Summer Session A Instruction Begins
UCSB's Summer Session A classes begin today. hm 6/19/09
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Launch of New Public History Website
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, […]
Summer Session A Instruction Ends
Click the link below for the calendar for all Summer sessions. hm 6/24/09
Summer Session B Instruction Begins
Click the link below for a schedule of all Summer sessions. hm 6/24/09
Summer Session B Instruction Ends
Click the link below for the full schedule of all Summer sessions. hm 6/24/09
Exhibition: Ancient China
Noble Tombs at Mawangdui: Art and Life in the Changsha Kingdom, China (3rd Century BCE - 1st Century CE) More than 2,000 years ago, a Chinese marquis and his family began their plans for the afterlife with three lavish tombs in Hunan Province which were excavated in the 1970s. For the first time in the […]
TA Training
WHAT & WHEN:New and returning 2009-2010 History TAs must attend the TA Initial Training Day on Monday, September 21, from 9 am to 3 pm, as part of the Department's year-long TA Training Program. WHERE: TA Initial Training will take place on campus in the Humanities and Social Sciences Building (HSSB), room 4020. If needed, […]
Fall Classes Start
For the full Fall 2009 calendar, go to:Fall 2009 calendar. For information on the First Day of Class, go to the Information announcement on the homepage under NEWS, or directly via this link: Information regarding September 24. For information on Waiting lists for full classes, go to the WAITING LIST POLICY announcement on the homepage […]
Mawangdui and Its Roaming in the Celestial Realm: Immortality and the Imagination in Han Dynasty China
Among the motifs decorating Han dynasty mortuary objects, including those found in the tomb of the noblewoman at Mawangdui, are clouds and creatures representing an "other world" through which the soul journeys after death. These motifs are especially prevalent in tombs of the first half of the Han dynasty and are clearly relatable to the […]
Wal-Mart and the Future of US Business
The "Big Box" Phenomenon: Wal-Mart and the Future of American Business UCSB History Associates event, $10 members, $12 non-members. See the UCSB Daily Nexus, Wednesday, October 7, 2009: Lichtenstein Lectures on Retail Giant According to UCSB labor historian Nelson Lichtenstein, judgment day may be fast approaching for revolutionary retail giant Wal-Mart. hm 9/11/09, 10/7