Precipitating Factors and Root Causes of the Sino-Soviet Split
Professor Shen Zhihua is Director of the Center for Cold War Studies at East China Normal University in Shanghai. The event is free and open to the public. A brief […]
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History Honors Colloquium
On Friday, May 15, the undergraduates who wrote senior theses this year will present their work at the History Honors Colloquium in HSSB 4020. The students have produced very interesting […]
Memorial Celebration for Dmitrije Djordjevic
The celebration of Dimitrije's life will take place at Elings Park this Saturday, May 16, from noon to 2 p.m. in the Singleton Pavilion. Dimitrije's wife Nan welcomes his colleagues, […]
The Bankers Strike Back: The Anglo-American and Anglo-Canadian Financial Agreements of 1945-1946
The commodities and markets research group will meet again on Monday, May 18, from 11-noon in HSSB 4020 to discuss George Fujii's paper "The Bankers Strike Back: The Anglo-American and […]
Declarations of Dependence: Labor, Personhood, and Welfare in South Africa and Beyond
JAMES FERGUSON is Chair of the Department of Anthropology, Stanford University South Africa has in recent decades gone through a wrenching transformation from a labor-scarce society to a labor-surplus one. […]
Edward Teller the Communist? American Scientists and the National Security State during the Cold War (4PM in McCune Room; 6th Floor HSSB)
The recent release of the FBI files on Edward Teller has revealed the bureau's suspicion and investigation of the "father" of the American hydrogen bomb as a possible communist. Almost […]
The Stones of Famagusta: The Story of a Forgotten City
The Mediterranean Research Focus Group of the IHC and the Medieval Studies Program present “The Stones of Famagusta: The Story of a Forgotten City” followed by a discussion with the […]
Alone, Unattended and Unexplained: American Lenses and Mexican Subjects in the Borderlands, 1930-1945
This presentation discusses the ambivalent attitudes of U.S. photographers regarding Mexican/Chicano subjects in the 1930-40s Borderlands. It analyzes the ways in which meaning was constructed in the visual representations of […]
Ancient Map, Modern State: Toward a Geo-History of the Meiji Restoration
The continuing career of Shinano Province as present-day Nagano Prefecture suggests that the reformers of the Meiji era (1868-1912) recruited classical geography to the cause of administrative reform. Under the […]
From “State Interference to the ‘Return to the Market’: The Rhetoric of Economic Regulation from the Old Gilded Age to the New
Professor Furner's talk will be the final session in Spring quarter of the Seminar on Work, Labor, and Political Economy. The public is invited to attend. hm 5/22/09