Liminal Gates: Sacred and Civic Space in Ephesos
This talk is sponsored by the Ancient Borderlands Research Focus Group. For more information contact Christine Thomas. jwil 03.iv.09
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The Politics of Consumption in the Gold Coast/Ghana, 1930-1975
Bianca Murillo's dissertation explores the politics of consumption in the Gold Coast/Ghana from 1930-75, a period that encompassed British colonialism, rapid urbanization, political independence, military rule, and severe economic decline. […]
Four Seasons Lodge
In Commemoration of Yom HaShoah This event is made possible, in part, by a Program Grant from the Jewish Federation of Greater Santa Barbara. It is also cosponsored by Just […]
Hamas
There is an exciting and timely series of events taking place this spring: The Shalom/Salam Conversations, in which members of the UCSB faculty and community will address aspects of the […]
“Keep on Saving”: A Transnational History of How Other Nations Forged Cultures of Thrift When America Didn’t
Amidst the current financial meltdown, it has become painfully clear that Americans spent too much, saved too little, and borrowed excessively. Although we like to believe the rest of the […]
Centering Central Asia: Gender, State, and Nation
The UCSB Center for Middle East Studies Conference "Centering Central Asia: Gender, State, and Nation” will be held on Friday, April 24 & Saturday, April 25, 2009. A schedule of […]
Terror and Intercultural War in the Era of the American Revolution
Peter Silver, Associate Professor of History at Rutgers University, will discuss his recent book and current research. Professor Silver (Rutgers homepage) is a renowned historian of Early America. His first […]
Ancient Fiction and the Politics of Genre
This talk is sponsored by the Ancient Borderlands Research Focus Group. For more information contact Christine Thomas. jwil 03.iv.09
Drug Violence, Public Security, and the Rule of Law in Mexico
David Shirk is Director of the Trans-Border Institute and Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of San Diego. He received his Ph.D. in Political Science […]
Economic Crises and Lessons from the New Deal
Presented by the UCSB Affiliates and the UCSB History Associates. The First Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall is located at 21 E. Constance Ave. (at State Street). See: Detailed description of […]