Augustine and the History of Reading: from Post-Medieval to Prenaissance
Brian Cummings is Professor of English at the University of Sussex, where he was Director of the Centre for Early Modern Studies from 2004 to 2008. He is the author […]
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Spring Classes Start
Welcome back students, faculty and staff--we hope you had an energizing spring break!The last day of instruction is June 5. For a full schedule of this quarter, follow the link […]
Come Home America: The Rise and Fall (and Redeeming Promise) of our Country
Legendary reporter and author William Greider has covered American politics for the last 40 years as a columnist and editor for the Washington Post, Rolling Stone, and as a national […]
Medieval Perspectives on Environmental History
The speakers will be: Paolo Squatriti of the University of Michigan: “Storms Floods and Climate Change in the Dark Ages: An Italian Case” and D. Fairchild Ruggles of the University […]
The Great Transformation (or Not?)
Legendary reporter and author William Greider has covered American politics for the last 40 years as a columnist and editor for the Washington Post, Rolling Stone, and as a national […]
Open House for Prospective Freshmen and Transfers
On Saturday, April 4, 2009, the History Department's Table at the Academic Fair will offer friendly advice and information about the History major at UCSB. Why study history at UCSB […]
The Gaza War and Its Aftermath
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 […]
New Surveys in the Ancient Harbor District of Roman Ephesos
More than a century of archaeological work at Ephesos on the west coast of Turkey has unearthed impressive marble public buildings of the high Roman imperial period. But are these […]
2nd Annual Ask a Vet Forum
Student Veterans at UCSB will be hosting the second annual “Ask A Vet Forum” on Wednesday, April 8. The purpose of this event is to promote better understanding of student […]
Virgil’s Aeneid from the Aztecs to the Dark Virgin: Latin Poetry and Ethnohistory in Colonial Mexico
Virgil's epic on the fall of Troy and foundation of Rome came to Mexico in the wake of the Spanish conquest. The poem had a role in the earliest accounts […]