Peter Silver, Associate Professor of History at Rutgers University, will discuss his recent book and current research. Professor Silver (Rutgers homepage) is a renowned historian of Early America. His first […]

This talk is sponsored by the Ancient Borderlands Research Focus Group. For more information contact Christine Thomas. jwil 03.iv.09

David Shirk is Director of the Trans-Border Institute and Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of San Diego. He received his Ph.D. in Political Science […]

Presented by the UCSB Affiliates and the UCSB History Associates. The First Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall is located at 21 E. Constance Ave. (at State Street). See: Detailed description of […]

Steven Greenhouse of The New York Times is the nation’s most authoritative reporter on labor and employment issues. For 15 years his investigative exposes have probed the way some of […]

Abstract:Science fiction films and novels often present us with remarkably imaginative visions of the future. In this talk I argue that all the most popular and influential versions of such […]

THE GLOBAL AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES PROGRAM,in conjunction with the search for a chaired professorship in GLOBAL AUTHORITY AND GOVERNANCE sponsored by the DUNCAN AND SUZANNE MELLICHAMP INITIATIVE, is pleased to […]

Joining Steven Greenhouse on this timely panel are award-winning investigative reporter Ann Louise Bardach and Peter Dreier, director of the Urban & Environmental Policy Program at Occidental College. Sponsored by […]

In this talk, Benjamin Soares is concerned with understanding changing modalities of religious expression and modes of belonging among Muslim youth in contemporary Mali. While much recent scholarship about Muslim […]

See the flyer for more information. hm 4/28/09