Despite its seeming newness, nanotechnology already has many different historical narratives. From seminal speeches at the start of the Space Age to futuristic imaginings in the 1980s to industrial commercialization […]

In the following schedule, the name of the student’s mentor appears in parenthesis and that of the commentator in brackets. 1-1:30 pm: Benjamin Lopez, “The Sullivan Campaign of 1779 and […]

"Why Should I Join Learned Societies -- AHA, OAH, LASA, MESA, NCPH -- Even Though I Now Can Get Their Journals Free?" This brown-bag talk will be held Wednesday, May […]

In the following schedule, the name of the student’s mentor appears in parenthesis and that of the commentator in brackets. 2:30-3 pm: Andrew Seguin, “Forays into the ‘Urban Frontier’: The […]

Presidio Chapel at El Presidio de Santa Bárbara SHP123 East Canon Perdido Street, Santa Barbara, CA Vanessa Crispin-Peralta, adjunct professor of history at Westmont College, will draw upon her doctoral […]

At the height of Han expansion, the northern frontier of the Han Empire stretched from northern Korea in the east to the Tengger Desert in the west and onward into […]

In the following schedule, the name of the student’s mentor appears in parenthesis and that of the commentator in brackets. 1-1:30 pm: Cheyanne Gustason, “Some Like It Haute: the Role […]

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Building on contemporary research in alchemy and gender, I engage themedium of space, examining the connections between the identity of the philosopher-alchemist and the composition of a masculine domestic space. […]

Americans seem united in their elation over justice being brought to themastermind of the September 11th terrorist attacks, but no one seems to agree on what to expect now. Whether […]