Winter Quarter Instruction ends
2015-03-13 00:00 (America/Denver) | CA
Classes end Friday March 13.
Final Exam Schedule
hm 12/18/14

New Discoveries in the Ancient Synagogue at Huqoq in Israel's Galilee
2015-03-13 00:00
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

From Revolutionary Ideology to Intangible Cultural Heritage: The changing basis of legitimacy in China
2015-03-16 00:00
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.
His 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.
Books on social theory include: Meaning and Modernity, and The Many and the One: Religious and Secular Perspectives on Ethical Pluralism in the Modern World.
AJ 3-16-15

Spring classes begin
2015-03-30 00:00
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 New (Old) Image Wars: Rethinking Image and Violence after Paris
2015-04-02 00:00
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 – freedom of speech versus religious extremism – with the assumption
of an arcane view of pictorial representation at its basis. This lecture aims to shift the terms
of the debate by giving a longer view of the relation of images to violence. Drawing upon
historic examples, ontologies and anthropologies of the image, I engage the image wars of
the past as a means to leverage a more nuanced understanding of their operation in the
present, articulating confluences between East and West to open a space for dialogue.
With a response by Fabio Rambell (UCSB).
Organized 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.
hm 3/15/15

Abd al-Ḥamīd al-Kātib’s Use of the Qurʾān in His Religious Letters: Surprises and Explanations
2015-04-06 00:00
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

Racial and Reproductive Injustice: The Long History of Eugenic Sterilization in California
2015-04-14 00:00
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, and the New Health, Medicine, and Care Working Group.
Speakers 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.
hm 4/1/15

"Three Minutes in Poland: Discovering a Lost World in a 1938 Family Film"
2015-04-16 00:00
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 film became a riveting exploration of
memory, loss, and improbable survival.
Courtesy of The Book Den, copies of Three Minutes in Poland will be
available for purchase and signing at this event.
Speaker Profile:
Glenn Kurtz is the author of Three Minutes in Poland: Discovering a Lost
World in a 1938 Family Film, which was named a “Best Book of 2014” by The
New Yorker, The Boston Globe, and NPR. The Wall Street Journal praised it
as “captivating” and The Los Angeles Times described it as “breathtaking.”
His essays have appeared in The New York Times, Salon, Southwest Review,
and elsewhere.
Reviews of Three Minutes in Poland:
“In the pages of Glenn Kurtz’s marvelous book, the ghosts from those three
minutes are breathtakingly brought to life.”
–Louise Steinman, Los Angeles Times, November 20, 2014.
“Both a memoir and an impressive feat of historical research, Three Minutes
in Poland documents Kurtz’s four-year search for surviving Nasielskers, who
he hopes can piece together a narrative from the fragments of film…. In a
genre so often preoccupied with the recitation of horrors, Three Minutes in
Poland is the rare work that seems more about people than about ghosts.”
?Sarah Kaplan, The Washington Post, January 16, 2015.
“… a haunting web of contingency.”
–The New Yorker, February 16, 2015.
“…in this captivating book, Mr. Kurtz tries to reconstruct Jewish
Nasielsk, knowing he will fail?not only because he arrives too late but
because memory is by nature incomplete.”
–Dara Horn, The Wall Street Journal, December 29, 2014.
Sponsored by the Herman P. and Sophia Taubman Foundation Endowed Symposia
in Jewish Studies at UC Santa Barbara, a program of the Interdisciplinary
Humanities Center. Cosponsored by UCSB Department of Religious
Studies, Congregation B’nai B’rith, Jewish Federation of Greater Santa
Barbara, and Santa Barbara Hillel.
hm 4/9/15

Magnetic Insights into Cultural Heritage
2015-04-17 00:00
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.
hm 4/1/15

Dream Island and Sea Forest: The Afterlife of Tokyo's Landfills
2015-04-22 00:00
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
saturation. The bulk of the capital’s garbage was landfilled
in sea, using special technology. Within a few decades those
closed Landfills merged into a cluster of artificial islands in
the Tokyo Bay. This talk examines the afterlife of Tokyo’s
landfills, which constitute a tangible reminder of bubble
economy, conspicuous consumption, and new initiatives
for the capital’s revitalization. Yume no shima (The Isle of
Dreams), which features in Keiso Hino’s novel with the same
title, is the oldest among the garbage islands. Umi no Mori
(The Sea Forest! is one of the youngest, and a cornerstone
of Japan’s ambitious green initiative that is part of its ‘Tokyo
Vision 2020’ program. Both islands will serve as the venue of
the 2020 Olympic games.
Sponsored by the IHC’s Reinventing Japan RFG,the East Asia
Center, the Dept. of History, the Dept. of Anthropology, and
the Dept. of East Asian Languages & Cultural Studies.
An 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.
For more information on Prof. Katarzyna Cwiertka, click the link below.
hm 4/17/15

Global Governance Symposium
2015-04-24 00:00
Please join us for this public event!
The symposium features:

Madeline Baer, SDSU: “Water Politics, Rights, and Governance”

Jennifer Ramos, Loyola Marymount: “Global Security Issues in International Institutions”

Paula Tavrow, UCLA: “Global Health Governance and Local Results in East Africa”
with comments by UCSB faculty: Mark Buntaine, Bren School
Bridget Coggins, Political Science
Javiera Barandarian, Global Studies
Sponsored by Prof. Alison Brysk for the Mellichamp Chairs in 21st Century Global Dynamics and the Orfalea Center Hub in Global Governance
hm 4/18/15

Women, Gender, Sex: Social and Cultural Histories of the Long Nineteenth Century
2015-05-01 00:00
About
In 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.
This 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.
Conference Program
All Sessions are in the McCune Room of the Interdisciplinary Humanities Center, UCSB—Humanities and Social Sciences Building (HSSB) 6020
Friday, May 1:
2:30-3:30 Check in and mingling, snacks
3:30-4:15— Welcoming Remarks
Kum-Kum Bhavnani,
Prof. of Sociology and Chair, UCSB Academic Senate
David Marshall
Executive Vice Chancellor, UCSB
Henry Yang, Chancellor, UCSB
4:15-5:45 Opening Keynote Panel:
Women’s Studies/Feminist Studies: Past, Present, Future
CHAIR: Laury Oaks, Feminist Studies, UCSB
Jane De Hart, History (emerita), UCSB
“Looking Back/Moving Forward: the Challenges Facing Feminist History and Historians in the 21st Century”
Eileen Boris, Feminist Studies, UCSB
“From Women to Gender and Beyond: The Entwined Trajectories of Women’s History and Feminist Studies”
Clare A. Lyons, Univ. of Maryland
“Feminist Scholarship and the History of Sexuality”
5:45-6:45—Reception—Toast to Pat!
Ann Marie Plane, History, UCSB & Megan Perle Bowman, George State Univ.
John Majewski, Interim Dean, Humanities and Fine Arts, UCSB
Saturday, May 2:
8:30-9:00—Coffee and continental breakfast
9-10:30—Mentoring 101: Feminist Pedagogy
CHAIR: John Majewski, Interim Dean, Humanities and Fine Arts, UCSB
Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor, Smith College
“On Pat Cohen and Mentorship: Analogue Advising in a Digital Age”
Ula Y. Taylor, African American Studies, UC Berkeley
“Formal Intimacy”
Stacey Robertson, History and Women’s Studies, Bradley University
“360-Degree Mentorship”
10.45-12:15—The Murder of Helen Jewett and its Implications
CHAIR: Erika Rappaport, History, UCSB
April Haynes, Univ. of Oregon
“Helen Jewett’s Afterlife, or, a numerate divination and semi-spiritual account of the academic adventures of a murdered prostitute”
Warren Wood, California Polytechnic, Pomona
“’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”
Rebecca Conard, Middle Tennessee State University
“Envisioning Helen Jewett’s Place in History”
Amy Greenberg, Pennsylvania State University
“The Many Pleasures of Teaching The Murder of Helen Jewett”
12:15-2:00 BUFFET LUNCH (included with conference registration)
2:00-3:30—The Flash Press–Collaboration and Impact:
CHAIR: Catherine Nesci (UCSB French and Italian)
Helen Horowitz, Smith College
“Writing alongside Pat, a Collaborator Extraordinaire”
Katherine Hijar, CSU San Marcos
“’Nymphs of the Pave’ on the Page: Women’s Place in Public in Pat Cohen’s New York”
Lisa Jacobson, History, UCSB
“The Flash Press in the Classroom”
3:30-4:00 Break
4:00-5:30– Mentoring 102: “A Calculating Teacher”
CHAIR: Susan Juster, Univ. of Michigan
Angela Woollacott, Australian National University
Catherine E. Kelly, Univ. of Oklahoma
Alicia E. Rodriquez, CSU Bakersfield
Lynn Sacco, University of Tennessee (Knoxville)
Megan Perle Bowman, Georgia State University
Alexandra Coles, History, UCSB
CONFERENCE DINNER: 6:30-7:00 Reception, 7 pm dinner
The Canary Hotel
31 W. Carillo Street (corner of Chapala)
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
http://www.canarysantabarbara.com/things-to-do/map/index.html
**Dinner can be purchased together with Conference Registration or as a separate item for those not attending the conference
Sunday, May 3:
8:30-9:00—Coffee and continental breakfast
9:30-11:00—Roundtable: History in Public
CHAIR: James Brooks, UCSB History
Shelley Bookspan, Consultant
Betsy Homsher, Dean of Students, Kettering University
Sarah Stage, ASU (textbook co-author)
Beverly Schwartzberg, Literacy Program, SB Public Library
William Warner, English, UCSB
11:00-11:15—Break
11:15-12:00—Response: Patricia Cline Cohen, History (emerita), UCSB
12:00-1:15—Lunch (box lunch available by preorder)
1:15—Conference ends.
The organizers would like to thank the following conference co-sponsors:
Department 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)
Additional support for speakers:
Research Funds of James Brooks, John Majewski, Ann Marie Plane
hm 4/2/15

American Population Politics in Global Perspective
2015-05-04 00:00
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.
Speakers 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.
hm 4/1/15

J-Rap, AKB48, and Miku: Japan's Musical Creativity in an Age of Free
2015-05-06 00:00
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.
Bio: 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.
hm 5/1/15

Tens of Thousands of Page Views and Counting: Why One Scholar Contributes to Wikipedia
2015-05-06 00:00
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.
Please join us for this brown-bag lunch event.
hm 4/17/15

War and Remembrance: Cultural Imprints of Japan’s Samurai Age
2015-05-08 00:00
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.
This 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.
Funding also provided by the Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission and the Northeast Asia Council of the Association for Asian Studies
For information about the conference schedule, participants, and papers, please see the website below:
hm 5/5/15

Science, Secrecy, and the Soviet State
2015-05-13 00:00
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.
About the Speaker
Asif 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.

When Worlds Collide: Fracking and Community in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico
2015-05-14 00:00
In July 2012, the Bureau of Land Management announced atwo-week public scoping period for its decision to fulfill its
mandate under the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 to “explore
for and develop oil and gas resources on public lands through
a competitive leasing process” on 343,439 acres in Rio Arriba
County, New Mexico. Included in these lands were 13,300
acres on the Cebolla Mesa, in the heart of the 2 million acre Rio
Chama Basin. As a result of community responses, the BLM
deferred action in February 2014, “pending further analysis.”
Prof. James Brooks will report on his discussions with more than
100 citizens of the region who have mounted a “cultural defense”
of water rights in the region. A wine-and-cheese reception will
follow his talk.
About the Speaker
An award-winning historian, Prof. James Brooks has rejoined
the UCSB faculty after serving as President of the School for
Advanced Research in Santa Fe.. He has held appointments
at the University of Maryland and UC Berkeley, and
currently serves as Chair of the Board of Directors of the
Western National Parks Association, which supports research,
preservation and education in 67 National Parks, including
Channel Islands National Park.
Members and their guests: FREE; non-members: $5
Presented by the UCSB History Associates and the Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation
hm 4/29/15

The Predicament of Aftermath: Memorializing Landscapes of Violence
2015-05-14 00:00
Prof. Linenthal is the author of:
he Landscapes of 9/11: A Photographer’s Journey. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2013. (with Jonathan Hyman and Christiane Gruber)
The Unfinished Bombing: Oklahoma City in American Memory. New York: Oxford University Press, 2001.
History Wars: The Enola Gay and Other Battles for the American Past. New York: Metropolitan Books, 1996. (with Tom Engelhardt)
(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.)
Preserving Memory: The Struggle to Create America’s Holocaust Museum. 2nd edition. New York: Columbia University Press, 2001.
hm 5/13/15

Senior Honors Seminar Presentations
2015-05-15 00:00
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.
Refreshments will be available.
The event will be run in a conference panel-type format, with the following schedule:
Panel I: Contemporary Issues Around the World
9:15 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)
Commentator: Prof. Tsuyoshi Hasegawa
9:45 Andrew Farkash, “If Not Now, When?: The Histories and Legacies of Jewish Dissent from Zionism” (Mentor: Prof. Paul Spickard)
Commentator: Prof. Sherene Seikaly
10:15 Alan Chuang, ” The Rise of the Chinese Economy: Policy, Innovation and Technology” (Mentor: Prof. Richard Appelbaum)
Commentator: Prof. Lijuan Zhang
10:45 Break
Panel II: Ideas about Slavery in the 19th Century United States
11:00 Grant E. Stanton, “The Doctrine of the Declaration: Lincoln, Douglass, and The Battle Rhetorical” (Mentor: Prof. John Majewski)
Commentator: Prof. Mary Furner
11:30 Anne Kidder Osborn, “De Bow’s South: How One Periodical Reflected Education Reform in the Antebellum South” (Mentor: Prof. John Majewski)
Commentator: Jason Zeledon
12:00 Lunch (a catered buffet will be available)
Panel III: Media and Policy
12:45 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)
Commentator: Prof. Laury Oaks
1:15 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)
Commentator: Prof. Salim Yaqub
1:45 Adela Contreras, “The Salvadoran Revolution in the U.S.: Rufina Amaya’s Testimonies, January 1982” (Mentor: Prof. Miroslava Chavez-Garcia)
Commentator: Prof. Cecilia Méndez
2:15 Break
Panel IV: Ancient and Early Modern Borderlands
2:30 Brittany White, “Late Roman Alexandria: A Hot Mess of Identity From the Emperor to the Common Alexandrian” (Mentor: Prof. Elizabeth DePalma Digeser)
Commentator: Prof. Rose MacLean
3:00 Richard Ibarra, “Magnates, Monks and Shepherds: Power and Land in Medieval Extremadura, Spain” (Mentor: Prof. Debra Blumenthal)
Commentator: Prof. Carol Lansing
hm 5/10/15, 5/12

Island of the Blue Dolphins Revisited: The Search for the True Story
2015-05-17 00:00
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
Dolphins’.
During his time with the Navy, Steve oversaw the excavation of dozens of archaeological sites spanning several
thousand years of island occupation. He also has a keen interest in the history of the island and has conducted studies of
the various historic themes from sheep ranching through the Cold War. He continues to research the story of the Lone
Woman and publish his findings.
Steve’s talk will recap what is known of the true story behind the
beloved children’s novel ‘Island of the Blue Dolphins’, and will present
the latest archival and archaeological findings. Much new information
has come to light in the last few years; recently discovered Russian documents
add to our understanding of the circumstances of Lone Woman’s
abandonment, the tragic start of the story; on-going archival research into
church and census records document the history of the rest of the tribe’s
removed in 1835; and new historical research adds to our understanding
of her life in Santa Barbara, the tragic end of the story. Also highlighted
are exciting new archaeological finds that add details about her isolated
life on the island: the search to find the cave where she lived, and the
amazing discovery of a cache of artifacts that show how she lived and
survived.
Steve has walked where she walked, is one of the leading experts
on the story, and has many insights from his 25 years of experience on the
island.
Admission is $15.00 for non-members, $10.00 for SBMAL members, OMSB Docents, and students with valid ID.
All proceeds benefit the Santa Bárbara Mission Archive-Library and Old Mission Santa Barbara.
For more information call (805) 682-4713 or email director@sbmal.org
Reservation Form available on our website, below.
hm 4/30/15; 5/5

An Industrious Mind, The Worlds of Sir Simonds D’Ewes
2015-05-18 00:00
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.
Reception to follow with light refreshments.
This 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.
D’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.
D’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.
Copies will be available for signing and purchase. (Cash or check only)
hm 5/7/15

Stanley Kubrick's classic World War I film "Paths of Glory" (1957), starring Kirk Douglas.
2015-05-19 00:00
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.
In 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.
Everyone is invited to attend.
hm 5/14/15

The Form and Content of Suffering: Humanitarian Knowledge and Genocide in the Early 20th Century Middle East
2015-05-26 00:00
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.
Keith 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.
Co-sponsored by the Center for Middle East Studies, the Department of History, and the Department of Global Studies
hm 5/19/15

Un(rely)able: The Technological Health Crisis of Toxic Shock Syndrome & Rely Tampons
2015-05-27 00:00

NEW PERSPECTIVES ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE MIDEAST
2015-05-27 00:00
Gershon Shafir, UCSD: “Minority Rights and Second-Class Citizenship in Israel”
Keith Watenpaugh, UC Davis: “Syrian Refugees: A Lost Generation”

with comments by UCSB faculty: Sherene Seikaly (History)
Sponsored by Prof. Alison Brysk
for the Mellichamp Chairs in 21st Century Global Dynamics
and the Orfalea Center Hub in Global Governance
hm 5/27/15

Taking Stock of the Anthropocene: An Interdisciplinary Roundtable
2015-05-28 00:00
Peter Alagona (History and Environmental Studies, UCSB)Elizabeth Heckendorn Cook (English and Comparative Literature, UCSB)
John Foran (Sociology, UCSB)
Ken Hiltner (English and Environmental Studies, UCSB)
Jeff Hoelle (Anthropology, UCSB)
David Lea (Geology, USCB)
Christopher Walker (English, UCSB)
Faculty and graduate students will consider key issues and themes that have emerged over the course of the IHC’s year-long events series “The Anthropocene: Views from the Humanities,” Speakers will reflect upon anthropocentric concerns of their individual disciplines, and they will offer insight into the cross-disciplinary implications of the lectures, films, and debates that have taken place.
Sponsored by the IHC series The Anthropocene: Views from the Humanities.
More Information: http://www.ihc.ucsb.edu/taking-stock-of-the-anthropocene/
hm 5/19/15

Anti-Stalinist Left Intellectuals in Chile and Argentina, 1940-1970
2015-05-29 00:00
Cody Stephens is completing a dissertation on the rise and fall of “dependency theory” in the era of the long 1960s.
Sponsored by Center for the Study of Work, Labor and Democracy
More Information: http://www.ihc.ucsb.edu/anti-stalinist-left/
hm 5/19/15

History Awards Ceremony
2015-06-01 00:00
The UCSB History Associates and the Department of History will honor the the recipients of this year’s student awards.
Please let Bob Ortega (bortega@hfa.ucsb.edu) know if you plan to attend this event.A reception follows this event.
A reception in HSSB 4020 follows the awards presentations.
hm 5/27/15

Egypt after the Revolution
2015-06-03 00:00
In mid-May Mohammed Morsi, Egypt’s first democratically elected president, was sentenced to death, along with several other citizens. Two history faculty members with extensive experience in and knowledge of Egypt will discuss the situation.
They recently held a similar event for the International Association for Political Science Students (IAPSS) and the UCSB History Club, as reported in the 5/21/15 Daily Nexus: “UCSB Professors Discuss Historical View on ISIL .”
sponsored by the History Department’s Public History and Theory Cluster
hm 5/21/15
