Department of History, UC Santa Barbara

International Webinar on Global Capitalism, Colonial Politics and Publicity: The Past and Present of Tea in South Asia
2021-06-05 07:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | YouTube, United States
Please join us for an interdisciplinary webinar on the past and present of tea in South Asia. The history of tea is both fascinating yet one fraught with tensions inherent in the history of global capitalism. The attraction of a cup of tea seeped only gradually into the lives of the common people and involved much effort and investment on the part of various Tea Associations, companies and committees. Colonial politics, we contend, was always at the center of the South Asian tea industry, its propaganda, publicity, and labor struggles. This webinar brings together scholars from a variety of disciplines and contemporary activists in order to address how tea was and is commodified and how South Asians were constructed as consumers and workers.
Registration Link: https://forms.gle/wqVHkFdk1xzqmKDn7
YouTube Channel Link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTx895TOvpL_DxjEmPKAc5Q

“The Politics of Food and Occupation During the Second World War”
2021-08-28 09:00 - 11:30 | https://ucsb.zoom.us/j/6855143149, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, 93106, United States
“The Politics of Food and Occupation During the Second World War.”
Erika Rappaport, Lisa Jacobson, and Elizabeth Schmidt would like to invite you to register for this workshop, which will take place on August 28th, 2021 at 9:00-11:30am PDT. Once you register, you will receive a link to the three pre-circulated papers up for discussion in the workshop.
Food & Occupation FlyerThe Full Program, with paper titles and author affiliations, can be viewed here. To Register, please click here. (The attached flyer also includes these links).
Please be advised that this is a paper workshop: because the papers are pre-circulated, authors will not be giving a formal presentation, and attendees are expected to have read papers beforehand to participate in the discussion.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at foodandempireworkshop@gmail.com.
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IHC RFG | Crossing Borderlands | Discussion with Stuart Tyson Smith: "Backwater Puritans”? Racism, Egyptological Stereotype, and the Intersection of Local and International at Kushite Tombos
2022-05-12 14:00 - 15:30 | HSSB 6056
Click here to Register and receive the Zoom link.
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UCSB History Virtual Open House for Diversity in Graduate Admissions (First-Gen & BIPOC)
2023-10-12 15:00 - 16:00 | Zoom (Online)
The UCSB History Department Invites You to a Virtual Open House for Diversity in Graduate Admissions
Welcome First-Gen & BIPOC Applicants!
Date: Thurs., October 12, 3-4 pm PST
Topics Include

Benefits of graduate study
Unspoken challenges and expectations
Successful applications
Funding opportunities
Personal and professional rewards
Faculty strengths and expertise
Career opportunities

*Register here via Zoom
*All registered participants will receive a link to the recording and slides.
Contacts: Miroslava Chavez-Garcia chavezgarcia@ucsb.edu & Beth Digeser edigeser@ucsb.edu

CLAIR presents "What’s Next for Venezuela?" January 22 | 2 PM | Online Webinar
2026-01-22 14:00 - 15:00
On Thursday, January 22nd, at 2 pm CLAIR (The Center of Latin American and Iberian Research) is hosting a virtual discussion on the current crisis in Venezuela and the aftermath of the U.S. military intervention. David Smilde and Leonardo Vivas will examine the challenges related to governance, democracy, global and U.S. politics, and potential future scenarios. For more information, see the flyer enclosed or the CLAIR website.
Click here to register for the Webinar.

CMES Grad Fellows Panel III | Statecraft, Memory, Belonging: From Abkhazia to Palestine
2026-01-26 09:00 - 10:30
On Monday January 26 at 9 am CMES Spotlight Series is hosting its third iteration of the 2025-2026 academic year.
This will feature a graduate student panel on the topic “Statecraft, Memory, Belonging: From Abkhazia to Palestine” and features the work of Graduate Fellows Gehad Abaza (Anthropology), Farah Hammouda (Sociology), and Amin Mahini (History). Professor Mona Damluji (Film and Media) will be the discussant.
To register please visit this link.
