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History of Science Colloquium: Matthew Restall, Discovering Columbus (and his Many Lives)
The next meeting of the History of Science Colloquium will take place on Tuesday November 4 at 1 pm. Matthew Restall will be presenting a talk entitled “Discovering Columbus (and his Many Lives),” which is based on his recent book. Matthew Restall is the Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of History and Anthropology and the Director […]
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History and Political Economy Colloquium: Elisabeth (Sissi) Luif, The Restructuring of Labor Arbitration and AustroFascism
HSSB 4020 University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, United StatesPlease join us to welcome Elisabeth (Sissi) Luif from the Central European University, Vienna who will discuss a chapter from her dissertation, titled The Restructuring of Labor Arbitration and AustroFascism: A Social History of Institutional Change, 1933-38. Luif is a scholar of comparative fascism, corporatism, the Catholic Church, and labor and working class history and is currently a visiting […]
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Sarah Bond: Law and Order: Legal Limits on Freedom of Assembly and Protest in Ancient Rome
Sarah Bond (University of Iowa) will give a lecture titled “Law and Order: Legal Limits on Freedom of Assembly and Protest in Ancient Rome.” Please note that the lecture will take place in HSSB 6020 (i.e., the McCune Conference Room).
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Gender & Sexualities Colloquium: “To Be Worthy of the Name of My Father: Métis, Paternity and Belonging in Twentieth and Twenty-First Century Colonial and Postcolonial French Africa and France”
November 14, 2025 12:00-1:50 pm HSSB 4020 Professor Rachel Jean-Baptiste (History, Stanford) will present her article, "To Be Worthy of the Name of My Father: Métis, Paternity and Belonging in Twentieth and Twenty-First Century Colonial and Postcolonial French Africa and France," Gender & History 37, no. 2 (2025): 462-476.
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Political Economy Colloquium: Tiraana Bains: How to Rule a Global Empire
HSSB 4020 University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, United StatesProfessor Tiraana Bains is delivering a talk entitled "How to Rule a Global Empire, 1784-1793" on Nov. 21, 2025. Please join us!
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Gender & Sexualities Colloquium: Graduate Student Workshop
Day-long Graduate Student Workshop that provides a venue for students in history and other disciplines to share and receive formative feedback on their works in progress.
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John C. Marquez: Laboring for Freedom: Statuliberas in 18th Century Rio de Janeiro
HSSB 4020 University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, United StatesPlease join us to welcome John C. Marquez from UC Riverside who will discuss a chapter titled Laboring for Freedom: Statuliberas in 18th Century Rio de Janeiro from his forthcoming book Freedom on Three Coasts on slavery, law, and belonging in Brazil and the Portuguese Empire in the Atlantic Ocean. Marquez is a scholar of the Luso-Atlantic world and colonial Latin […]
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CLAIR presents “What’s Next for Venezuela?” January 22 | 2 PM | Online Webinar
On Thursday, January 22nd, at 2 pm CLAIR (The Center of Latin American and Iberian Research) is hosting a virtual discussion on the current crisis in Venezuela and the aftermath of the U.S. military intervention. David Smilde and Leonardo Vivas will examine the challenges related to governance, democracy, global and U.S. politics, and potential future […]
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Winter 2026 | Public History Colloquium | Policing the Past
HSSB 4020 University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, United StatesPublic History Colloquium is hosting its first meeting of the quarter this Friday, January 23rd from 12-1:50, HSSB 4020. The theme of the quarter is Controversies and Contested Pasts. This week the colloquia will focus on "Policing the Past" and will be discussing the following works: Ø Gabriela Cristea and Simina Radu-Bucurenci, “Raising the Cross: Exorcising […]