Affective Communities: The Construction of State and Nations in the Russian Empire
Sponsored by the IHC research focus group on Identity Studies. jwil 06.ii.09
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“Gladiator”: Film and Discussion
Following the film, Professor Drake will lead a discussion about Roman history. Refreshments will be available. For more information contact Phi Alpha Theta president Jason Smith. jwil 16.ii.09
Social Movements, Social Rights, and the Courts in South Africa and the USA
This talk is sponsored by the Center for the Study of Work, Labor, and Democracy and the Policy History Program. jwil 13.ii.09
Wal-Mart’s Long March to China: How a Mid-American Retailer Came to Stake its Future on the Chinese Economy
The Commodities and Markets research group will meet on Friday, February 20, from noon-1pm in HSSB 4041, to discuss Nelson Lichtenstein's paper, entitled "Wal-Mart's Long March to China: How a […]
The Power of Disengagement: The Idea of Hermit Life in Early China
Sponsored by the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies, the East Asia Center, and the IHC East Asian Cultures Research Focus Group. For more information call 805.893.3907. jwil […]
The Evolution of the Mediterranean Diet from the Middle Ages
The concept of the Mediterranean diet is a modern invention; the Middle Ages and Renaissance had some very different food values. This lecture presents a look at the recent construct […]
Confronting Antisemitism in the Twenty-first Century
Herman P. and Sophia Taubman Foundation Endowed Symposia in Jewish Studies at UCSBTALK: Confronting Antisemitism in the Twenty-first Century Robert Wistrich (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) Monday, February 23 / 7:30 […]
Centennial Lecture of the UCSB Gevirtz Graduate School of Education
Marian Wright Edelman, the founder and president of the Children’s Defense Fund, is the author of the bestseller The Measure of Our Success: A Letter to My Children and Yours […]
The Radical Legacy of Civil Rights & Feminist Movements for Contemporary Progressive Politics
Barbara Ransby is Associate Professor of History and African-American Studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Ransby published the book Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement: A Radical […]
Beyond Ethnicity and Polybius: Was the Decision of the Ptolemies to Integrate Egyptians in the Army a Good One?
This talk is sponsored by the IHC Ancient Borderlands Research Focus Group. John Lee (UCSB) will provide a response. For more information contact Christine Thomas. jwil 09.ii.2009