Week of Events
Politics of the Living Dead: Lords, Adoption and Inheritance in Tokugawa Japan
Politics of the Living Dead: Lords, Adoption and Inheritance in Tokugawa Japan
Monday, November 3 / 12:00 PMHSSB 2252 Luke Roberts will speak on keeping the deaths of daimyo officially secret for days or months at a time so as to engineer adoptions in the Tokugawa period. Almost everyone is in the know but pretends the lord is alive. This study helped Roberts figure out the why […]
Catolicos: Resistance and Affirmation in Chicano Catholic History
Catolicos: Resistance and Affirmation in Chicano Catholic History
Wednesday, November 5 / 4:00 PMMcCune Conference Room, 6020 HSSB This book presentation and discussion will focus on Mario T. Garcia's new book concerning the historic role that Chicano Catholicism has played in the resistance of Chicanos to cultural and identity repression and in affirming the cultural and identity integrity of Chicanos. In addition to […]
An Evening with David Grossman
An Evening with David Grossman
Wednesday, November 5 / 7:30 PMUCSB Campbell Hall Israeli writer David Grossman is the author of some of the most controversial books in his country's history, including the award-winning The Yellow Wind, observations collected over three months in the West Bank. The recipient of 21 international literary awards, Grossman's acclaimed body of works has been […]