Cold War Working Group conveners Addie Jensen and Mattie Webb have developed a new opportunity for undergraduates to gain experience with public history through the Cold War Working Group’s blog. We are housed under the Center for Cold War Studies webpage, and are actively sourcing submissions for “This Day in History” blog posts. To summarize, “This Day in History” is […]
Read moreRead below for an update on the changes to P/NP grading policies for the W21 quarter. ——————————————————————— As many of you may be aware, the Academic Senate has just given individual departments the option to accept P/NP graded courses towards major and minor requirements for the Winter 2021 quarter. The history department has decided to opt-in and allow this, so all history department major/minor courses […]
Read moreView the slideshow featuring the research projects of undergraduates who graduated at the virtual June ceremony. Included are students’ senior honors theses, History of Public Policy and Law senior theses, Poverty, Inequality, and Social Justice capstone projects, and Labor Studies capstone projects. Congratulations to all our graduates on their outstanding work!
Read moreAttention History, History of Public Policy and Law, and Medieval Studies majors! If you will be a senior next year, have at least a 3.5 GPA in the upper division major, and have completed or are currently enrolled in at least 4 upper division history courses, you may be eligible to apply to the 2020-21 History Senior Honors Seminar! The […]
Read moreWe are happy to announce a brand-new study space in HSSB is now available for student use! Through a collaborative effort between the History Department, HASC, the History Club @ UCSB and the History Grad Student Association, the History Hub is now open for all students to use as a quiet reading and study space on weekdays between the hours of […]
Read morePaola De La Cruz Paola de la Cruz, a History of Public Policy major, has received the Thomas More Storke Award for Excellence, which is the campus’s highest student honor for outstanding scholarship and extraordinary service to the university, its students, and the community. Paola is completing a senior thesis that examines the history of the Ventura School for Girls, […]
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While teaching World History (History 2A) during the last few years, I have been experimenting with various historical games or simulations that might make the study of the ancient world more memorable. Some of these ideas were originated by my TA’s during our History 500 (TA workshop) sessions, and others I brainstormed over of last couple years by myself or […]
Read moreStudents and their families visited the History Dept. table to learn about studying History at UCSB. On Saturday, April 11, the History Department’s information table at the Spring Insight Open House offered information and advice about the History major at UCSB. Why study history at UCSB instead of at another UC campus? Besides the obvious advantages of our climate and […]
Read moreProf. Castillo-Muñoz’s Hist 168A class (History of the Chicanos) visited the Santa Barbara Mission Archive this quarter to get first-hand experience with primary documents. hm 11/29/14
Read moreRead about how the History Department is dealing with the effects of the severe budget cuts on undergraduate courses. Dear History Majors, As you are no doubt aware, the University is in the midst of a potentially catastrophic budget crisis. The crisis is already having a big impact on the faculty, staff, and students. For the faculty, the budget cuts […]
Read moreNumerous admitted students stop by History Department table On Saturday, April 4, 2009, the History Department’s Table at the Academic Fair offered friendly advice and information about the History major at UCSB. Why study history at UCSB instead of at another UC campus? Besides the obvious advantages of our climate and location, UCSB’s History program offers a broad array of […]
Read moreHistory 103S will be crosslisted with ES 103S. In Spring 2009, the UCSB Department of History and the Environmental Studies Program will again offer a course on the history of surfing (History 103S), supported by the History of Science, Technology, Medicine, and Environment field with the Associated Students Coastal Fund and taught by Peter Neushul and Peter Westwick. UCSB first […]
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