Before there were coasts there were shores. In this talk, John Gillis explores the emergence of modern coasts, which, beginning in the eighteenth century, displaced older notions of shore. The creation of coasts has been a global phenomenon, but in this talk Prof. Gillis focuses on the American experience. He examines the effects of coasts […]
Michael Zakim offers a paper entitled “Paperwork,” a social and cultural exploration of antebellum clerkship and the relationship of that species of “nonproductive labor” to the emergence of modern American capitalism. His paper can be found here. About our speaker: Michael Zakim is Professor of History at Tel Aviv University. He is the author of […]
Native spiritual leader Jim Miller and a group of riders retraced the 330-mile route on horseback from Lower Brule, South Dakota to Mankato, Minnesota to arrive at the hanging site of 38 Dakota ancestors on the anniversary of their execution ordered by President Lincoln. This is the story of their journey- the blizzards they endure, […]
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This event is co-sponsored by the History Associates and the Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation, celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2013. The cost is $8 for HA members, $10 for non-members. Four “big ideas” swept across the Southwest borderlands of North American in the thousand years preceding the consolidation of the Spanish colony of […]
Dr. Daly Thompson will talk about her new book. For fuller details, including abstract, please visit the URL below. Chapter One of the book is available from Prof. Chikowero for reading before the talk. hm 4/10/13
Professor Saccarelli offers insights on Silone’s role as a secret collaborator with the Office of Strategic Services during World War II. His paper can be found here. About our speaker: Emmanuel Saccarelli an Associate Professor of Political Science at San Diego State University, and is the author of Gramsci and Trotsky in the Shadow of […]
Joy Connolly works mainly on Roman ideas about communication, education, and governance, and their ongoing relevance for the modern world. Her first book, The State of Speech: Rhetoric and Political Thought in Ancient Rome, was published by Princeton in 2007; her second, a book about republicanism called Talk about Virtue, is under contract with Duckworth […]
Using the concept of privilege in race, gender, and class, this discussion will raise questions about systems and structures of power that can allow us to go beyond polite “diversity talk” to discuss what would be needed to transform our society and promote justice and sustainability. Any serious effort toward those goals must confront the […]
In addition to evidence for household cults in the terrace houses at Ephesus, three of the units contained installations for cultic activities that "blur" the traditional distinction between public and private space. The likely identification of Terrace House 2 as that of C. Vibius Salutaris offers additional commentary on important aspects of such "blurring" through […]