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SUMMARY:Gift of the Nile? Racism\, Egyptological Bias\, and Ancient Egypt as an African Civilization
DESCRIPTION:Prof. Stuart Tyson Smith (Anthropology) will speak for the Ancient Borderlands group.
URL:https://history.ucsb.edu/events/gift-of-the-nile/
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SUMMARY:Cold War Curvature: Measuring and Modeling Gravity in Postwar American Physics (David Kaiser\, MIT)
DESCRIPTION:A popular image persists of Albert Einstein as a loner\, someone who avoided the hustle and bustle of everyday life in favor of quiet contemplation. Yet Einstein was deeply engaged with politics throughout his life; indeed\, he was so active politically that the FBI kept him under surveillance for decades. His most enduring scientific legacy\, the general theory of relativity – physicists’ reigning explanation of gravity and the basis for nearly all our thinking about the cosmos – has likewise been cast as an austere temple standing aloof from the all-too-human dramas of political history. But was it so? By focusing on examples of research on general relativity from the 1950s and 1960s\, this lecture will examine some of the ways in which research on Einstein’s theory was embedded in\, and at times engulfed by\, the tumult of world politics. \n \nDavid Kaiser is Germeshausen Professor of the History of Science and Professor of Physics at MIT. His books include Drawing Theories Apart: The Dispersion of Feynman Diagrams in Postwar Physics (2005)\, which received the Pfizer Prize from the History of Science Society for best book in the field; and How the Hippies Saved Physics: Science\, Counterculture\, and the Quantum Revival (2011)\, which was named “Book of the Year” by Physics World magazine. He is currently writing two books about gravity: a physics textbook with his colleague Alan Guth on gravitation and cosmology\, and a history of research. \nSponsored by the Department of History and the IHC’s Machines\, People\, and Politics RFG. \nA link to the flyer is here…
URL:https://history.ucsb.edu/events/cold-war-curvature-measuring-and-modeling-gravity-in-postwar-american-physics-david-kaiser-mit/
LOCATION:HSSB 6020 (McCune Room)\, University of California Santa Barbara\, Santa Barbara\, CA\, 93106\, United States
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SUMMARY:Life and Death at Ancient Eleon: Excavations in Central Greece\, 2011-2017
DESCRIPTION:A lecture by Brendan Burke\, Associate Professor and Department Chair of Greek and Roman Studies at the University of Victoria\, Canada. \nExcavations at ancient Eleon\, located 15 km east of Thebes in central Greece\, have revealed a center of vibrant activity throughout the Late Bronze Age\, starting with a burial complex of the Late Helladic I period (ca. 1600 BCE) and continuing to significant settlement remains of the Late Helladic IIIC period (ca. 1100 BCE). Work has also revealed intriguing evidence for the site’s re-use in historical periods\, when the construction of a massive polygonal wall redefined the site’s topography and function during the late Archaic period (ca. 500 BCE). \nThis is the annual Sandra L. Church Lecture in memory of Albert H. Clayburgh\, sponsored by the Archaeological Institute of America and the UCSB Department of Classics. \nFor assistance in accommodating a disability\, please contact Anna Roberts in the UCSB Classics Department.
URL:https://history.ucsb.edu/events/life-and-death-at-ancient-eleon-excavations-in-central-greece-2011-2017/
LOCATION:Karpeles Manuscript Library\, 21 West Anapamu Street\, Santa Barbara\, CA\, United States
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