This conference explores the hostility of the political right to American trade unionism, both in terms of management-labor conflict and in the world of politics, ideas, and cultural imaginings. All […]

William P. Jones is an Associate Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Jones is author of The Tribe of Black Ulysses: African American Lumber Workers in the […]

Jones is author of The Tribe of Black Ulysses: African American Lumber Workers in the Jim Crow South (2005). His new book project is The New Color of Class: Race […]

This colloquium will be held from 3:00-6:00 p.m. at the Marine Sciences Institute Auditorium (Room 1302). Speakers: Alison Frazier, University of Texas: “Machiavelli, Trauma, and the Scandal of the Prince.” […]

This History Associates event will feature Josh Ashenmiller (PhD Furner, 2004), speaking on 40th anniversary of the Santa Barbara oil spill that triggered the modern environmental movement. He will speak […]

THE CRISIS IN GAZA IN REGIONAL & GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE Speakers: Richard Falk, Visiting Professor, Global and International Studies, UC Santa Barbara and Emeritus Professor, Princeton University UN Special Rapporteur on […]

The Pantheon in Rome has a far more interesting and complex history than we give it credit for. Admired as a creation of almost mystical perfection, it is in reality […]

Mary Sarotte, "1989 and the Architecture of Order: International Relations, German Unification, and the Competition to Lead the Post-Cold War World" In this talk, Professor of History Mary Sarotte (University […]

Phi Alpha Theta meetings for Winter quarter 2009 are going to be Thursdays, every other week, at 5 pm in HSSB 4020. After this meeting on Thurs Jan 29, the […]

Phi Alpha Theta (the UCSB History club) is sponsoring a free field trip to the Presidio of Santa Barbara, Saturday, January 31 at 10 am. Anne Petersen, Curator of the […]