CCWS Film Series Presents “Good Bye Lenin!”
This German film directed by Wolfgang Becker comically portrays the collapse of communism. Suffering a heart attack and falling into a coma after seeing her son arrested during a protest, […]
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Anti-Poverty Policy in the Obama Administration
Peter B. Edelman is Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center and co-chair of the Task Force on Poverty for the Center for American Progress. In a career devoted […]
The AFL-CIA’s Cold War in Honduras– And How Hondurans Felt About It
Professor Dana Frank is Co-Director of the UCSC Center for Labor Studies. Her books include Bananeras: Women Transforming the Banana Unions of Latin America (2008), Buy American: The Untold Story […]
Star Power: Astral Theology, Castorian Imagery, and Dual Heirs in Imperial Rome
Today we speak of movie stars, rock stars, all-star athletes, and even academic stars. The role of "stars" in the cult of personality has a long tradition. From the time […]
A Liturgical Order of Thanksgiving in Ancient Rome
This talk is sponsored by the IHC Ancient Borderlands Research Focus Group. For more information contact Christine Thomas. jwil 09.ii.2009
Reading as a Social Technology
The History of Reading Group is hosting a one-day, interdisciplinary conference that will provide a forum for sharing recent research findings in the history of reading, with an eye toward […]
Augustine and the History of Reading: from Post-Medieval to Prenaissance
Brian Cummings is Professor of English at the University of Sussex, where he was Director of the Centre for Early Modern Studies from 2004 to 2008. He is the author […]
Spring Classes Start
Welcome back students, faculty and staff--we hope you had an energizing spring break!The last day of instruction is June 5. For a full schedule of this quarter, follow the link […]
Come Home America: The Rise and Fall (and Redeeming Promise) of our Country
Legendary reporter and author William Greider has covered American politics for the last 40 years as a columnist and editor for the Washington Post, Rolling Stone, and as a national […]
Medieval Perspectives on Environmental History
The speakers will be: Paolo Squatriti of the University of Michigan: “Storms Floods and Climate Change in the Dark Ages: An Italian Case” and D. Fairchild Ruggles of the University […]