Professor Thorne’s new book, El Capitan tells the story of the seizure of El Capitan from theCapitan Grande Indians. Defining terms of their capitulation, the Capitan Grande people insisted on being relocated as communities. Out of the geopolitical maelstrom of the Depression era came the birth of two new reservations in San Diego County: Barona […]

Talk Description: Before 1968, censor boards in the US and UK dictated which aspects of science they considered appropriate for movies and which scientific subjects they considered indecent or immoral. This talk will explore how filmmakers between 1930 and 1968 crafted stories involving evolutionary biology and how religious groups attempted to control these evolutionary narratives […]

Last day of Fall classes on December 6, 2013. hm 7/15/13