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The Wolf and the Dragon: Empire in Ancient Rome and China

Anthony Barbieri-Low (UCSB) will provide a response to Professor Scheidel's talk. This event is part of the core seminar of the UCSB Ancient Borderlands Research Focus Group. For more information, visit the web page of the RFG. jwil 23.i.09

The Social Life of Muslim Women’s Human Rights

The Journal of Middle East Women's Studies Distinguished Lecture The concept of “Muslim women’s rights” has an extraordinarily active social life these days. It circulates across continents. It travels in and out of classrooms and government policy offices; UN forums in New York and Geneva and local women’s organizations in places like Egypt, Malaysia, and […]

“Gladiator”: Film and Discussion

Following the film, Professor Drake will lead a discussion about Roman history. Refreshments will be available. For more information contact Phi Alpha Theta president Jason Smith. jwil 16.ii.09

Confronting Antisemitism in the Twenty-first Century

Herman P. and Sophia Taubman Foundation Endowed Symposia in Jewish Studies at UCSBTALK: Confronting Antisemitism in the Twenty-first Century Robert Wistrich (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) Monday, February 23 / 7:30 PM Congregation B'nai B'rith, 1000 San Antonio Creek Road What are the most salient and significant features of the current offensive directed against the State […]

The Evolution of the Mediterranean Diet from the Middle Ages

The concept of the Mediterranean diet is a modern invention; the Middle Ages and Renaissance had some very different food values. This lecture presents a look at the recent construct and its relationship with overview of medieval and Renaissance diets. It ties the diets of the present and the past together. Allen J. Grieco is […]