Exploring Tristán de Luna’s Lost Galleon Discovery of a well-preserved early Spanish shipwreck in Pensacola Bay, Florida, has reopened a long forgotten chapter of Latin-American history. Assembled by the Viceroy of New Spain, a fleet of eleven ships under the command of Tristán de Luna embarked from Mexico in 1559 to establish a colony on […]
STEPHEN PYNE is the world's foremost historian of fire. A Regents' Professor at Arizona State University, and the author of twenty books on environmental history and the histories of science and exploration, Pyne is a brilliant and irreverent commentator on the role of fire in societies around the world. On October 7th, from 3:30-4:45 PM, […]
The historic actions, protests and strikes of last fall and spring showed our state and the nation that students, teachers, staff, and our communities are determined to fight against the cuts, layoffs, fee hikes, and the shrinking access to public education and services. However, our fight is far from over. On October 7th, supporters of […]
Matthew Garcia is Associate Professor of American Civilization, Ethnic Studies and History at Brown University. Part of the History 294: Colloquium in Work, Labor, and Political Economy, 2010-2011 lecture series. hm 9/9/10; jwil 14.ix.10
Say “Lompoc” and most people think of Vandenberg Air Force Base and flower farms, or maybe the prison. But our neighbor to the north has a fascinating history, preserved in its many Victorian houses and murals. We will assemble at the city parking lot at Ocean Ave. and I Street at 10:15 (parking is free), […]
John Borsos, Vice President, National Union of Health Care Workers, is our guest at the next meeting of the Colloquium on Work, Labor, and Political Economy. Just last week one of the largest union election contests in modern U.S. history culminated in a large Service Employees International Union victory at the Kaiser hospital chain. Nearly […]
The establishment of direct sea contact between the Mediterranean and South Asia in the first century CE is one of the most remarkable developments in ancient history. Scholarship has focused overwhelmingly on the impact of the Indian Ocean trade on the economy of the Roman Empire and its significance for the spread of Greco-Roman influence […]
This roundtable will address the rapid growth of Islamist political parties, the expanding Turkish economy and the rise of the "Anatolian Tigers," and new cultural trends in Turkey. Coffee, tea, and cookies will be served Sponsored by the Center for Middle east Studies, UCSB hm 10/19/10
Please join us next Tuesday, October 26, for a talk by Shigeru "Shig" Yabu, a Japanese American who was interned at the Heart Mountain Concentration Camp from 1942-1945. He is the author of 2 books, A Boy of Heart Mountain and Hello, Maggie!, both of which describe his experience at the camp as a young […]
This talk is about an American Arabist organization that received clandestine support from the CIA. In 1967, it was revealed that the CIA had secretly funded the American Friends of the Middle East, an apparently private group of pro-Arab, anti-Zionist U.S. citizens. In this talk, Professor Wilford reveals the hitherto hidden history of the American […]