The Desert Russian History Workshop meets annually and brings together historians of the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union from universities throughout the western United States. Previous venues have included […]
To commemorate the 90th anniversary of beer’s re-legalization in the United States, Lisa Jacobson will explain how a coalition of brewers, scientists, and labor leaders persuaded Congress that a […]
We are excited to announce the fourth session of the History Department’s colloquium on history and political economy. The colloquium offers a forum for open, substantive discussions on how to […]
The History Department's Colloquium Committee warmly invites you to attend this year’s FOCAL POINT Dialogues in History series. Inspired by the History Department’s Statement on the George Floyd Uprising and its […]
Shortly after its production in Safavid Tabriz or Herat, the single-volume Quran manuscript known as the "St Andrews Quran" traveled east to the Deccan region of southern India and circulated […]
Thursday, April 13th, 2023 is UCSB’s annual Give Day, a 36-hour online fundraising event. Last year, with the help of the community, more people donated to the History Department than […]
We are delighted to announce the launch of Manuel Covo's recently published, prize-winning monograph, Entrepôt of Revolutions: Saint-Domingue, Commercial Sovereignty, and the French-American Alliance, which will take place on Friday, April […]
Constantine I (306-37) was the first Roman Emperor to convert to Christianity. Almost two millennia later, we may not be surprised that Constantine promoted an image of himself as a […]
This is an exploration of the history booklist found in a recently discovered 'library catalogue' from a college in 18th-century Acre. Endowed by the notorious Ottoman governor of the region […]
On Wednesday, May 3, from 4 pm to 5:15 pm in the McCune Room (HSSB 6020), the Center for Cold War Studies and International History will host a talk by […]