Using the concept of privilege in race, gender, and class, this discussion will raise questions about systems and structures of power that can allow us to go beyond polite “diversity talk” to discuss what would be needed to transform our society and promote justice and sustainability. Any serious effort toward those goals must confront the […]

In addition to evidence for household cults in the terrace houses at Ephesus, three of the units contained installations for cultic activities that "blur" the traditional distinction between public and private space. The likely identification of Terrace House 2 as that of C. Vibius Salutaris offers additional commentary on important aspects of such "blurring" through […]

The landmark federal Endangered Species Act—the most powerful and comprehensive U.S. environmental law, and the most ambitious biodiversity conservation statute ever enacted by any country—turns forty in 2013. Is this anniversary cause for celebration or despair? What have we learned during the past four decades? Why is endangered species conservation so complicated? And why do […]

This is the closing talk and reception as part of the IHC's Fallout: In the Aftermath of War series, with series closing remarks by IHC director Susan Derwin. Historian John Lee offers closing reflections on the year’s IHC program, Fallout. Using as a starting point the war memoirs of Xenophon (ca. 427-355 BC), Lee considers […]

> Released in 1982, "The Atomic Cafe" was a masterful compilation of > U.S. government propaganda films that exposed the madness of the > nuclear arms race. Jayne Loader, one of the film's directors, > screens excerpts of the documentary and engages the audience in a > discussion of her work process. Also taking part […]

Professor Hahamovitch explores exploited labor systems in the colonial period and the guest worker programs in the United States during the post-war period. About our speaker: Cindy Hahamovitch is the author of The Fruits of Their Labor: Atlantic Coast Farmworkers and the Making of Migrant Poverty, 1870-1945 (1997). Her No Man’s Land: Jamaican Guestworkers in […]

In this talk, Hussein Ibish looks at the different ways post-dictatorship transition has unfolded in the three North African Arab states that experienced regime change during the "Arab Spring": Egypt, Tunisia and Libya. Among the questions he addresses are: What are the new systems emerging in those countries? To what extent have old governance structures […]

The Division of Humanities and Fine Arts is sponsoring this special event. UCSB History professors Stefania Tutino and John Majewski were involved in putting the program together. We hope this is an entertaining and informative way to present the humanities to the general public, so please come and bring along family and friends. The Natural […]

Please join us for the R. Stephen Humphreys Distinuished Lecture: The "Discovery of Writing" in the Qur'an: Tracing an Epistemic Revolution in Arab Late Antiquity" Professor Angelika Neuwirth Arabic Studies, Free University (Berlin) Tuesday, May 21st at 4:00 pm HSSB 4080 The Qur’an—being the first significant non-oral literary text in the Arabic language—induced an epistemic […]

Revealing the direct connection between the history of U.S. intervention in Latin America and the current immigration crisis, this film based on Juan González’s book by the same title, provides a powerful glimpse into the sacrifices and triumphs of the growing Latino communities, putting a human face on issues that are often reduced to stereotyping. […]

Participants in the 2012-2013 Senior Honors Thesis seminar will present their research in this year's colloquium. Eachstudent presenter will be followed by a faculty or advanced PhD student commentator. This event is free and open to the public. The complete program of speakers is below. 9:00-9:30 Salina Cruz. Women of the Mills: The Lawrence, Massachusetts […]

Posing a challenge to the assumption that the western model of education improves lives wherever it is, this controversial film gives insight to the effects of western education as a panacea for world issues. “With a rare, philosophical sense for the truth, the documentary reflects on the alienating impact of schooling not just on children […]

Abstract:Isaac Newton generated a huge amount of manuscript material during a long and active life. This rich and daunting archive includes millions of words of impassioned and heretical theological writings as well as evidence of thousands of hours spent on alchemical experimentation and research, alongside notes on natural philosophy and mathematics. The range, complexity and […]