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:20150105T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20150105T000000 DTSTAMP:20260418T091626 CREATED:20150928T112858Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150928T112858Z UID:10002253-1420416000-1420416000@history.ucsb.edu SUMMARY:Start of Summer Session B Instruction DESCRIPTION:See the calendar at the link below. \nhm 7/19/15 URL:https://history.ucsb.edu/events/start-of-summer-session-b-instruction/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20150106T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20150106T000000 DTSTAMP:20260418T091626 CREATED:20150928T112903Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150928T112903Z UID:10002299-1420502400-1420502400@history.ucsb.edu SUMMARY:Sanctification of Mangoes: Symbol Creation in the Cult of Mao Zedong DESCRIPTION:In 1968 during China’s “Great Proletariat Cultural Revolution\,” the cult of CommunistParty Chairman Mao Zedong was at a high. A Pakistani foreign minister presented\nMao with a crate of mangoes that he re-gifted to the Mao Zedong Thought Propaganda\nTeams who were occupying the Tsinghua University campus. The gift of mangoes\nhappened to coincide with a shift in the leadership of the Cultural Revolution from\nstudents to the military under the guise of the working class. Alfreda Murck will tell\nthe story of the improbable transformation of the mango from\nthen unknown fruit to a symbol of Mao’s love for workers\, and\nsubsequently its consignment to the dustbin of history. \nSpecial Lecture organized by\nthe Department of East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies.\nCo-sponsored by the UCSB East Asia Center\,\nthe Department of Art History\, and the Department of History. \nhm 1/2/15 URL:https://history.ucsb.edu/events/sanctification-of-mangoes-symbol-creation-in-the-cult-of-mao-zedong/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20150112T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20150112T000000 DTSTAMP:20260418T091626 CREATED:20150928T112903Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150928T112903Z UID:10002302-1421020800-1421020800@history.ucsb.edu SUMMARY:Placing Empire: Travel and the Social Imagination in Modern Japan DESCRIPTION:Inaugural gathering of the UCSB History Department’s “Empires\, Borderlands and Legacies” cluster.Space is limited\, but guests are welcome. \nhm 1/6/15 URL:https://history.ucsb.edu/events/placing-empire-travel-and-the-social-imagination-in-modern-japan/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20150114T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20150114T000000 DTSTAMP:20260418T091626 CREATED:20150928T112903Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150928T112903Z UID:10002295-1421193600-1421193600@history.ucsb.edu SUMMARY:UCSB History Club and Phi Alpha Theta DESCRIPTION:Please join the UCSB History Club and Phi Alpha Theta (History Honor Society) this Wednesday (January 14) at 6:30pm at HSSB 4080 for our First General Meeting of the Winter Quarter! \nWe will kickoff the quarter with an introduction to the History Club and our planned events and ongoing themes for the quarter as well as how to obtain membership to Phi Alpha Theta for new members. We will also be playing an opening game of History charades. \nFree Pizza and Drinks will be provided! \nHope to see y’all there! \nDarren Chen \nUCSB History Club and Phi Alpha Theta President \n***Any questions regarding the History Club or membership to Phi Alpha Theta can be directed to ucsbhistoryclub1776@gmail.com \nrevised hm 1/12/15 URL:https://history.ucsb.edu/events/ucsb-history-club-and-phi-alpha-theta/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20150121T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20150121T000000 DTSTAMP:20260418T091626 CREATED:20150928T112859Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150928T112859Z UID:10002268-1421798400-1421798400@history.ucsb.edu SUMMARY:Badash Memorial Lecture: The Materiality of the Virtual: A Global Environmental History of Computing from Babbage to Bitcoin DESCRIPTION:Please join us January 21 at 5PM for the annual Lawrence Badash Memorial Lecture. Prof. Nathan Ensmenger will be speaking about the intersection of the histories of computing and the environment.\nAbstract \nFor most Americans\, one of the defining features of the modern digital economy is the invisibility of its material infrastructure. Whereas previous technological and industrial revolutions were inextricably linked to the production of physical artifacts and the consumption of material resources — as we are all painfully aware\, cars and factories pollute\, large-scale agriculture wastes precious water resources\, and our addiction to cheap consumer goods causes landfills to overflow — information technologies appear operate largely independently of the physical environment\, and in fact enable us to transcend it. Seen from a global perspective\, however\, this is anything but the case. In this exploration of the life-cycle of a digital commodity (in this case a unit of the virtual currency Bitcoin) Ensmenger grounds the history of the electronic computer in the material world by focusing on the relationship between “computing power” and more traditional processes of resource extraction\, exchange\, management\, and consumption. \nAbout the Speaker: \nNathan Ensmenger is an associate professor in the School Of Informatics & Computing at Indiana University. His research focuses on the social and cultural history of software and software workers\, the history of artificial intelligence\, and issues of gender and identity in computer programming. His 2010 book\, The Computer Boys Take Over: Computers\, Programmers\, and the Politics of Technical Expertise\, explored the rise to power of the “computer expert” in American corporate\, economic\, and political life. He is one of the co-authors of the most recent edition of the popular Computer: A History of the Information Machine. He is currently working on a book exploring the global environmental history of the electronic digital computer. \nThis lecture series is supported by the Lawrence Badash Memorial Lecture Fund \nxy ?; hm 12/20/14\, 1/20/15 link added URL:https://history.ucsb.edu/events/badash-memorial-lecture-the-materiality-of-the-virtual-a-global-environmental-history-of-computing-from-babbage-to-bitcoin/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20150122T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20150122T000000 DTSTAMP:20260418T091626 CREATED:20150928T112904Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150928T112904Z UID:10002306-1421884800-1421884800@history.ucsb.edu SUMMARY:ROUNDTABLE: Natural Capital--How Much Is the Ocean Worth? DESCRIPTION:Speakers:Peter Alagona (History and Environmental Studies\, UCSB)\nSarah Anderson (Bren School of Environmental Science and Management\, UCSB)\nKen Hiltner (English and Environmental Studies\, UCSB; UCSB Sustainability Champion)\nSharyn Maine (Santa Barbara Foundation)\nRichard Widick (Orfalea Center for Global and International Studies\, UCSB)\nFacilitator: Elizabeth Heckendorn Cook (English and Comparative Literature\, UCSB) \nHow much is the ocean worth? Can we calculate the economic value of its contributions to human life- to the global carbon cycle; to ecotourism and recreation; to marine fisheries that feed the world? Would we use the ocean- or any other ecosystem- differently if we had to pay the actual dollar value of the functions it provides? Projects like the UN’s Millennium Ecosystem Assessment argue that establishing the value of ecosystem services allows us to materialize environmental risk and ground difficult policy debates amid twenty first-century global-scale environmental and economic crises. This pluri-disciplinary roundtable will examine how the idea of natural capital is shaping our relations to the environment. What happens when natural resources are brought into the marketplaces of the Anthropocene? What are the positive and negative effects\, at different scales\, of linking economic models to ecosystems? How will financial practices around risk and credit affect government policies on the management of natural resources? What are complements –or alternatives–to a ‘natural capital’ framework? \nSponsored by the IHC series The Anthropocene: Views from the Humanities. \nThursday\, January 22\, 2015 / 4:00 PM\nMcCune Conference Room\, 6020 HSSB\nMore Information: http://www.ihc.ucsb.edu/natural-capital/ \nhm 1/14/15 URL:https://history.ucsb.edu/events/roundtable-natural-capital-how-much-is-the-ocean-worth/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20150122T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20150122T150000 DTSTAMP:20260418T091626 CREATED:20150928T112902Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160114T180928Z UID:10002293-1421935200-1421938800@history.ucsb.edu SUMMARY:Spring 2015 History Courses Informational Meeting DESCRIPTION:Spring 2015 Registration begins 02/04/2015.\nCome learn in detail about all the exciting and new courses offered by the HISTORY department in Spring quarter. This includes not only courses which fulfill the major requirements\, but those that simultaneously fulfill general education requirements in the College of Letters and Science and the College of Engineering. \nTHURSDAY JAN 22\, 2015\n2:00-3:00pm\nHSSB 4020 \nFor any Question please contact:\nMonica I. Garcia\, Ph.D.\nUndergraduate Advisor\, History\nUniversity of California\, Santa Barbara\nHSSB 4036\nAdvising Hours: 9am-12pm and 1pm-4pm \nSee you there!! \nMIG 01/12/2015\, hm 1/14 URL:https://history.ucsb.edu/events/spring-2015-history-courses-informational-meeting/ LOCATION:HSSB 4020\, University of California Santa Barbara\, Santa Barbara\, CA\, 93106\, United States CATEGORIES:Academic Calendar GEO:34.4139629;-119.848947 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=HSSB 4020 University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara CA 93106 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=University of California Santa Barbara:geo:-119.848947,34.4139629 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20150124T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20150124T000000 DTSTAMP:20260418T091626 CREATED:20150928T112903Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150928T112903Z UID:10002303-1422057600-1422057600@history.ucsb.edu SUMMARY:Liberal Arts Advantage Career Fair DESCRIPTION:This is an opportunity for students to engage in conversations\, learn about career paths\, develop professionally\, and network with alumni and other students.\nToday\, as much as ever\, liberal arts students have skills and knowledge that are prized by employers. However\, many students are often unsure about what they want to do for a career\, and how to discuss their qualifications with employers. The Liberal Arts Advantage Career Conference is here to help you with these issues. By attending the conference\, you will: \nHear liberal arts alumni discuss their careers in a wide variety of fields\nLearn more about your own skills and how to market them to hiring recruiters\nExperience a day filled with information\, networking\, and development \nWhen: Saturday\, January 24\, 2015\nWhere: UCSB Corwin Pavilion\nWho: Open to ALL undergraduate students with an emphasis on students in the Humanities & Fine Arts\nWhat: Keynote speaker\, panels of alumni\, networking opportunity\, buffet lunch and RAFFLE! \nClick the link below for more information and to register. \nhm 1/6/15 URL:https://history.ucsb.edu/events/liberal-arts-advantage-career-fair/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20150126T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20150126T000000 DTSTAMP:20260418T091626 CREATED:20150928T112904Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150928T112904Z UID:10002308-1422230400-1422230400@history.ucsb.edu SUMMARY:Who is Carrying the Temple Menorah? A Jewish Counter-Narrative of the Arch of Titus Spolia Panel DESCRIPTION:Since antiquity\, scholars have almost universally — and correctly ? interpreted the menorah bearers of the Arch of Titus spoils panel as triumphal Romans celebrating the defeat of the Jews in the Jewish War of 66-74. Jews\, however\, have developed counter-memories for this monument. Since the Renaissance\, the menorah bearers have been identified as Jews carrying their holy vessels into Exile. This understanding was embraced by many fin de siècle Zionists\, who sought to “reverse” this exile with their own actions. In modern Israel this rather minor detail has achieved apocalyptic significance for the religious radical right. This talk explores the perimeters of Pierre Nora’s work on Lieux de Mémoire to include the changing voice of those whose defeat is commemorated\, with implications for viewing similarly active? and radioactive– “places of memory” in our own world.\nSteven Fine is the Dr. Pinkhos Churgin Professor of Jewish History at Yeshiva University and director of the Arch of Titus Digital Restoration Project. Fine’s Art and Judaism in the Greco-Roman World was awarded the Joshua Schnitzer Book Award by the Association for Jewish Studies (2009). His most recent book is Art\, History and the Historiography of Judaism in Roman Antiquity. \nSponsored by Ancient Borderlands RFG; the Dept. of Religious Studies; Division of the Humanities and Fine Arts.\nMore Information at the link below. \nhm 1/20/15 URL:https://history.ucsb.edu/events/who-is-carrying-the-temple-menorah-a-jewish-counter-narrative-of-the-arch-of-titus-spolia-panel/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20150126T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20150126T000000 DTSTAMP:20260418T091626 CREATED:20150928T112904Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150928T112904Z UID:10002309-1422230400-1422230400@history.ucsb.edu SUMMARY:The Nazis Next Door: How America Became a Safe Haven for Hitler’s Men DESCRIPTION:Eric Lichtblau unveils the secret history of how America became home to thousands of Nazi war criminals after World War II\, many of whom were scientists and spies brought here by the OSS and CIA as possible assets against new Cold War enemies. Ironically\, the Nazis began their flight to America in the months immediately after the war ended\, even as thousands of Holocaust survivors were still being held in “displaced person” camps. Relying on a trove of once-secret government records and scores of interviews with participants in this little-known chapter of postwar history\, Lichtblau tells the shocking and shameful story of how America became a safe haven for Hitler’s men.\nEric Lichtblau is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter in the Washington bureau of The New York Times and has written about legal\, political and national security issues since 2002. Previously he covered the Justice Department in the Washington Bureau of the Los Angeles Times. He is the author of Bush’s Law: The Remaking of American Justice. Courtesy of The Book Den\, copies of The Nazis Next Door will be available for purchase and signing at this event. \nSponsored by The Herman P. and Sophia Taubman Foundation Endowed Symposia in Jewish Studies at UC Santa Barbara\, a program of the Interdisciplinary Humanities Center\, is cosponsored by Department of Religious Studies\, Congregation B’nai B’rith\, Jewish Federation of Greater Santa Barbara\, and Santa Barbara Hillel. \nWebsite: http://www.ihc.ucsb.edu/endowments/taubman\nMore Information at the link below: \nhm 1/20/15 URL:https://history.ucsb.edu/events/the-nazis-next-door-how-america-became-a-safe-haven-for-hitlers-men/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20150129T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20150129T000000 DTSTAMP:20260418T091626 CREATED:20150928T112903Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150928T112903Z UID:10002300-1422489600-1422489600@history.ucsb.edu SUMMARY:Civil War and Revolt in the Achaemenid Persian Empire DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by the History Department’s Pre-Modern Cultures and Communities research cluster. \nrev. hm 1/11/15 URL:https://history.ucsb.edu/events/civil-war-and-revolt-in-the-achaemenid-persian-empire/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20150131T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20150131T000000 DTSTAMP:20260418T091626 CREATED:20150928T112903Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150928T112903Z UID:10002305-1422662400-1422662400@history.ucsb.edu SUMMARY:Slavery in the Texas Borderlands DESCRIPTION:This is the Second Annual JoBeth Van Gelderen Graduate Student Lecture.\nTo most Americans\, the word “slavery” conjures\nup images of plantations in the Old South. But in\nthe Texas Borderlands from 1700 to 1850\, slavery\nwas much more diverse. In his lecture\, Paul Barba\nwill explain how Spaniards\, Comanches\, Anglo\nAmericans\, and Choctaws enslaved others through\nprocesses of kin incorporation\, making slaves by\nmaking kin of their victims. In order to capture the\ndiversity of Texas slavery\, Paul has been looking at\na wide variety of multicultural sources to construct a\nmore comprehensive picture of interactions between\nthese different cultures. \nA luncheon of bbq beef and chicken will be served.\nCost is $20 for members\, $25 for non-members.\nPlease rsvp: (805) 893-4388. \nAbout the Speaker\nPaul Barba is writing his doctoral dissertation\,\ntitled “Enslaved in Texas: Slavery\, Migration\,\nand Identity in Native Country’\,” on a\nfellowship from the University of California\nInstitute for Mexico and the United States. His\npaper on “Peter Pitchlynn and the Navigation\nof Choctaw-Anglo-American Narrativity” was\na finalist for the Organization of American\nHistorians’ Pelzer Prize. \nUCSB Mosher Alumni House is at the entrance road for\nCampbell Hall at the center of the campus\, next to\nconvenient parking ($3 on weekends). For a map\, go\nto http://www.tps.ucsb.edu/mapFlash.aspx \nhm 1/12/15 URL:https://history.ucsb.edu/events/slavery-in-the-texas-borderlands/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR