"Risk, sustainability, and decision making: evaluating agricultural strategies in ancient Anatolia" Identifying how ancient societies made decisions regarding agricultural land use is important for understanding why some pre-industrial agricultural systems flourished and others collapsed. Local environmental and cultural factors influence how people balance goals of short-term profitability and long-term sustainability in agricultural decision making. The […]

A manuscript of the Old Tibetan Chronicle found in the cave library ofDunhuang represents one of the earliest attempts at Tibetan narrative history. The author-compilers draw on Tibetan inscriptions, Indian epics, Chinese histories, Tibetan ritual literature, and a legacy of composition in performance and song to create a narrative of Tibet's imperial period (c.600-866). This […]

Participants in the 2009-2010 History Senior Honors Colloquium, directed by Professor Hilary Bernstein, will present their research. Each student's presentation will be followed by a faculty comment. Refreshments will be served. Session I (9-10:30 a.m): Literature and Politics in Italy and America Christy Mason, “Valuing Virtue: Nineteenth-Century Sexuality and the Act of Seduction, 1818-1860” (Cohen) […]

The Friends of Ancient History, a professional organization of southern California archaeologists, classicists, and historians, will hold its spring 2010 conference at UCSB on Saturday, May 22. The conference will feature the following talks: Larry Tritle (Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles), "The Hoplite Agony: A Soldier's View" with response by Kurt Raaflaub (Brown University) Paul […]

Presentations will take place on Monday, May 24, during our scheduled class period, 2-4:50, in Girvetz 1106. 2:00-2:10 Introductions 2:10-2:40 Panel One – El Presidio de Santa Barbara Anjelica Gonzalez, Education Dept (Supervisor: Ms. Karen Anderson) Torrey Ah-Tye, Marketing and Public Relations Dept (Supervisor: Mr. Jared Brach) Samantha Rohman, Marketing and Public Relations Dept (Supervisor: […]

In a talk based on his new book, Vietnam's Second Front: Domestic Politics, the Republican Party, and the War, Andrew L. Johns assesses the influence of the Republican Party -- its congressional leadership, politicians, grassroots organizations, and the Nixon administration -- on the escalation, prosecution, and resolution of the Vietnam War. Dr. Andrew Johns’ research […]

Hello Everyone, Please join us for the History Associates & the Department of History Awards Ceremony and Reception Thursday, May 27, 2010 at 4 p.m.. We're coming together to honor the recipients of this year's History Associates & the Department of History Awards. hm 5/3/10

For detailed academic calendar information, see: http://www.registrar.ucsb.edu/calinfo.htm. hm 2/22/10

Dear History Majors and their Families, As you make your plans for graduation day, I would like to extend to you a personal invitation to join the History faculty at our department’s annual reception honoring new graduates and their families. The reception is being held in the History Conference Room in the Humanities and Social […]

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