Technologies played a dramatic role in birthing the modern industrial world, so it is hardly surprising that classic and widely familiar histories of technology trace narratives of triumphant Western progress, contrasted to backwardness or stagnation in other societies around the world. But in recent years historians of Western technology have become less interested in technology […]
In this talk, Fredrik Logevall discusses his highly acclaimed new book, EMBERS OF WAR: THE FALL OF AN EMPIRE AND THE MAKING OF AMERICA'S VIETNAM. Drawing on newly available documents from several nations, and making full use of the vast published literature, Prof. Logevall surveys the broad sweep of the Vietnam War. He begins with […]
Join us for a talk by Robert C.T. Parker (Wykeham Professor of Ancient History and Fellow of New College, Oxford University) on Friday, April 12th at 2:00 pm in HSSB 4080. Dr. Parker is Visiting Sather Professor of Classical Literature for Spring 2013. Sponsored by the departments of Classics, History, Religious Studies, and the Interdisciplinary […]
Before there were coasts there were shores. In this talk, John Gillis explores the emergence of modern coasts, which, beginning in the eighteenth century, displaced older notions of shore. The creation of coasts has been a global phenomenon, but in this talk Prof. Gillis focuses on the American experience. He examines the effects of coasts […]
Michael Zakim offers a paper entitled “Paperwork,” a social and cultural exploration of antebellum clerkship and the relationship of that species of “nonproductive labor” to the emergence of modern American capitalism. His paper can be found here. About our speaker: Michael Zakim is Professor of History at Tel Aviv University. He is the author of […]
Native spiritual leader Jim Miller and a group of riders retraced the 330-mile route on horseback from Lower Brule, South Dakota to Mankato, Minnesota to arrive at the hanging site of 38 Dakota ancestors on the anniversary of their execution ordered by President Lincoln. This is the story of their journey- the blizzards they endure, […]
Click the link below for full information on this talk. jwil 22.iv.2013
This event is co-sponsored by the History Associates and the Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation, celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2013. The cost is $8 for HA members, $10 for non-members. Four “big ideas” swept across the Southwest borderlands of North American in the thousand years preceding the consolidation of the Spanish colony of […]
Dr. Daly Thompson will talk about her new book. For fuller details, including abstract, please visit the URL below. Chapter One of the book is available from Prof. Chikowero for reading before the talk. hm 4/10/13
Professor Saccarelli offers insights on Silone’s role as a secret collaborator with the Office of Strategic Services during World War II. His paper can be found here. About our speaker: Emmanuel Saccarelli an Associate Professor of Political Science at San Diego State University, and is the author of Gramsci and Trotsky in the Shadow of […]