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Cold War Legacies and Contemporary Dilemmas

Did the Cold War truly end in 1991? In Part III of The Unfinished Cold War Lecture Series, Professor Melvyn Leffler provides some surprising answers to this question while discussing […]

Globalism, Islam, and Democracy in Iran

Professor Janet Afary will look at the impact of globalization on Islamic discourses of Iran and the region, from Pan-Islamism of the late nineteenth century to today's debates on Reformist […]

Red Cross Threads of History

The Santa Barbara Historical Museum presents "Red Cross Threads of History: A Santa Barbara County Retrospective." Celebrate the American Red Cross's 116-year-long presence in our county by visiting this exhibit […]

Consumerism and the End of the Cold War

Professor Emily Rosenberg delivers this year’s keynote address at the 2008 annual International Graduate Student Conference on the Cold War, taking place this year at UCSB. Emily Rosenberg’s research and […]