Please join us for the next meeting of the new Colloquium on Latin American and Caribbean History as we welcome Alex Borucki, who will deliver a talk entitled "Slaves, Silver, and Atlantic Empires: The Slave Trade to Spanish South America, 1700-1810". The talk will be held in HSSB 4020 at 5 pm on Wednesday, November 1st, […]
7 November at 4PM in the McCune Room (6th floor, HSSB) Abstract: Chinese writing is character-based, the one major world script that is neither alphabetic nor syllabic. Over the past two centuries, Chinese script has encountered presumed alphabetic universalism at every turn, whether in the form of Morse Code, Braille, stenography, Linotype, punch cards, word […]
Collecting the World: Hans Sloane and the Origins of the British Museum In 1759, London's British Museum opened its doors for the first time--the first free national public museum in the world. But how did it come into being? This talk recounts the overlooked yet colorful life of the museum's founder: Sir Hans Sloane. Born […]
The UCSB History Associates are presenting a talk by Prof. Irwin Appel (Professor of Theater) on Arthur Miller's play A View from the Bridge on 19 November 2017. He will speak at a luncheon in HSSB 4020 at noon, after which we will proceed to the theater to see the play (directed by Appel). Please see […]