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-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:20120311T090000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:MST DTSTART:20121104T080000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:MDT DTSTART:20130310T090000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:MST DTSTART:20131103T080000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:MDT DTSTART:20140309T090000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:MST DTSTART:20141102T080000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20130506T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20130506T000000 DTSTAMP:20260425T121139 CREATED:20150928T112847Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150928T112847Z UID:10002141-1367798400-1367798400@www.history.ucsb.edu SUMMARY:Imagining House Churches in Light of Evidence for Cultic Activities in the Terrace Houses in Ephesus DESCRIPTION: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 details preserved in the 568 line inscription recording the terms of his bequest. Although it is extremely unlikely that any early Christians would have lived in houses as “rich” as the terrace houses excavated at Ephesus\, they provide important comparative materials for imagining how religious activities within domestic space could welcome persons from outside the household while enhancing the status of the owner.\nProfessor Walters’ interests focus on Pauline studies and especially on the urban social context of Pauline communities in the Aegean basin (Greece and western Asia Minor). He is the author of one book\, Ethnic Issues in Paul’s Letter to the Romans\, and a number of scholarly essays. \nReception to follow. URL:https://www.history.ucsb.edu/events/imagining-house-churches-in-light-of-evidence-for-cultic-activities-in-the-terrace-houses-in-ephesus/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20130508T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20130508T000000 DTSTAMP:20260425T121139 CREATED:20150928T112849Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150928T112849Z UID:10002154-1367971200-1367971200@www.history.ucsb.edu SUMMARY:Forty Years of Endangered Species: Conflict and Conservation in California and Beyond DESCRIPTION: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 efforts to preserve species often result in such bitter controversy? This year’s Plous lecture will address these questions\, place them in a broader historical context\, and discuss some of the challenges and opportunities for conservation in the twenty-first century.\nPeter S. Alagona is an assistant professor of history and environmental studies at the University of California\, Santa Barbara. Before joining the UCSB faculty\, he was a Beagle Environmental Fellow in the Center for the Environment and Kennedy School of Government at Harvard and a postdoctoral fellow and visiting assistant professor in the Bill Lane Center for the American West at Stanford. \nThe Harold J. Plous Memorial Award was established in 1957 to honor Harold J. Plous\,\nAssistant Professor of Economics. The award is given annually to a faculty member of the rank of\nAssistant Professor or Instructor who has demonstrated outstanding performance by creative action\nor contribution to the intellectual life of the college community. \nhm 5/6/13 URL:https://www.history.ucsb.edu/events/forty-years-of-endangered-species-conflict-and-conservation-in-california-and-beyond/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20130509T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20130509T000000 DTSTAMP:20260425T121139 CREATED:20150928T112849Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150928T112849Z UID:10002156-1368057600-1368057600@www.history.ucsb.edu SUMMARY:Remembering War\, Looking Forward DESCRIPTION: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.\nHistorian 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 our changing visions of war\, memory and trauma\, war memoirs\, and the relationship between war and the humanities.\nSponsored by the IHC series Fallout: In the Aftermath of War. \nhm 5/7/13 URL:https://www.history.ucsb.edu/events/remembering-war-looking-forward/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20130509T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20130509T000000 DTSTAMP:20260425T121139 CREATED:20150928T112849Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150928T112849Z UID:10002161-1368057600-1368057600@www.history.ucsb.edu SUMMARY:The Making of "The Atomic Cafe" DESCRIPTION:> Released in 1982\, “The Atomic Cafe” was a masterful compilation of > U.S. government propaganda films that exposed the madness of the\n> nuclear arms race. Jayne Loader\, one of the film’s directors\,\n> screens excerpts of the documentary and engages the audience in a\n> discussion of her work process. Also taking part in the\n> conversation are Prof. Charles Wolfe (Film and Media Studies)\, Prof.\n> Salim Yaqub (History)\, and Kenneth Hough\, PhD candidate in history.\n>\n> Born in Weatherford\, TX and educated at Reed College in Oregon\,\n> Jayne Loader is a filmmaker and writer. In 1982 she co-directed the\n> cult classic\, “The Atomic Cafe.” Loader is the author of a novel\,\n> BETWEEN PICTURES\, and a short story collection\, WILD AMERICA. In the\n> 1990s she created WWWench\, one of the first blogs. Ms. Loader lives\n> in Cambridge\, MA and Friendship\, ME. \nhm 5/8/13 URL:https://www.history.ucsb.edu/events/the-making-of-the-atomic-cafe/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20130510T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20130510T000000 DTSTAMP:20260425T121139 CREATED:20150928T112849Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150928T112849Z UID:10002152-1368144000-1368144000@www.history.ucsb.edu SUMMARY:“The Widening Gyre: Colonial Labor\, Guestworkers\, and the End of Empire.” DESCRIPTION:Professor Hahamovitch explores exploited labor systems in the colonial period and the guest worker programs in the United States during the post-war period.\nAbout our speaker: \nCindy 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 America and the Global History of Deportable Labor (2012) won the Rawley and Curti Awards from the Organization of American Historians as well as the Philip Taft Labor History Prize. Her paper can be found here. URL:https://www.history.ucsb.edu/events/the-widening-gyre-colonial-labor-guestworkers-and-the-end-of-empire/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20130516T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20130516T000000 DTSTAMP:20260425T121139 CREATED:20150928T112849Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150928T112849Z UID:10002165-1368662400-1368662400@www.history.ucsb.edu SUMMARY:You Say You Want a Revolution? Transition\, Stability and Chaos in Post-Dictatorship Arab States DESCRIPTION: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 persisted despite the changes? How have Islamists fared in each of the three states\, and what are the prospects for their long-term power? What about non-Islamist opposition movements and parties? Are these states on the road to stability or a period of protracted chaos? And what influence will their experiences have on the broader region and vice versa? Are we seeing the emergence of the consent of the governed\, or the consolidation of power by new and/or old elites?\nHussein Ibish is Senior Fellow at the American Task Force on Palestine. He is a regular contributor on Middle East affairs in numerous publications and a weekly columnist at “Now Media” and “The Daily Beast.” His most recent book is WHAT’S WRONG WITH THE ONE-STATE AGENDA? Dr. Ibish has a PhD in Comparative Literature from the UMass\, Amherst. And in case you thought he was a one-trick pony\, he has a lengthy essay in the current issue of MIT’s quarterly THE BAFFLER on the cultural\, political and intellectual legacy of the Marquis de Sade. \nhm 5/11/13 URL:https://www.history.ucsb.edu/events/you-say-you-want-a-revolution-transition-stability-and-chaos-in-post-dictatorship-arab-states/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20130516T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20130516T000000 DTSTAMP:20260425T121139 CREATED:20150928T112849Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150928T112849Z UID:10002167-1368662400-1368662400@www.history.ucsb.edu SUMMARY:The Plague! Making Sense of Epidemics\, Contagions\, and Pestilence DESCRIPTION: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 History Museum charges for this event\, but it is FREE to all members of the campus community\, as well as alumni and friends of UC Santa Barbara. Reserve free tickets by contacting Justin Canty at jcanty@sbnature2.org or 805-682-4711\, ext. 170.\nFor thousands of years\, humans have faced devastating epidemics that suddenly kill millions. In this innovative program\, three scholars analyze how humans respond to the massive disruption caused by these catastrophic events. These carefully crafted presentations explore different cultural and social responses to devastating epidemics\, while highlighting our common humanity in response to unimaginable death and suffering. The program includes selected scenes from Tony Kushner’s award-winning play Angels in America performed by UCSB’s superb Department of Theater and Dance. \nA copy of the flyer can be found at\nhttp://www.hfa.ucsb.edu/news/372-050713 \nhm 5/11/13 URL:https://www.history.ucsb.edu/events/the-plague-making-sense-of-epidemics-contagions-and-pestilence/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20130521T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20130521T000000 DTSTAMP:20260425T121139 CREATED:20150928T112849Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150928T112849Z UID:10002158-1369094400-1369094400@www.history.ucsb.edu SUMMARY:"The 'Discovery of Writing' in the Qur'an: Tracing an Epistemic Revolution in Arab Late Antiquity DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the R. Stephen Humphreys Distinuished Lecture:\nThe “Discovery of Writing” in the Qur’an: Tracing an Epistemic Revolution in Arab Late Antiquity” \nProfessor Angelika Neuwirth\nArabic Studies\, Free University (Berlin) \nTuesday\, May 21st at 4:00 pm\nHSSB 4080 \nThe Qur’an—being the first significant non-oral literary text in the Arabic language—induced an epistemic revolution in the Arabic-speaking world of Late Antiquity. This fundamental renewal of the Arab Late Antique world was achieved through the Qur’anic negotiation and re-interpretation not only of the neighboring Jewish and Christian traditions but no less through the re-working of the Ancient Arabic lexicon of concepts. The talk will discuss the emergence of a communal identity based on the newly discovered authority of writing and in particular the understanding of the prophetical proclamation\, qur’an\, as a “reading” from a celestial text. At the same time\, the poetical concept of script as a frustratingly mute and unintelligible sign system (wahy) will be un-demonized: Qur’anic wahy is communication par excellence. \nSponsored by the Center for Middle Eastern Studies Stephen Huphreys Distinguished Lecture Series. URL:https://www.history.ucsb.edu/events/the-discovery-of-writing-in-the-quran-tracing-an-epistemic-revolution-in-arab-late-antiquity/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20130522T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20130522T000000 DTSTAMP:20260425T121139 CREATED:20150928T112846Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150928T112846Z UID:10002137-1369180800-1369180800@www.history.ucsb.edu SUMMARY:Harvest of Empire: A History of Latinos in America DESCRIPTION: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. The film features immigrant stories as well as interviews with Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Rigoberta Menchú\, Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Junot Díaz\, and more. Peter Getzels and Eduardo Lopez\, 90 min.\, English and Spanish with English subtitles\, 2012.\nhm 4/6/13 URL:https://www.history.ucsb.edu/events/harvest-of-empire-a-history-of-latinos-in-america/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20130524T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20130524T000000 DTSTAMP:20260425T121139 CREATED:20150928T112850Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150928T112850Z UID:10002169-1369353600-1369353600@www.history.ucsb.edu SUMMARY:2013 History Senior Honors Colloquium DESCRIPTION: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. \nThis event is free and open to the public. The complete program of speakers is below. \n9:00-9:30\nSalina Cruz. Women of the Mills: The Lawrence\, Massachusetts Strike of 1912\nCommentator: Prof. Patricia Cohen \n9:30-10:00\nJesse McCarthy\, The Creation of English Arminianism: Richard Montagu\, 1624-1629\nCommentator: Tim Daniels \n10:00-10:30\nHeidi Graves\, The Public Debate on Witchcraft in Colonial Ghana\nCommentator: Prof. Mhoze Chikowero \n10:30-11:00\nSean Garbutt\, “Do you fellows ever talk to the Israelis?”: The United States and the War of Attrition\, 1969-1970\nCommentator: Paul Baltimore \n11:00-11:30\nMickey Boxell\, The Taciturn Revolutionary: William of Orange-Nassau and the Motivations of the Dutch Revolt\nCommentator: Prof. Hilary Bernstein \n11:30-12:30 LUNCH BREAK \n12:30-1:00pm\nSusan Reid\, National Assimilation Through Racial Amalgamation: The Japanese-Brazilian Community\, 1930-1970\nCommentator: Prof. Kate McDonald \n1:00-1:30pm\nAlexa Cover\, SB 813\, the Hughes-Hart Education Reform Bill: California’s Expansive and Expensive Attempt at Education Equality\nCommentator: Prof. Alice O’Connor \n1:30-2:00pm\nMorgan Stocks\, Perusing the Papal Pantry: The Fasting Practices of Pope Boniface VIII\, 1299-1303\nCommentator: Prof. Debra Blumenthal \n2:00-2:30pm\nMolly Nugent\, “Your tax dollars buy sex discrimination!”: The Fight for Equal Gender Representation in France and the United States\nCommentator: Prof. Eileen Boris \n2:30-2:50 BREAK \n2:50-3:20\nElaine MacPherson\, Relief Without A Roof: The Emergence of a Policy Discussion on American Homelessness 1980-1996\nCommentator: Prof. Mary Furner \n3:20-3:50\nJacob Owens\, “A most inconvenient dilemma”: The British Motives Behind the Making of the Hoare-Laval Plan\nCommentator: Prof. Toshi Hasegawa \n3:50-4:20\nMichael Schneider\, Driving Defense: The Role of the Auto Industry in War Mobilization\nCommentator: Prof. Nelson Lichtenstein \n4:20-4:50\nRicardo Quezada\, “Free the 13”: Contesting Legal Discrimination– The East Los Angeles Blowouts and the Chicana/o Community’s Agency\, 1968-1970\nCommentator: Prof. Paul Spickard URL:https://www.history.ucsb.edu/events/2013-history-senior-honors-colloquium/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20130529T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20130529T000000 DTSTAMP:20260425T121139 CREATED:20150928T112846Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150928T112846Z UID:10002138-1369785600-1369785600@www.history.ucsb.edu SUMMARY:Schooling the World: The White Man’s Last Burden DESCRIPTION: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 but also on adults in indigenous contexts such as Ladakh.” Dr. Nosheen Ali\, UC Berkeley. Carol Black\, 66 min.\, English\, USA and India\, 2010.\nhm 4/6/13 URL:https://www.history.ucsb.edu/events/schooling-the-world-the-white-mans-last-burden/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20130530T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20130530T000000 DTSTAMP:20260425T121139 CREATED:20150928T112847Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150928T112847Z UID:10002145-1369872000-1369872000@www.history.ucsb.edu SUMMARY:Paper Newton/Digital Newton DESCRIPTION: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 disorder of this material has challenged editors and scholars ever since his death. Our talks cover two aspects of Newton’s archive. Sarah Dry will discuss the complicated history of Newton’s papers\, from his death in 1727 through two centuries of near (but not total) neglect to their dispersal by auction at Sotheby’s in 1936. Rob Iliffe\, who heads the online Newton Project\, will discuss pioneering and on-going efforts to digitize all of Newton’s vast manuscript holdings and the implications of this new resource for scholarship in the history of science and in the humanities more generally. \nSarah Dry is an independent scholar. She has a PhD in the history of science from the University of Cambridge and is the author of Curie: A Life (Haus) and the co-editor of Epidemics: Science\, Health and Governance (Earthscan). She is writing a book on the history of the Newton papers for Oxford University Press. \nRob Iliffe is Professor of Intellectual History and the History of Science at the University of Sussex. He is editorial director of the online Newton Project and is finishing a monograph titled Priest of Nature: the religious lives of Isaac Newton (OUP). He has published a number of articles on early modern history and the history of science\, and has written the Very Short Introduction to Newton (OUP). Prof. Iliffe’s main research interests include: the history of science 1550-1800; the theological and scientific work of Isaac Newton; and the implications for academic work posed by the increasing digitisation of the scholarly infrastructure. URL:https://www.history.ucsb.edu/events/paper-newtondigital-newton/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR