Gateway to Freedom: The Hidden History of the Underground Railroad
“Gateway to Freedom liberates the history of the underground railroad from the twin plagues of mythology and cynicism. For anyone who still wonders what was at stake in the Civil […]
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Burying “Nie Zheng’s Bones”: The Making of Martyrs in 1911 China
Ying HuAssociate Professor, East Asian Languages & Literature University of California, Irvine About the Talk: This talk examines two cases of martyr-making, that of Qiu Jin (1875-1907), an anti-Qing revolutionary […]
Winter Quarter Instruction ends
Classes end Friday March 13. Final Exam Schedule hm 12/18/14
New Discoveries in the Ancient Synagogue at Huqoq in Israel’s Galilee
Jodi Magness has uncovered some stunning synagogue mosaics in her excavations at Huqoq and will be here to talk about them. UCSB-Westmont Joint Lecture Series on the New Testament and […]
From Revolutionary Ideology to Intangible Cultural Heritage: The changing basis of legitimacy in China
Professor Madsen is the author or co-author of twelve books on Chinese culture, American culture, and international relations. His best known works on American culture are Habits of the Heart […]
Spring classes begin
Instruction begins on Monday March 30. Monday, May 25: Memorial Day holiday Friday, June 5: Last day of instruction. June 6-12: Final exams. June 13-14: Commencement Final Exam Schedule hm […]
The New (Old) Image Wars: Rethinking Image and Violence after Paris
The tragic events at Charlie Hebdo are a reminder of the continuing force of images incontemporary culture. Far from an isolated incident, tensions surrounding portrayals of the Prophet Muhammad continue […]
Abd al-Ḥamīd al-Kātib’s Use of the Qurʾān in His Religious Letters: Surprises and Explanations
Wadad Kadi is the Avalon Foundation Distinguished Service Professor of Islamic Studies, University of Chicago. Sponsored by the King Abdul Aziz Ibn Saud Chair in Islamic Studies and the Center […]
Racial and Reproductive Injustice: The Long History of Eugenic Sterilization in California
Alexandra Stern is Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, American Culture, and History at the University of Michigan. This lecture series on the biopolitics of reproduction in the US and globally […]
“Three Minutes in Poland: Discovering a Lost World in a 1938 Family Film”
Painstakingly assembled from interviews, photographs, documents, andartifacts, Three Minutes in Poland tells the rich, funny, harrowing, and surprisingly intertwined stories of these seven survivors and their Polish hometown. Originally a […]