Three faculty of the UCSB History Department will provide historical perspectives on immigration in the U.S.: Giuliana Perrone, "The History of Exclusion in American Law" Nelson Lichtenstein, "Immigrants Built the American Left and They Will Do It Again" Paul Spickard, "Immigration in a Time of Hate" Feb. 8 Poster

College and university History departments (once again?) say they're in crisis: nationwide, our numbers of majors have shrunk dramatically over the past decade, not to mention the "job crisis" of the past 45 years that has outlived the expansion of the profession from 1945-1970 nearly twice over. What's an academic historian to do about this? […]

Long before companies such as Apple and Google learned how to attract and indulge their high tech workforces with espresso bars, climbing walls, flextime, and other perks, laboratories likeRAND in Santa Monica, Hughes Research Laboratories in Malibu, and Nortronics in Palos Verdes perfected the art of concierge science.  These were venues designed to recruit, retain, […]