BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Department of History, UC Santa Barbara - ECPv6.15.12.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Department of History, UC Santa Barbara X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.history.ucsb.edu X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Department of History, UC Santa Barbara REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Denver BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:MDT DTSTART:20080309T090000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:MST DTSTART:20081102T080000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:MDT DTSTART:20090308T090000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:MST DTSTART:20091101T080000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:MDT DTSTART:20100314T090000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:MST DTSTART:20101107T080000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20090604T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20090604T000000 DTSTAMP:20260417T164913 CREATED:20150928T112806Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150928T112806Z UID:10001575-1244073600-1244073600@www.history.ucsb.edu SUMMARY:The global history of wax prints and its implications on female dress in urban South Ghana DESCRIPTION:The Orfalea Center for Global & International Studies presents\n“The global history of wax prints and its implications on female dress in urban South Ghana” \nSilvia Ruschak\nGlobal History Working Group\nUniversity of Vienna \nWHEN: Thursday\, June 4\, 2009 — 12:00\nWHERE: Orfalea Center seminar Room\, 1005 Robertson Gym \nThis presentation will focus on the history of textiles – specifically\, the\nglobal history of industrially printed fabrics for the Ghanaian market\ncalled wax prints. The usually colourful and manifold fabrics are nowadays\ncommonly known as traditional Ghanaian fabrics. However\, their history is\nrather young and the result of complex colonial\, economic and cultural\ninteractions. \nIn the mid 19th century Dutch factory owners and merchants tried to conquer\nthe Indonesian batik market with industrially printed imitations of hand\nmade Javanese batik. They however were not successful in satisfying the\nlocal market for various reasons. Entangled economic and colonial\ninteractions brought the fabrics to the former Gold Coast – today’s Ghana –\nwhere they quickly got very popular. Especially since Ghana’s independence\nfrom Britain in 1957 the fabrics have been carrying national as well as\ngendered significances. \nAfter giving a quick overview of the global history of wax prints in the\n19th century and the adaptation of designs to the Ghanaian context I am\ngoing to analyse their importance in contemporary urban South Ghana. How\nare wax prints incorporated into everyday dressing? Who wears clothes made\nof wax prints and when? What is the gender of wax prints? How do they\ncommunicate different constructions of social status\, sexuality and\nnationality? Selected examples from oral history material and public media\nserve as starting point for analysing these questions. They are\nadditionally read against mainly sociological and anthropological theories\nof dressing and fashion. The aim of the presentation is to show how fabrics\nand dressing can be used as rich historic sources to elaborate\nsocio-economic\, cultural and gender related research questions. \nSilvia Ruschak\nSilvia Ruschak is a contemporary historian with a special focus on global\ngender and fashion history. She is working at the Department of\nContemporary History at the University of Vienna where she also teaches and\nis part of the Global History Work Group. She has recently submitted her\nPhD with the title: Fabrics that create global history. Stations in the\ncultural biography of wax prints in urban South Ghana for which she has\ngathered archival material as well as oral sources in Ghana\, Great Britain\nand the Netherlands. During her stay at the Orfalea Center\, Silvia Ruschak\nis going to research into the question in how far fabrics produced in or\nfor West Africa are relevant for identity constructions of African\nAmericans. Thus she wants to follow the global history of the Ghanaian wax\nprints within the US. \nhm 5/28/09 URL:https://www.history.ucsb.edu/events/the-global-history-of-wax-prints-and-its-implications-on-female-dress-in-urban-south-ghana/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20090605T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20090605T000000 DTSTAMP:20260417T164913 CREATED:20150928T112806Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150928T112806Z UID:10001569-1244160000-1244160000@www.history.ucsb.edu SUMMARY:Department BBQ DESCRIPTION:It’s that time again! The end of the year history department BBQ is Friday\, June 5\, from 4-6 pm at Stow Grove Park\, 580 La Patera Lane\,\nGoleta. We will provide hamburgers\, hot dogs\, veggie burgers\, buns\, and\nnon-alcoholic beverages. There is a sign-up sheet on the mail room\ndoor. It would be great if you could bring a bottle of wine and sign up\nto bring an appetizer\, side dish\, or dessert (and accompanying serving\nutensils). There will also be coolers with ice to chill the beverages. \nPlease RSVP by Monday\, June 1\, so we can get an accurate headcount for\nfood purchase. Partners\, family members\, children and anyone else all\nwelcome.\nColleen’s e-mail for RSVP: colleen_ho@umail.ucsb.edu \nTradition has it that we have a US vs. world historian softball game (and\nsince I’ve been here\, world has dominated?at least\, that’s how I remember\nit). It doesn’t matter how we divide up teams\, I just think it would be\ngreat to play a game. Also let me know if you have any bats\, balls\,\ngloves\, helmets\, etc. \nhm 5/26/09 URL:https://www.history.ucsb.edu/events/department-bbq/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20090605T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20090605T000000 DTSTAMP:20260417T164913 CREATED:20150928T112807Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150928T112807Z UID:10001579-1244160000-1244160000@www.history.ucsb.edu SUMMARY:The Curious Encounter of Telstar and STARFISH PRIME\, July 1962 DESCRIPTION:This talk is based on Schwoch’s book Global TV: New Media and The Cold War which examines the relationship of global television\, diplomacy\, and new electronic communications media. Beginning with the Allied occupation of Germany in 1946 and ending with the 1969 Apollo moon landing\, this book explores major developments in global media\, including the postwar absorption of the International Telecommunications Union into the United Nations and its impact on both television and international policy; the rise of psychological warfare and its relations to new electronic media of the 1950s; and the role of the Ford Foundation in shaping global communication research concepts.\nJames Schwoch conducts research and teaching in global media\, media history\, global security\, international studies\, ICT policy\, and research methodologies. He has published five books\, most recently Global TV: New Media and the Cold War\, 1946-69 and is currently co-editing with Lisa Parks (UC-Santa Barbara) an anthology about satellites called Down To Earth for Rutgers University Press. \nHis research has been supported by\, among others\, the Fulbright Commission (Finland 2005\, Germany 1997)\, the Ford Foundation\n(1993-2000)\, the National Science Foundation (1998-2002)\, and the National Endowment for the Humanities (1985\, 1986). During 1997-98\, Schwoch was the Leonard Marks Resident Fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies\, Washington DC; he has held visiting faculty appointments in Finland on three occasions (Tampere 1994\, Jyvaskyla 1996\, Helsinki 2005.) \nSchwoch is currently in residence at the new Northwestern campus in Doha\, Qatar where he is building the curriculum and developing research projects in the broad area of global media. He continues to work with graduate students and advise dissertations on the Evanston campus during his Qatar residency. \nhm 6/1/09\, 6/2 URL:https://www.history.ucsb.edu/events/the-curious-encounter-of-telstar-and-starfish-prime-july-1962/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20090611T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20090611T000000 DTSTAMP:20260417T164913 CREATED:20150928T112805Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150928T112805Z UID:10001693-1244678400-1244678400@www.history.ucsb.edu SUMMARY:A Tale of Two Authors DESCRIPTION:The public is invited to participate in a dialogue between Maria Segal\, survivor of the Holocaust from the Warsaw Ghetto\, and Dr. Ursula Mahlendorf\, UCSB Professor Emerita and former member of Hitler Youth in Germany.\nBoth authors are active participants in the Portraits of Survival program.\nTheir recently published memoirs bring us two very different experiences of childhood during World War II. \nDiscussion/Q & A will follow. \nModerated by Professor Harold Marcuse\, UCSB Professor of Modern German History \nRSVP: 805-957-1115\, E-mail: info@sbjf.org \nThe memoirs are: \nMaria Segal\, Maria’s Story: Childhood Memories of the Holocaust (Boehmgroup\, 2009\, 108 pages)(amazon.com with preview)\, and \nDr. Ursula Mahlendorf\, The Shame of Survival: Working Through a Nazi Childhood (U. Penn. Press\, 2009\, 344 pages) (amazon.com) \nBoth authors are active participants in the Santa Barbara Holocaust memory program Portraits of Survival. Their recently published memoirs bring us two very different experiences of childhood during World War II. \nMaria Segal was a child when she survived in the Warsaw Ghetto. She was born in Okuniew\, Poland\, a small town near Warsaw. Maria has three children\, six grandchildren\, and now lives in Santa Barbara\, CA. She volunteers at the Santa Barbara Jewish Federation as a docent for the Portraits of Survival Exhibit and is one of the thirty-seven profiles of Santa Barbara Holocaust survivors in the permanent exhibit. She speaks about her experiences during and after the Holocaust to groups of adults and children\, ranging from high school students to law enforcement agencies. \nFrom Publishers Weekly about The Shame of Survival\nA former German and women’s studies professor at UC Santa Barbara\, Mahlendorf grew up in a small town in Silesia and was a squad leader in the Hitler Youth who embraced Hitler as a father substitute after the death of her own father\, a former SS member\, in 1935 and also in rebellion against her mother who disapproved of the Nazis. Her escape from a group suicide pact in the wake of Hitler’s suicide was a first step in her denazification and eventual acceptance of her culpability in the Holocaust\, an open-ended process that gained a feminist twist as she realized how politics were personal under Nazism. An eye-opening\, honest and absorbing account of how evil takes root and flourishes among ordinary people. Illus. (Mar. 28) \nhm 5/11/09\, 6/2/09 URL:https://www.history.ucsb.edu/events/a-tale-of-two-authors/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20090611T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20090611T000000 DTSTAMP:20260417T164913 CREATED:20150928T112807Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150928T112807Z UID:10001577-1244678400-1244678400@www.history.ucsb.edu SUMMARY:How the Irish Made Serra a Saint and Saved the California Missions DESCRIPTION:Fr. Jack Clark Robinson\, O.F.M.\, a Ph.D. candidate in the History Department\, will speak on “How the Irish Made Serra a Saint and Saved the California Missions!” on Thursday\, June 11 at the Santa Barbara Mission. Events will start at 5:30 p.m. with a tour of the archive library\, followed by the talk at 6:30 p.m. and a social “with plentiful hors d’oeuvres and wine” at 7:30 p.m.\nFr. Jack’s talk is sponsored by the American Irish Historical Society. The cost is $20. Checks for reservations can be sent to American Irish Historical Society\, 801 Riven Rock Road\, Santa Barbara\, CA 93108\, or you can phone for reservations at (805) 965-2022. \njwil 29.v.09 URL:https://www.history.ucsb.edu/events/how-the-irish-made-serra-a-saint-and-saved-the-california-missions/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20090614T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20090614T000000 DTSTAMP:20260417T164913 CREATED:20150928T112806Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150928T112806Z UID:10001571-1244937600-1244937600@www.history.ucsb.edu SUMMARY:Reception for Graduating Seniors DESCRIPTION:The History department will host a reception for graduating seniors and their families on Sunday\, June 14\, from 11 a.m. to noon in the History Conference Room\, HSSB 4020. The commencement ceremony will begin at 1 p.m. on the Faculty Club Green.\nOf the 187 students receiving degrees this year\, 40 completed their coursework at the end of Fall and Winter quarters and another 39 will finish after taking their last courses this Summer. \nThe total also includes students graduating with degrees in History of Public Policy and Medieval Studies. \nLeading this year’s class are 10 students who received Distinction in the Major for completing the Senior Honors seminar. They are Katyn Evenson\, Allison Fischer\, Michael Hale\, Mathew Hamula\, Risa Katzen\, Christopher Kindell\, Damien Mimnaugh\, Adrienne Minor\, Craig Nelson and Celine Purcell. \nSix History majors were among 119 students campuswide to be selected for Phi Beta Kappa\, the nation’s oldest and most prestigious academic honor society. They are Alexandra Fish\, Michael Hale\, Mathew Hamula\, Ethan Hartsell\, Avian Johnson and Damien Mimnaugh. \nhm 5/26/09\, 6/4/09 URL:https://www.history.ucsb.edu/events/reception-for-graduating-seniors/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20090622T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20090622T000000 DTSTAMP:20260417T164913 CREATED:20150928T112807Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150928T112807Z UID:10001581-1245628800-1245628800@www.history.ucsb.edu SUMMARY:Summer Session A Instruction Begins DESCRIPTION:UCSB’s Summer Session A classes begin today. \nhm 6/19/09 URL:https://www.history.ucsb.edu/events/summer-session-a-instruction-begins/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20090625T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20090625T000000 DTSTAMP:20260417T164913 CREATED:20150928T112807Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150928T112807Z UID:10001704-1245888000-1245888000@www.history.ucsb.edu SUMMARY:Launch of New Public History Website DESCRIPTION:All students\, faculty and members of the public at large with an interest in UCSB’s public history program\, please stop by HSSB 4020 to see Julia Brock & Mira Foster’s presentation of the PHS website & join in general end-of-academic year\, start-of-summer conviviality. We have one more new Doctor — Bonnie Harris — to toast\, too. \nhm 6/25/09 URL:https://www.history.ucsb.edu/events/launch-of-new-public-history-website/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR