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Globalism, Islam, and Democracy in Iran

Professor Janet Afary will look at the impact of globalization on Islamic discourses of Iran and the region, from Pan-Islamism of the late nineteenth century to today's debates on Reformist […]

Red Cross Threads of History

The Santa Barbara Historical Museum presents "Red Cross Threads of History: A Santa Barbara County Retrospective." Celebrate the American Red Cross's 116-year-long presence in our county by visiting this exhibit […]

Consumerism and the End of the Cold War

Professor Emily Rosenberg delivers this year’s keynote address at the 2008 annual International Graduate Student Conference on the Cold War, taking place this year at UCSB. Emily Rosenberg’s research and […]

Hegel, Haiti and Universal History

Professor Buck-Morss' lecture entitled "Hegel, Haiti and Universal History" connects Haiti's revolution to political universality, questioning the adequacy of multiculturalism and alternative modernities as approaches to historical scholarship today. Susan […]

Conspiracy: The 1942 Wannsee Conference

On January 20, 1942, 15 high ranking German officers gathered in a villa on the outskirts of Berlin for a clandestine meeting that would ultimately seal the fate of the […]