Now that recorded music is always available for free, what are the possible futures for musicians and fans? This talk will explore recent developments in Japan, including the resurgence of […]

An interdisciplinary group of scholars of medieval and early modern Japanese literature, history, religion, and performing arts examine topics related to “War and Remembrance” during Japan’s years of military rule […]

Secrecy was endemic in Soviet society and culture. Information that we might consider benign in the Western context was off-limits to most of the general populace throughout the existence of […]

In July 2012, the Bureau of Land Management announced atwo-week public scoping period for its decision to fulfill its mandate under the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 to “explore for […]

Prof. Linenthal is the author of: he Landscapes of 9/11: A Photographer's Journey. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2013. (with Jonathan Hyman and Christiane Gruber) The Unfinished Bombing: Oklahoma City […]

Everyone is invited to this event, at which some of our best students present the fruits of two quarters of intensive research. Please attend as many presentations or panels as […]

Recently retired, Steve was the Navy’s senior archaeologist on San Nicolas for the past 25 years. Due to this uniqueposition, he has become one of the leading experts on the […]

In Promotion of Professor J. Sears McGee’s new book An Industrious Mind, The Worlds of Sir Simonds D’Ewes (Stanford University Press, 2015).With guest speaker Prof. Chris R. Kyle, Associate Professor […]

The UCSB History Department and the Center for Cold War Studies and International History will show Stanley Kubrick's classic World War I film "Paths of Glory" (1957), about the court-martialing […]

Debates about the intertwined nature of humanity, human rights and humanitarianism have brought historians into new fields bridging social, international, legal and colonial history. Keith David Watenpaugh’s book Bread from […]