The Orfalea Center for Global & International Studies presents "The global history of wax prints and its implications on female dress in urban South Ghana" Silvia Ruschak Global History Working Group University of Vienna WHEN: Thursday, June 4, 2009 -- 12:00 WHERE: Orfalea Center seminar Room, 1005 Robertson Gym This presentation will focus on the […]
It's that time again! The end of the year history department BBQ is Friday, June 5, from 4-6 pm at Stow Grove Park, 580 La Patera Lane, Goleta. We will provide hamburgers, hot dogs, veggie burgers, buns, and non-alcoholic beverages. There is a sign-up sheet on the mail room door. It would be great if […]
This talk is based on Schwoch's book Global TV: New Media and The Cold War which examines the relationship of global television, diplomacy, and new electronic communications media. Beginning with the Allied occupation of Germany in 1946 and ending with the 1969 Apollo moon landing, this book explores major developments in global media, including the […]
The public is invited to participate in a dialogue between Maria Segal, survivor of the Holocaust from the Warsaw Ghetto, and Dr. Ursula Mahlendorf, UCSB Professor Emerita and former member of Hitler Youth in Germany. Both authors are active participants in the Portraits of Survival program. Their recently published memoirs bring us two very different […]
Fr. Jack Clark Robinson, O.F.M., a Ph.D. candidate in the History Department, will speak on "How the Irish Made Serra a Saint and Saved the California Missions!" on Thursday, June 11 at the Santa Barbara Mission. Events will start at 5:30 p.m. with a tour of the archive library, followed by the talk at 6:30 […]
The History department will host a reception for graduating seniors and their families on Sunday, June 14, from 11 a.m. to noon in the History Conference Room, HSSB 4020. The commencement ceremony will begin at 1 p.m. on the Faculty Club Green. Of the 187 students receiving degrees this year, 40 completed their coursework at […]
UCSB's Summer Session A classes begin today. hm 6/19/09
All students, faculty and members of the public at large with an interest in UCSB's public history program, please stop by HSSB 4020 to see Julia Brock & Mira Foster's presentation of the PHS website & join in general end-of-academic year, start-of-summer conviviality. We have one more new Doctor -- Bonnie Harris -- to toast, […]
Click the link below for the calendar for all Summer sessions. hm 6/24/09
Click the link below for a schedule of all Summer sessions. hm 6/24/09