Kurosawa Tokiko (1806-1890) was born and raised in Mito domain, where she ran a small temple-school (terakoya). As most women in her day and age, she did not pay much […]
Presentation of work in progress hosted by UCSB's Early Modern Center. Ann Plane, Associate Professor of History at UCSB, will present a paper as part of the Early Modern Center's […]
There are over 10,000 caves all over the Greek islands, where archaeologists have identified abundant materials revealing both environmental as well as cultural information dating as far back as the […]
The Missing Story of Ourselves is a nationally touring photographic andnarrative exhibit developed by low-income student parents, that challenges and offers alternatives to conventional "stories" about class, poor women, welfare […]
Because of the Jesusita Fire this event has been postponed until next year. The talk addresses transborder membership politics in historical and comparative perspective, examining changing German and Korean policies […]
Vivyan Adair is the Elihu Root Endowed Peace Fund Associate Professor of Women’s Studies and the Director of The ACCESS Project (serving welfare eligible student parents) at Hamilton College. She […]
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 […]
Professor Clendinning is the author of Demons of Domesticity: Women and the English Gas Iindustry, 1889-1939, Ashgate Publications, Aldershot , England , 2004. Anyone interested in gender, consumer culture, imperialism […]
Fernando Cervantes, J.E. & Lillian Byrne Tipton Distinguished Visiting Professor in Catholic Studies, Department of Religious Studies, UCSB, for Spring 2009 will present a paper exploring the interaction of Christianity […]
In this talk, Clea Bunch looks at the events of Black September 1970, in which King Hussein of Jordan fought a civil war against Palestinian militant groups. She argues that […]