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History Associates Talk | The Rickshaw’s Journey Through 20th Century Japan | Kate McDonald
The History Associates in partnership with the UCSB Affiliates are excited to present April's Profs at the Pub! History Professor Kate McDonald shares her favorite rickshaw stories from twentieth-century Japan. Invented in 1869, the rickshaw quickly came to define Japan’s urban modernity. Though it declined in popularity in the 1930s and 1940s, the rickshaw was […]
April 14, 2026
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UCSB History Associates presents A Banned Book in Common (Apr 9, 14, 19, 2026)
UCSB History Associates presents A Banned Book in Common (Apr 9, 14, 19, 2026)
Next two books in the series of A Banned Book in Common are A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1943), by Betty Smith, and The Hate U Give (2017), by Angie Thomas A unique event organized by UCSB's History Associates, we discuss books that have been targets of book banners. Click here to RSVP and to […]