In this talk, Hussein Ibish looks at the different ways post-dictatorship transition has unfolded in the three North African Arab states that experienced regime change during the "Arab Spring": Egypt, Tunisia and Libya. Among the questions he addresses are: What are the new systems emerging in those countries? To what extent have old governance structures […]

Please join us for the R. Stephen Humphreys Distinuished Lecture: The "Discovery of Writing" in the Qur'an: Tracing an Epistemic Revolution in Arab Late Antiquity" Professor Angelika Neuwirth Arabic Studies, Free University (Berlin) Tuesday, May 21st at 4:00 pm HSSB 4080 The Qur’an—being the first significant non-oral literary text in the Arabic language—induced an epistemic […]

Revealing the direct connection between the history of U.S. intervention in Latin America and the current immigration crisis, this film based on Juan González’s book by the same title, provides a powerful glimpse into the sacrifices and triumphs of the growing Latino communities, putting a human face on issues that are often reduced to stereotyping. […]

Participants in the 2012-2013 Senior Honors Thesis seminar will present their research in this year's colloquium. Eachstudent presenter will be followed by a faculty or advanced PhD student commentator. This event is free and open to the public. The complete program of speakers is below. 9:00-9:30 Salina Cruz. Women of the Mills: The Lawrence, Massachusetts […]

Posing a challenge to the assumption that the western model of education improves lives wherever it is, this controversial film gives insight to the effects of western education as a panacea for world issues. “With a rare, philosophical sense for the truth, the documentary reflects on the alienating impact of schooling not just on children […]

Abstract:Isaac Newton generated a huge amount of manuscript material during a long and active life. This rich and daunting archive includes millions of words of impassioned and heretical theological writings as well as evidence of thousands of hours spent on alchemical experimentation and research, alongside notes on natural philosophy and mathematics. The range, complexity and […]

Please join History Department students and faculty as this year's honors and awards are distributed. hm 5/11/13

Professor Verónica Castillo-Muñoz will be the featured speaker at the Friends of the Bard Mansion Quarterly Dinner on the grounds of the Bard family's historic home and gardens in Port Hueneme. She will share the fruits of her research for her second book, about the people who worked on a 75,000 acre ranch, Hacienda de […]

hm 7/15/13

First day of Summer Session B classes; last day of classes is Sept. 13. hm 7/15/13