Russia and Terrorism
This talk is about Russia's historical experiences with and responses to terrorist activities. Alexander Kubyshkin is Professor of the Department of North American Studies, School of International Relations, St. Petersburg […]
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International Graduate Student Conference on the Cold War
The GWU/UCSB/LSE International Graduate Student Conference on the Cold War will be taking place here at UCSB April 14-16, 2011, in the Harbor Room, on the lower level of UCen. […]
Government Lawyers and Bureaucratic Autonomy in the New Deal
Please join us for a talk by Daniel Ernst, Georgetown University Law Center. Earnst will speak on “Government Lawyers and Bureaucratic Autonomy in the New Deal.” He is the author […]
The Mountains: Representations of Italic Landscapes in the Aeneid
Alessandro Barchiesi, Professor of Latin Literature at the University of Siena at Arezzo and G. and H. Spogli Professor of Italian Studies at Stanford University, holds the 2011-2012 Sather Lectureship […]
Global Politics in the 1970s: The Transformation of China
This workshop is about global politics in the 1970s, focusing primarily on the transformation of China in and around that decade. Professor Westad will make a brief presentation and then […]
Art Markets and Cultural Exchanges: New Perspectives on the Renaissance
Michael North is Professor of History at the University of Greifswald in Germany. He is the 2010-2011 Fulbright Chair in German Studies at UCSB. Professor North’s research and teaching interests […]
From Victory Gardens to Urban Agriculture: Join the Garden Revolution
Hayden-Smith will present an in-depth look at the past and present of theVictory Garden movement. This paper will review historical case studies and discuss current national policies and models as […]
Native to the Republic: Citizenship, Slum Clearance and Social Welfare in 1950s Marseille
During the post-World War Two economic boom, France implemented a comprehensive urbanism program intended to modernize and rationalize the nation by putting the city, the home, and the citizen in […]
The Language of Hip Hop
A Zimbabwean born academic and musician, Dr. Farai Berefocuses on what he calls Black performativity, the performance of Blackness as a political force and how Black performance can be said […]
The Writing of John Winthrop, Jr., Alchemy, and the Creation of New England Culture, 1606-1676
Walter Woodward, the Connecticut State Historian and Assoc. Prof. of History at the Univ. of Connecticut, Storrs, will be giving this talk via Skype hookup on Tuesday, April 26, 1-2:15, […]