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

Click the link below for the full schedule of all Summer sessions. hm 6/24/09

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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

A 2006 Golden Globe winner for best foreign language film, Paradise Now intensely and powerfully tells the story of two lifelong friends that are tapped by an unidentified Palestinian resistance organization to carry out a suicide bombing together in Tel Aviv. Hany Abu-Assad, 91 min., Arabic and English, 2005, Palestine. In the MultiCultural Center's Cup […]

The island of Sri Lanka has been known by many names throughout its history: Ratnadipa, or the "land of gems" in Buddhist Sanskrit literature, Taprobane among Greeks and Romans, Serendib to the Arabs, and Ceylon under the British Empire. This small island, only 25,000 square miles in size, lies off the southern tip of India. […]