Week of Events
VIRTUAL TALK: Ryan Horne, “Aeolian Alexanders: Coins, Space, and Networks in Ancient Turkey”
VIRTUAL TALK: Ryan Horne, “Aeolian Alexanders: Coins, Space, and Networks in Ancient Turkey”
Ryan Horne (World History Center, University of Pittsburgh), "Aeolian Alexanders: Coins, Space, and Networks in Ancient Turkey" Date/Time: Monday, May 18 from 11am-12pm PST Abstract: "An increasing number of historians and sociologists have theorized empires as a series of interlocking networks of social and political interactions. Less attention has been paid to how […]
History Club Weekly Meetings
History Club Weekly Meetings
UCSB’s new and improved History Departmental club is for majors, minors, and anyone with a passion for the past! Meetings are held every Thursday at 7:00 PM in HSSB 4020. See flier below for information about upcoming events. Please email histclub.ucsb@gmail.com with any questions.
“Coronavirus and Historical Patterns of Epidemics in Latin America”
“Coronavirus and Historical Patterns of Epidemics in Latin America”
A Zoom Talk by Dr. Marcos Cueto Wednesday, May 13, at 12 pm – 1:30 pm, via Zoom Abstract. Historical studies on epidemics in Latin America have magnified fragilities in public health structures, revealed the vulnerability of the poor and discovered cases of heroism under adversity. They have also identified an historical trend --revived in the […]
Virtual Paper Workshop: Nicky Rehnberg, (UC Santa Barbara), “Women in the Woods: Redwood Conservation at its Early Grassroots”
Virtual Paper Workshop: Nicky Rehnberg, (UC Santa Barbara), “Women in the Woods: Redwood Conservation at its Early Grassroots”
Join the Gender and Sexualities research cluster for a Virtual Paper Workshop Friday, 22 May 2020, at 3:00 PM. That day we will discuss Nicky Rehnberg’s paper (email jhenderson@history.ucsb.edu for the Zoom link and a copy) that examines the Sempervirens Club's call to conserve and preserve Coast Redwoods (Sequoia sempervirens) starting in 1870. Rehnberg argues […]