talk in the "Tequila Mondays" series. hm 4/8/10

Jessica Price '09, currently a volunteer at the Goleta Valley Historical Society, announces a local history lecture happening Monday night.  Student prices are $5. If anyone has questions they can call the GVHS office (805) 681-7216 or they can e-mail me at jprice@westmont.edu "Known only as America’s first Air Mail Pilot, there is much more […]

In this talk Prof. Brubaker will return to his influential book, Nationalism Reframed: Nationhood and the National Question in the New Europe, to reflect upon changes since the collapse of the Soviet Union and the re-emergence of independent Central and Eastern Europe. Brubaker is a member of American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a Guggenheim […]

Sponsored by the East Asian Cultures Research Focus Group, the East Asia Center, and the Department of History. jwil 14.iv.2010, hm 4/14

Friday, April 23rd, at 7pm, at the Magic Lantern Theater, is Don't Bank on Amerika, a rarely-seen documentary from 1970, co-directed by cinema scholar Peter Biskind, about the turbulence at UCSB that resulted in the burning of the I.V. branch of the Bank of America. At 7:45pm is another short from the 1980's, Beyond the […]

The UCSB Alumni Association (http://ucsbalum.com), KCSB, and Magic Lantern Films will host "Reflecting on Rebellion: Isla Vista 40 Years Later," a free program of films, panelists, and a reception mixer focusing on the I.V. riots and the Bank of America burning 40 years later. The proceedings start at 3pm with screenings of those two short […]

In support of a local event, we pass on this invitation by one of our professors, J. Sears McGee: Dear Friends, Have you ever wondered how I'd look in a dress? And even if you haven't, wouldn't that be worth seeing? I will be wearing a long ruffled dress and a straw hat with flowers […]

HyperCities (http://www.hypercities.com) is a collaborative research and educational platform for traveling back in time to explore the historical layers of city spaces in an interactive, hypermedia environment. Todd Presner (http://www.toddpresner.com/?page_id=2) is Associate Professor of Germanic Languages, Comparative Literature, and Jewish Studies at the University of California Los Angeles. His research focuses on European intellectual history, […]

Papers include: Benjamin M. Liu, Hispanic Studies, UC Riverside: “Medieval Spain’s Asian Other.” This paper will be looking at the figure of resemblance that Foucault identifies as “aemulatio”, in the context of Medieval Spain’s knowledge of and relation to Asia. From Ramon Llull to late-14th and 15th century maps and travel narratives, China and “Greater […]

Skocpol is the author, most recently, of Inequality and American Democracy: What We Know and What We Need to Learn; and The Transformation of American Politics: Activist Government and the Rise of Conservatism. Sponsored by the Center for the Study of Work, Labor, and Democracy. hm 4/27/10