fresh evidence—including a detailed record of slave escapes secretly kept by Sydney Howard Gay\, one of the key organizers in New York—Eric Foner elevates the underground railroad from folklore to sweeping history. \nEric Foner\, DeWitt Clinton Professor of History at Columbia University\, specializes in the Civil War and Reconstruction\, slavery\, and 19th-century U.S. history. In 2011\, his work The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery won the Pulitzer Prize in History\, the Bancroft Prize\, and the Lincoln Prize. The author or editor of 24 books\, he has also been the curator of several museum exhibitions\, including the prize-winning\, “A House Divided: America in the Age of Lincoln\,” at the Chicago Historical Society. \nCopies of his new book Gateway to Freedom: The Hidden History of the Underground Railroad will be available following the lecture for purchase and signing. \nPresented by UCSB Walter H. Capps Center for the Study of Ethics\, Religion\, and Public Life and Department of History. This event is cosponsored by UCSB Center for Black Studies Research\, Center for the Study of Work\, Labor\, and Democracy\, Department of Black Studies\, Global & International Studies Program\, Interdisciplinary Humanities Center\, and UC Center for New Racial Studies. \nhm 2/8/15\, 2/22 URL:https://history.ucsb.edu/events/gateway-to-freedom-the-hidden-history-of-the-underground-railroad/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20150303T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20150303T000000 DTSTAMP:20260424T190350 CREATED:20150928T112905Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150928T112905Z UID:10002004-1425340800-1425340800@history.ucsb.edu SUMMARY:Burying "Nie Zheng’s Bones": The Making of Martyrs in 1911 China DESCRIPTION:Ying HuAssociate Professor\, East Asian Languages & Literature\nUniversity of California\, Irvine \nAbout the Talk:\nThis talk examines two cases of martyr-making\, that of Qiu Jin (1875-1907)\, an anti-Qing revolutionary and beheaded for her involvement in armed uprising\, and that of Liangbi (1877-1912)\, Manchu loyalist\, commander of the Qing Palace Guard\, whose assassination in January 1912 sealed the fate of the Empire. As canonization typically involves immediate associates\, local elites and the state\, the process\, whether successful or not\, gives us a privileged window for viewing different conceptions of virtue and community as well as divergent ways of writing history.\n\nOrganized and sponsored by the East Asia Center\, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies.\nCo-sponsored by the Department of History & the Interdisciplinary Humanities Center. \naj 2/26/15 URL:https://history.ucsb.edu/events/burying-nie-zhengs-bones-the-making-of-martyrs-in-1911-china/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20150313T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20150313T000000 DTSTAMP:20260424T190350 CREATED:20150928T112903Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150928T112903Z UID:10002298-1426204800-1426204800@history.ucsb.edu SUMMARY:Winter Quarter Instruction ends DESCRIPTION:Classes end Friday March 13.\nFinal Exam Schedule \nhm 12/18/14 URL:https://history.ucsb.edu/events/winter-quarter-instruction-ends/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20150313T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20150313T000000 DTSTAMP:20260424T190350 CREATED:20150928T112905Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150928T112905Z UID:10002006-1426204800-1426204800@history.ucsb.edu SUMMARY:New Discoveries in the Ancient Synagogue at Huqoq in Israel's Galilee DESCRIPTION:Jodi Magness has uncovered some stunning synagogue mosaics in her excavations at Huqoq and will be here to talk about them.\nUCSB-Westmont Joint Lecture Series on the New Testament and Early Christianity \nThis is will be a seminar-style presentation with lots of Q and A\, and a little light lunch. \nhm 3/9/15 URL:https://history.ucsb.edu/events/new-discoveries-in-the-ancient-synagogue-at-huqoq-in-israels-galilee/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20150316T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20150316T000000 DTSTAMP:20260424T190350 CREATED:20150928T112905Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150928T112905Z UID:10002311-1426464000-1426464000@history.ucsb.edu SUMMARY:From Revolutionary Ideology to Intangible Cultural Heritage: The changing basis of legitimacy in China DESCRIPTION: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 LA Times Book Award and was jury nominated for the Pulitzer Prize.\nHis books on China include Democracy’s Dharma: Religious Renaissance and Political Development in Taiwan\, Chen Village under Mao and Deng\, Morality and Power in a Chinese Village [winner of the C. Wright Mills Award]\, Unofficial China\, China and the American Dream\, China’s Catholics: Tragedy and Hope in an Emerging Civil Society\, and Popular China: Unofficial Culture in a Globalizing Society. \nBooks on social theory include: Meaning and Modernity\, and The Many and the One: Religious and Secular Perspectives on Ethical Pluralism in the Modern World. \nAJ 3-16-15 URL:https://history.ucsb.edu/events/from-revolutionary-ideology-to-intangible-cultural-heritage-the-changing-basis-of-legitimacy-in-china/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20150330T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20150330T000000 DTSTAMP:20260424T190350 CREATED:20150928T112904Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150928T112904Z UID:10001993-1427673600-1427673600@history.ucsb.edu SUMMARY:Spring classes begin DESCRIPTION:Instruction begins on Monday March 30.\nMonday\, May 25: Memorial Day holiday \nFriday\, June 5: Last day of instruction. \nJune 6-12: Final exams. \nJune 13-14: Commencement \nFinal Exam Schedule \nhm 2/8/15 URL:https://history.ucsb.edu/events/spring-classes-begin-2/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20150402T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20150402T000000 DTSTAMP:20260424T190350 CREATED:20150928T112905Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150928T112905Z UID:10002312-1427932800-1427932800@history.ucsb.edu SUMMARY:The New (Old) Image Wars: Rethinking Image and Violence after Paris DESCRIPTION: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\nthe Prophet Muhammad continue to resonate and escalate\, threatening further polarization\nand violence. Media responses to the crisis have framed this as a clash between “Western”\nand “Islamic” values – freedom of speech versus religious extremism – with the assumption\nof an arcane view of pictorial representation at its basis. This lecture aims to shift the terms\nof the debate by giving a longer view of the relation of images to violence. Drawing upon\nhistoric examples\, ontologies and anthropologies of the image\, I engage the image wars of\nthe past as a means to leverage a more nuanced understanding of their operation in the\npresent\, articulating confluences between East and West to open a space for dialogue. \nWith a response by Fabio Rambell (UCSB). \nOrganized by the ISF Endowed Chair in Shinto Studies\, and co-sponsored by the Department of Art History\, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies\, Department of History\, Department of Religious Studies\, and Department of Film and Media Studies. \nhm 3/15/15 URL:https://history.ucsb.edu/events/the-new-old-image-wars-rethinking-image-and-violence-after-paris/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20150406T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20150406T000000 DTSTAMP:20260424T190350 CREATED:20150928T112905Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150928T112905Z UID:10001999-1428278400-1428278400@history.ucsb.edu SUMMARY:Abd al-Ḥamīd al-Kātib’s Use of the Qurʾān in His Religious Letters: Surprises and Explanations DESCRIPTION:Wadad Kadi is the Avalon Foundation Distinguished Service Professor of Islamic Studies\, University of Chicago.\nSponsored by the King Abdul Aziz Ibn Saud Chair in Islamic Studies and the Center for Middle Eastern Studies\, UCSB \nhm 2/16/15 URL:https://history.ucsb.edu/events/abd-al-amd-al-ktibs-use-of-the-qurn-in-his-religious-letters-surprises-and-explanations/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20150414T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20150414T000000 DTSTAMP:20260424T190350 CREATED:20150928T112905Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150928T112905Z UID:10002314-1428969600-1428969600@history.ucsb.edu SUMMARY:Racial and Reproductive Injustice: The Long History of Eugenic Sterilization in California DESCRIPTION:Alexandra Stern is Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology\, American Culture\, and History at the University of Michigan.\nThis 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\, and the New Health\, Medicine\, and Care Working Group. \nSpeakers will explore how cultural and political commitments shape and constrain the conditions under which women and people of color control their reproductive lives and experience ownership over their own biology. This lecture series approaches these issues from a historical and ethnographic perspective\, exploring the eugenics movement\, progressive era public health reform\, cultural politics of abortion\, and the science of women’s reproductive systems. \nhm 4/1/15 URL:https://history.ucsb.edu/events/racial-and-reproductive-injustice-the-long-history-of-eugenic-sterilization-in-california/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20150416T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20150416T000000 DTSTAMP:20260424T190350 CREATED:20150928T112906Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150928T112906Z UID:10002324-1429142400-1429142400@history.ucsb.edu SUMMARY:"Three Minutes in Poland: Discovering a Lost World in a 1938 Family Film" DESCRIPTION:Painstakingly assembled from interviews\, photographs\, documents\, andartifacts\, Three Minutes in Poland tells the rich\, funny\, harrowing\, and\nsurprisingly intertwined stories of these seven survivors and their Polish\nhometown. Originally a travel souvenir\, this home movie became the sole\nremaining record of a vibrant town on the brink of catastrophe. Pursuing\nthe significance of this brief film became a riveting exploration of\nmemory\, loss\, and improbable survival. \nCourtesy of The Book Den\, copies of Three Minutes in Poland will be\navailable for purchase and signing at this event. \nSpeaker Profile: \nGlenn Kurtz is the author of Three Minutes in Poland: Discovering a Lost\nWorld in a 1938 Family Film\, which was named a “Best Book of 2014” by The\nNew Yorker\, The Boston Globe\, and NPR. The Wall Street Journal praised it\nas “captivating” and The Los Angeles Times described it as “breathtaking.”\nHis essays have appeared in The New York Times\, Salon\, Southwest Review\,\nand elsewhere. \nReviews of Three Minutes in Poland: \n“In the pages of Glenn Kurtz’s marvelous book\, the ghosts from those three\nminutes are breathtakingly brought to life.”\n–Louise Steinman\, Los Angeles Times\, November 20\, 2014. \n“Both a memoir and an impressive feat of historical research\, Three Minutes\nin Poland documents Kurtz’s four-year search for surviving Nasielskers\, who\nhe hopes can piece together a narrative from the fragments of film…. In a\ngenre so often preoccupied with the recitation of horrors\, Three Minutes in\nPoland is the rare work that seems more about people than about ghosts.”\n?Sarah Kaplan\, The Washington Post\, January 16\, 2015. \n“… a haunting web of contingency.”\n–The New Yorker\, February 16\, 2015. \n“…in this captivating book\, Mr. Kurtz tries to reconstruct Jewish\nNasielsk\, knowing he will fail?not only because he arrives too late but\nbecause memory is by nature incomplete.”\n–Dara Horn\, The Wall Street Journal\, December 29\, 2014. \nSponsored by the Herman P. and Sophia Taubman Foundation Endowed Symposia\nin Jewish Studies at UC Santa Barbara\, a program of the Interdisciplinary\nHumanities Center. Cosponsored by UCSB Department of Religious\nStudies\, Congregation B’nai B’rith\, Jewish Federation of Greater Santa\nBarbara\, and Santa Barbara Hillel. \nhm 4/9/15 URL:https://history.ucsb.edu/events/three-minutes-in-poland-discovering-a-lost-world-in-a-1938-family-film/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20150417T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20150417T000000 DTSTAMP:20260424T190350 CREATED:20150928T112906Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150928T112906Z UID:10002320-1429228800-1429228800@history.ucsb.edu SUMMARY:Magnetic Insights into Cultural Heritage DESCRIPTION: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 tested within three successive collaborative research projects of the European Community on the analysis of Cultural Heritage. It provides novel insights into a wide range of objects in the treasure of our cultural heritage such as master paintings\, the craftsmanship behind the paint layer of frescoes in Herculaneum\, and the bones of Ötzi the Iceman and Charlemagne. These and other magnetic insights will be reported.\nhm 4/1/15 URL:https://history.ucsb.edu/events/magnetic-insights-into-cultural-heritage/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20150422T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20150422T000000 DTSTAMP:20260424T190350 CREATED:20150928T112906Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150928T112906Z UID:10002326-1429660800-1429660800@history.ucsb.edu SUMMARY:Dream Island and Sea Forest: The Afterlife of Tokyo's Landfills DESCRIPTION:Japan has one of the most sophisticated waste managementsystems in the world and its household waste generation\nhas been steadily declining since 2003. However\, before\nthe first national recycling Law was passed in 1991\, the\ncountry stood on the verge of a ‘garbage crisis’ with landfill\nspace around Tokyo quickly reaching the point of absolute\nsaturation. The bulk of the capital’s garbage was landfilled\nin sea\, using special technology. Within a few decades those\nclosed Landfills merged into a cluster of artificial islands in\nthe Tokyo Bay. This talk examines the afterlife of Tokyo’s\nlandfills\, which constitute a tangible reminder of bubble\neconomy\, conspicuous consumption\, and new initiatives\nfor the capital’s revitalization. Yume no shima (The Isle of\nDreams)\, which features in Keiso Hino’s novel with the same\ntitle\, is the oldest among the garbage islands. Umi no Mori\n(The Sea Forest! is one of the youngest\, and a cornerstone\nof Japan’s ambitious green initiative that is part of its ‘Tokyo\nVision 2020’ program. Both islands will serve as the venue of\nthe 2020 Olympic games. \nSponsored by the IHC’s Reinventing Japan RFG\,the East Asia\nCenter\, the Dept. of History\, the Dept. of Anthropology\, and\nthe Dept. of East Asian Languages & Cultural Studies. \nAn anthropologist and historian\, Professor Cwiertka has pioneered the study of food in Japan and Korea of the twentieth century. She is now pursuing a new project on waste management in Asia. The talk draws from this new project. \nFor more information on Prof. Katarzyna Cwiertka\, click the link below. \nhm 4/17/15 URL:https://history.ucsb.edu/events/dream-island-and-sea-forest-the-afterlife-of-tokyos-landfills/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20150424T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20150424T000000 DTSTAMP:20260424T190350 CREATED:20150928T112906Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150928T112906Z UID:10002330-1429833600-1429833600@history.ucsb.edu SUMMARY:Global Governance Symposium DESCRIPTION:Please join us for this public event!\nThe symposium features:\n       \nMadeline Baer\, SDSU: “Water Politics\, Rights\, and Governance”\n       \nJennifer Ramos\, Loyola Marymount: “Global Security Issues in International Institutions”\n       \nPaula Tavrow\, UCLA: “Global Health Governance and Local Results in East Africa” \nwith comments by UCSB faculty: Mark Buntaine\, Bren School\n                                                     Bridget Coggins\, Political  Science\n                                                     Javiera Barandarian\, Global Studies \nSponsored by Prof. Alison Brysk for the Mellichamp Chairs in 21st Century Global Dynamics and the Orfalea Center Hub in Global Governance \nhm 4/18/15 URL:https://history.ucsb.edu/events/global-governance-symposium/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20150501T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20150501T000000 DTSTAMP:20260424T190350 CREATED:20150928T112906Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150928T112906Z UID:10002322-1430438400-1430438400@history.ucsb.edu SUMMARY:Women\, Gender\, Sex: Social and Cultural Histories of the Long Nineteenth Century DESCRIPTION:About\nIn this conference\, former students and colleagues of Patricia Cline Cohen explore the legacy of Cohen’s pioneering work in the cultural history of gender and sexuality. A founder of Women’s Studies (now Feminist Studies) at UCSB and a valued member of the History Department\, Cohen worked tirelessly to advance the status of women and deepen our understanding of women’s historical experiences in the nineteenth-century United States. This conference explores the implications and legacies of her work—on prostitution\, the popular press\, and urban spaces. Presenters also address the development of Women’s/Feminist Studies locally and nationally\, and explore the importance of feminist pedagogy and positive mentorship that Cohen’s career exemplifies. The conference will also explore the best ways to institutionalize and promote the contributions of interdisciplinary feminist scholarship in the future by reaching out to a variety of audiences. \nThis conference is co-sponsored by the Department of History\, the Department of Feminist Studies\, the Hull Chair Funds in Feminist Studies\, the College of Letters and Sciences\, the Division of Humanities and Fine Arts\, the Division of Social Sciences\, the Interdisciplinary Humanities Center\, the UCSB Graduate Student Association\, the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture\, and by generous grants from individual research funds of John Majewski\, James F. Brooks\, and Ann Marie Plane. \nConference Program\nAll Sessions are in the McCune Room of the Interdisciplinary Humanities Center\, UCSB—Humanities and Social Sciences Building (HSSB) 6020 \nFriday\, May 1:\n2:30-3:30 Check in and mingling\, snacks \n3:30-4:15— Welcoming Remarks\nKum-Kum Bhavnani\,\nProf. of Sociology and Chair\, UCSB Academic Senate\nDavid Marshall\nExecutive Vice Chancellor\, UCSB\nHenry Yang\, Chancellor\, UCSB \n4:15-5:45 Opening Keynote Panel:\nWomen’s Studies/Feminist Studies: Past\, Present\, Future\nCHAIR: Laury Oaks\, Feminist Studies\, UCSB\nJane De Hart\, History (emerita)\, UCSB\n“Looking Back/Moving Forward: the Challenges Facing Feminist History and Historians in the 21st Century”\nEileen Boris\, Feminist Studies\, UCSB\n“From Women to Gender and Beyond: The Entwined Trajectories of Women’s History and Feminist Studies”\nClare A. Lyons\, Univ. of Maryland\n“Feminist Scholarship and the History of Sexuality” \n5:45-6:45—Reception—Toast to Pat!\nAnn Marie Plane\, History\, UCSB & Megan Perle Bowman\, George State Univ.\nJohn Majewski\, Interim Dean\, Humanities and Fine Arts\, UCSB \nSaturday\, May 2:\n8:30-9:00—Coffee and continental breakfast \n9-10:30—Mentoring 101: Feminist Pedagogy\nCHAIR: John Majewski\, Interim Dean\, Humanities and Fine Arts\, UCSB\nElizabeth Stordeur Pryor\, Smith College\n“On Pat Cohen and Mentorship: Analogue Advising in a Digital Age”\nUla Y. Taylor\, African American Studies\, UC Berkeley\n“Formal Intimacy”\nStacey Robertson\, History and Women’s Studies\, Bradley University\n“360-Degree Mentorship” \n10.45-12:15—The Murder of Helen Jewett and its Implications\nCHAIR: Erika Rappaport\, History\, UCSB\nApril Haynes\, Univ. of Oregon\n“Helen Jewett’s Afterlife\, or\, a numerate divination and semi-spiritual account of the academic adventures of a murdered prostitute”\nWarren Wood\, California Polytechnic\, Pomona\n“’Not an honest woman in the country’: How Pat Cohen and Helen Jewett Inspired a New Understanding of Women and Morality in Gold Rush San Francisco”\nRebecca Conard\, Middle Tennessee State University\n“Envisioning Helen Jewett’s Place in History”\nAmy Greenberg\, Pennsylvania State University\n“The Many Pleasures of Teaching The Murder of Helen Jewett” \n12:15-2:00 BUFFET LUNCH (included with conference registration) \n2:00-3:30—The Flash Press–Collaboration and Impact:\nCHAIR: Catherine Nesci (UCSB French and Italian)\nHelen Horowitz\, Smith College\n“Writing alongside Pat\, a Collaborator Extraordinaire”\nKatherine Hijar\, CSU San Marcos\n“’Nymphs of the Pave’ on the Page: Women’s Place in Public in Pat Cohen’s New York”\nLisa Jacobson\, History\, UCSB\n“The Flash Press in the Classroom” \n3:30-4:00 Break \n4:00-5:30– Mentoring 102: “A Calculating Teacher”\nCHAIR: Susan Juster\, Univ. of Michigan\nAngela Woollacott\, Australian National University\nCatherine E. Kelly\, Univ. of Oklahoma\nAlicia E. Rodriquez\, CSU Bakersfield\nLynn Sacco\, University of Tennessee (Knoxville)\nMegan Perle Bowman\, Georgia State University\nAlexandra Coles\, History\, UCSB \nCONFERENCE DINNER: 6:30-7:00 Reception\, 7 pm dinner\nThe Canary Hotel\n31 W. Carillo Street (corner of Chapala)\nSanta Barbara\, CA 93101\nhttp://www.canarysantabarbara.com/things-to-do/map/index.html\n**Dinner can be purchased together with Conference Registration or as a separate item for those not attending the conference \nSunday\, May 3:\n8:30-9:00—Coffee and continental breakfast \n9:30-11:00—Roundtable: History in Public\nCHAIR: James Brooks\, UCSB History\nShelley Bookspan\, Consultant\nBetsy Homsher\, Dean of Students\, Kettering University\nSarah Stage\, ASU (textbook co-author)\nBeverly Schwartzberg\, Literacy Program\, SB Public Library\nWilliam Warner\, English\, UCSB \n11:00-11:15—Break \n11:15-12:00—Response: Patricia Cline Cohen\, History (emerita)\, UCSB \n12:00-1:15—Lunch (box lunch available by preorder)\n1:15—Conference ends. \nThe organizers would like to thank the following conference co-sponsors:\nDepartment of History; Department of Feminist Studies; Interdisciplinary Humanities Center; College of Letters and Sciences (Division of Social Sciences\, Division of Humanities and Fine Arts); The Hull Chair in Women’s Studies Funds; The Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture (Williamsburg\, Virginia)\nAdditional support for speakers:\nResearch Funds of James Brooks\, John Majewski\, Ann Marie Plane \nhm 4/2/15 URL:https://history.ucsb.edu/events/women-gender-sex-social-and-cultural-histories-of-the-long-nineteenth-century/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20150504T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20150504T000000 DTSTAMP:20260424T190350 CREATED:20150928T112905Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150928T112905Z UID:10002316-1430697600-1430697600@history.ucsb.edu SUMMARY:American Population Politics in Global Perspective DESCRIPTION: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\, and the New Health\, Medicine\, and Care Working Group.\nSpeakers will explore how cultural and political commitments shape and constrain the conditions under which women and people of color control their reproductive lives and experience ownership over their own biology. This lecture series approaches these issues from a historical and ethnographic perspective\, exploring the eugenics movement\, progressive era public health reform\, cultural politics of abortion\, and the science of women’s reproductive systems. \nhm 4/1/15 URL:https://history.ucsb.edu/events/american-population-politics-in-global-perspective/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20150506T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20150506T000000 DTSTAMP:20260424T190350 CREATED:20150928T112906Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150928T112906Z UID:10002333-1430870400-1430870400@history.ucsb.edu SUMMARY:J-Rap\, AKB48\, and Miku: Japan's Musical Creativity in an Age of Free DESCRIPTION:Now that recorded music is always available for free\, what are the possible futures for musicians and fans? This talk will explore recent developments in Japan\, including the resurgence of Japanese hip-hop\, idol groups like AKB48\, and a virtual idol\, or “vocaloid\,” by the name of Hatsune Miku. Each case highlights different dynamics in the restructuring of business and creativity\, and fan and musician interaction. I argue that music offers lessons for rethinking capitalism and democracy in the 21st century.\nBio: Ian Condry is a cultural anthropologist who studies cultural movements that go global from below. He is Professor and Head of Global Studies and Langages at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is the author of two books\, “Hip-Hop Japan” (2008) and “The Soul of Anime” (2013). His new research lab is the Creative Communities Initiative which uses ethnography to explore the connections between online and offline worlds\, and their potential to offer new solutions to old problems. More info: click the link below. \nhm 5/1/15 URL:https://history.ucsb.edu/events/j-rap-akb48-and-miku-japans-musical-creativity-in-an-age-of-free/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20150506T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20150506T000000 DTSTAMP:20260424T190350 CREATED:20150928T112906Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150928T112906Z UID:10002328-1430870400-1430870400@history.ucsb.edu SUMMARY:Tens of Thousands of Page Views and Counting: Why One Scholar Contributes to Wikipedia DESCRIPTION:Since retiring from teaching in Spring 2014\, Sarah Cline has become an enthusiastic Wikipedian\, one of just 20% who are women. Now\, a year into Wiki editing\, she has nearly 2\,000 edits on 302 different pages\, mostly in English\, a few in Spanish. She will discuss what got her started and what keeps her engaged in this evolving crowd-sourced\, public history publishing endeavor. From a skeptic to a convert — the evolution of one Wikipedian.\nPlease join us for this brown-bag lunch event. \nhm 4/17/15 URL:https://history.ucsb.edu/events/tens-of-thousands-of-page-views-and-counting-why-one-scholar-contributes-to-wikipedia/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20150508T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20150508T000000 DTSTAMP:20260424T190350 CREATED:20150928T112907Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150928T112907Z UID:10002335-1431043200-1431043200@history.ucsb.edu SUMMARY:War and Remembrance: Cultural Imprints of Japan’s Samurai Age DESCRIPTION:An interdisciplinary group of scholars of medieval and early modern Japanese literature\, history\, religion\, and performing arts examine topics related to “War and Remembrance” during Japan’s years of military rule (late 12th to late 19th centuries). Exploring a range of representations and responses to war\, participants examine the impacts of war on cultural memory and production.\nThis conference is a program of UCSB’s Department of East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies with co-sponsorship from the UCSB College of Letters & Science\, the Interdisciplinary Humanities Center\, the East Asia Center\, and the Departments of Theater and Dance\, History\, and Comparative Literature. \nFunding also provided by the Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission and the Northeast Asia Council of the Association for Asian Studies \nFor information about the conference schedule\, participants\, and papers\, please see the website below: \nhm 5/5/15 URL:https://history.ucsb.edu/events/war-and-remembrance-cultural-imprints-of-japans-samurai-age/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20150513T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20150513T000000 DTSTAMP:20260424T190350 CREATED:20150928T112905Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150928T112905Z UID:10002001-1431475200-1431475200@history.ucsb.edu SUMMARY:Science\, Secrecy\, and the Soviet State DESCRIPTION:Secrecy was endemic in Soviet society and culture. Information that we might consider benign in the Western context was off-limits to most of the general populace throughout the existence of the Soviet Union. Controls over the circulation of information were particularly strict relating to matters of national security\, which usually subsumed most scientific and engineering activity. Yet\, the state also had an imperative to publicize Soviet achievements in science and technology even as it kept most of this activity secret. This obvious contradiction forms the backdrop to my current paper in which I describe limits on the production\, circulation\, and interpretation of scientific knowledge in the Soviet Union (with examples of secret artifacts\, people\, and institutions) as a way to add to a broader discussion of secrecy and science and technology in the 20th century. \nAbout the Speaker\nAsif Siddiqi is a Professor of History at Fordham University in New York and specializes in the history of 20th century science and technology. He has written widely on the Soviet space program\, including his most recent book The Red Rockets’ Glare: Spaceflight and the Soviet Imagination\, 1857-1957 (Cambridge\, 2010). His new projects include a book project on the history of use of scientific and engineering expertise to maintain and expand the Stalinist Gulag. He is also writing book on the origins of the Indian space program set in the larger context of Cold War science in a postcolonial setting. URL:https://history.ucsb.edu/events/science-secrecy-and-the-soviet-state/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20150514T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20150514T000000 DTSTAMP:20260424T190350 CREATED:20150928T112906Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150928T112906Z UID:10002332-1431561600-1431561600@history.ucsb.edu SUMMARY:When Worlds Collide: Fracking and Community in Rio Arriba County\, New Mexico DESCRIPTION:In July 2012\, the Bureau of Land Management announced atwo-week public scoping period for its decision to fulfill its\nmandate under the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 to “explore\nfor and develop oil and gas resources on public lands through\na competitive leasing process” on 343\,439 acres in Rio Arriba\nCounty\, New Mexico. Included in these lands were 13\,300\nacres on the Cebolla Mesa\, in the heart of the 2 million acre Rio\nChama Basin. As a result of community responses\, the BLM\ndeferred action in February 2014\, “pending further analysis.”\nProf. James Brooks will report on his discussions with more than\n100 citizens of the region who have mounted a “cultural defense”\nof water rights in the region. A wine-and-cheese reception will\nfollow his talk. \nAbout the Speaker\nAn award-winning historian\, Prof. James Brooks has rejoined\nthe UCSB faculty after serving as President of the School for\nAdvanced Research in Santa Fe.. He has held appointments\nat the University of Maryland and UC Berkeley\, and\ncurrently serves as Chair of the Board of Directors of the\nWestern National Parks Association\, which supports research\,\npreservation and education in 67 National Parks\, including\nChannel Islands National Park. \nMembers and their guests: FREE; non-members: $5 \nPresented by the UCSB History Associates and the Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation \nhm 4/29/15 URL:https://history.ucsb.edu/events/when-worlds-collide-fracking-and-community-in-rio-arriba-county-new-mexico/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20150514T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20150514T000000 DTSTAMP:20260424T190350 CREATED:20150928T112907Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150928T112907Z UID:10002338-1431561600-1431561600@history.ucsb.edu SUMMARY:The Predicament of Aftermath: Memorializing Landscapes of Violence DESCRIPTION:Prof. Linenthal is the author of:\nhe Landscapes of 9/11: A Photographer’s Journey. Austin: University of Texas Press\, 2013. (with Jonathan Hyman and Christiane Gruber) \nThe Unfinished Bombing: Oklahoma City in American Memory. New York: Oxford University Press\, 2001. \nHistory Wars: The Enola Gay and Other Battles for the American Past. New York: Metropolitan Books\, 1996. (with Tom Engelhardt)\n(Selected by the Los Angeles Times as one of the 10 most significant non-fiction books of 1996\, and recipient of an “Award of Merit” from the American Association for State and Local History.) \nPreserving Memory: The Struggle to Create America’s Holocaust Museum. 2nd edition. New York: Columbia University Press\, 2001. \nhm 5/13/15 URL:https://history.ucsb.edu/events/the-predicament-of-aftermath-memorializing-landscapes-of-violence/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20150515T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20150515T000000 DTSTAMP:20260424T190350 CREATED:20150928T112907Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150928T112907Z UID:10002337-1431648000-1431648000@history.ucsb.edu SUMMARY:Senior Honors Seminar Presentations DESCRIPTION:Everyone is invited to this event\, at which some of our best students present the fruits of two quarters of intensive research. Please attend as many presentations or panels as you would like.\nRefreshments will be available. \nThe event will be run in a conference panel-type format\, with the following schedule: \nPanel I: Contemporary Issues Around the World \n9:15 Zachary Alpert\, “The Failure of the United States to Render Usama Bin Laden to Justice through Diplomatic and Covert Action during his Residency in Afghanistan Prior to 9/11” (Mentor: Prof. Salim Yaqub)\nCommentator: Prof. Tsuyoshi Hasegawa \n9:45 Andrew Farkash\, “If Not Now\, When?: The Histories and Legacies of Jewish Dissent from Zionism” (Mentor: Prof. Paul Spickard)\nCommentator: Prof. Sherene Seikaly \n10:15 Alan Chuang\, ” The Rise of the Chinese Economy: Policy\, Innovation and Technology” (Mentor: Prof. Richard Appelbaum)\nCommentator: Prof. Lijuan Zhang \n10:45 Break \nPanel II: Ideas about Slavery in the 19th Century United States \n11:00 Grant E. Stanton\, “The Doctrine of the Declaration: Lincoln\, Douglass\, and The Battle Rhetorical” (Mentor: Prof. John Majewski)\nCommentator: Prof. Mary Furner \n11:30 Anne Kidder Osborn\, “De Bow’s South: How One Periodical Reflected Education Reform in the Antebellum South” (Mentor: Prof. John Majewski)\nCommentator: Jason Zeledon \n12:00 Lunch (a catered buffet will be available) \nPanel III: Media and Policy \n12:45 Geneva Douma\, “The Gendered History of Informed Consent: The Lunacy Commission and the “Treatment” of Female Mental Illness in Mid-Victorian England” (Mentor: Prof. Erika Rappoport)\nCommentator: Prof. Laury Oaks \n1:15 Evan Liddle\, “A ‘Media Campaign’? The German Press and the Early Yugoslav Crisis (1989-1992): A Comparative Case Study of Neues Deutschland\, Die Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung\, Der Spiegel\, and Die Süddeutsche Zeitung” (Mentor: Prof. Adrienne Edgar)\nCommentator: Prof. Salim Yaqub \n1:45 Adela Contreras\, “The Salvadoran Revolution in the U.S.: Rufina Amaya’s Testimonies\, January 1982” (Mentor: Prof. Miroslava Chavez-Garcia)\nCommentator: Prof. Cecilia Méndez \n2:15 Break \nPanel IV: Ancient and Early Modern Borderlands \n2:30 Brittany White\, “Late Roman Alexandria: A Hot Mess of Identity From the Emperor to the Common Alexandrian” (Mentor: Prof. Elizabeth DePalma Digeser)\nCommentator: Prof. Rose MacLean \n3:00 Richard Ibarra\, “Magnates\, Monks and Shepherds: Power and Land in Medieval Extremadura\, Spain” (Mentor: Prof. Debra Blumenthal)\nCommentator: Prof. Carol Lansing \nhm 5/10/15\, 5/12 URL:https://history.ucsb.edu/events/senior-honors-seminar-presentations/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20150517T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20150517T000000 DTSTAMP:20260424T190350 CREATED:20150928T112906Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150928T112906Z UID:10002334-1431820800-1431820800@history.ucsb.edu SUMMARY:Island of the Blue Dolphins Revisited: The Search for the True Story DESCRIPTION:Recently retired\, Steve was the Navy’s senior archaeologist on San Nicolas for the past 25 years. Due to this uniqueposition\, he has become one of the leading experts on the Lone Woman story\, the true story behind ‘Island of the Blue\nDolphins’. \nDuring his time with the Navy\, Steve oversaw the excavation of dozens of archaeological sites spanning several\nthousand years of island occupation. He also has a keen interest in the history of the island and has conducted studies of\nthe various historic themes from sheep ranching through the Cold War. He continues to research the story of the Lone\nWoman and publish his findings. \nSteve’s talk will recap what is known of the true story behind the\nbeloved children’s novel ‘Island of the Blue Dolphins’\, and will present\nthe latest archival and archaeological findings. Much new information\nhas come to light in the last few years; recently discovered Russian documents\nadd to our understanding of the circumstances of Lone Woman’s\nabandonment\, the tragic start of the story; on-going archival research into\nchurch and census records document the history of the rest of the tribe’s\nremoved in 1835; and new historical research adds to our understanding\nof her life in Santa Barbara\, the tragic end of the story. Also highlighted\nare exciting new archaeological finds that add details about her isolated\nlife on the island: the search to find the cave where she lived\, and the\namazing discovery of a cache of artifacts that show how she lived and\nsurvived. \nSteve has walked where she walked\, is one of the leading experts\non the story\, and has many insights from his 25 years of experience on the\nisland. \nAdmission is $15.00 for non-members\, $10.00 for SBMAL members\, OMSB Docents\, and students with valid ID. \nAll proceeds benefit the Santa Bárbara Mission Archive-Library and Old Mission Santa Barbara. \nFor more information call (805) 682-4713 or email director@sbmal.org \nReservation Form available on our website\, below. \nhm 4/30/15; 5/5 URL:https://history.ucsb.edu/events/island-of-the-blue-dolphins-revisited-the-search-for-the-true-story/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20150518T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20150518T000000 DTSTAMP:20260424T190350 CREATED:20150928T112907Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150928T112907Z UID:10002336-1431907200-1431907200@history.ucsb.edu SUMMARY:An Industrious Mind\, The Worlds of Sir Simonds D’Ewes DESCRIPTION:In Promotion of Professor J. Sears McGee’s new book An Industrious Mind\, The Worlds of Sir Simonds D’Ewes (Stanford University Press\, 2015).With guest speaker Prof. Chris R. Kyle\, Associate Professor of History\, Syracuse University. \nReception to follow with light refreshments. \nThis is the first biography of Sir Simonds D’Ewes (1602–1650)\, a member of England’s Long Parliament\, a Puritan\, historian and antiquarian. D’Ewes took the Puritan side against the supporters of King Charles I in the English Civil War. His extensive journal of the Long Parliament\, together with his autobiography and correspondence\, offer a uniquely comprehensive view of the life of a seventeenth-century English gentleman\, his opinions\, thoughts and prejudices during this tumultuous time. \nD’Ewes left the most extensive archive of personal papers of any individual in early modern Europe. His life and thought before the Long Parliament are carefully analyzed\, so that the mind of one of the Parliamentary opponents of King Charles I’s policies can be understood more fully than that of any other Member of Parliament. Although conservative in social and political terms\, D’Ewes’s Puritanism prevented him from joining his Royalist younger brother Richard during the civil war that began in 1642. \nD’Ewes collected one of the largest private libraries of books and manuscripts in England in his era and used them to pursue historical and antiquarian research. He followed news of national and international events voraciously and conveyed his opinions of them to his friends in many hundreds of letters. McGee’s biography is the first thorough exploration of the life and ideas of this extraordinary observer\, offering fresh insight into this pivotal time in European history. \nCopies will be available for signing and purchase. (Cash or check only) \nhm 5/7/15 URL:https://history.ucsb.edu/events/an-industrious-mind-the-worlds-of-sir-simonds-dewes/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20150519T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20150519T000000 DTSTAMP:20260424T190350 CREATED:20150928T112907Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150928T112907Z UID:10002339-1431993600-1431993600@history.ucsb.edu SUMMARY:Stanley Kubrick's classic World War I film "Paths of Glory" (1957)\, starring Kirk Douglas. DESCRIPTION:The UCSB History Department and the Center for Cold War Studies and International History will show Stanley Kubrick’s classic World War I film “Paths of Glory” (1957)\, about the court-martialing of French soldiers who refuse to continue a suicidal assault.\nIn addition to watching the movie\, we will hear expert commentary by Prof. Ross Melnick of the UCSB Department of Film & Media Studies and Prof. Jack Talbott of the UCSB Department of History. They will briefly discuss the significance of the film and the historical events on which it is loosely based. \nEveryone is invited to attend. \nhm 5/14/15 URL:https://history.ucsb.edu/events/stanley-kubricks-classic-world-war-i-film-paths-of-glory-1957-starring-kirk-douglas/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20150526T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20150526T000000 DTSTAMP:20260424T190350 CREATED:20150928T112907Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150928T112907Z UID:10002342-1432598400-1432598400@history.ucsb.edu SUMMARY:The Form and Content of Suffering: Humanitarian Knowledge and Genocide in the Early 20th Century Middle East DESCRIPTION:Debates about the intertwined nature of humanity\, human rights and humanitarianism have brought historians into new fields bridging social\, international\, legal and colonial history. Keith David Watenpaugh’s book Bread from Stones: The Middle East and the Making of Modern Humanitarianism (University of California\, 2015) contributes to this debate from the unique perspective of the First World War and its aftermath in the Middle East. In this talk\, he argues that international and local efforts to address mass violence against the Ottoman Empire’s ethnic minorities gave rise to a new form of conceptualizing and writing about human suffering and human need ?humanitarian knowledge. Humanitarian knowledge was not only necessary to the design and implementation of humanitarian programs for rehabilitation and relief\, but was a critical element in the process of naming genocide and comprehending its vast\, multigenerational consequences for humanity.\nKeith David Watenpaugh is a historian and director of the UC Davis Human Rights Initiative. He is author of Being Modern in the Middle East (Princeton\, 2006)\, and his articles have appeared in the American Historical Review\, Social History\, the Journal of Human Rights\, Humanity\, as well as Perspectives on History\, the Chronicle of Higher Education and the Huffington Post. \nCo-sponsored by the Center for Middle East Studies\, the Department of History\, and the Department of Global Studies\nhm 5/19/15 URL:https://history.ucsb.edu/events/the-form-and-content-of-suffering-humanitarian-knowledge-and-genocide-in-the-early-20th-century-middle-east/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20150527T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20150527T000000 DTSTAMP:20260424T190350 CREATED:20150928T112906Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150928T112906Z UID:10002318-1432684800-1432684800@history.ucsb.edu SUMMARY:Un(rely)able: The Technological Health Crisis of Toxic Shock Syndrome & Rely Tampons DESCRIPTION: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\, and the New Health\, Medicine\, and Care Working Group.\nSpeakers will explore how cultural and political commitments shape and constrain the conditions under which women and people of color control their reproductive lives and experience ownership over their own biology. This lecture series approaches these issues from a historical and ethnographic perspective\, exploring the eugenics movement\, progressive era public health reform\, cultural politics of abortion\, and the science of women’s reproductive systems. \nhm 4/1/15 URL:https://history.ucsb.edu/events/unrelyable-the-technological-health-crisis-of-toxic-shock-syndrome-rely-tampons/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR