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

The U.S.· Mexican War featured false starts, atrocities, and daring back·channel negotiations as it divided the nation and paved the way for the Civil War a generation later. Penn State University Professor Amy Greenberg provides skilled storytelling and rigorous scholarship as she brings this American war to life with memorable characters, plotlines, and legacies. In […]

Friday is last day of Summer Session B. hm 7/15/13

Instruction begins on Thursday; last day of Fall classes on Friday December 6, 2013. hm 7/15/13

The author of ten books, Ira Katznelson is the Ruggles Professor of History and Political Science at Columbia University, former president of the American Political Science Association, and current president of the Social Science Research Council. Sponsored by the Center for the Study of Work, Labor, and Democracy.

Speakers include Marcos Vargas, executive director of CAUSE and Manuel Pastor of USC's Program for Environmental and Regional Equity.