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: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:20090511T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20090511T000000 DTSTAMP:20260417T235332 CREATED:20150928T112803Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150928T112803Z UID:10001657-1242000000-1242000000@www.history.ucsb.edu SUMMARY:Peace Initiatives in the Middle East DESCRIPTION:There is an exciting and timely series of events taking place this spring: The Shalom/Salam Conversations\, in which members of the UCSB faculty and community will address aspects of the Israel/Palestine dispute. There will be three events this spring\, all on Monday at 5 pm in the Multicultural Center. The series is sponsored by the Office of the Dean of Humanities and Fine Arts and by the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs.\nThe second event will take place THIS MONDAY\, MAY 11\, AT 5 PM IN THE MULTICULTURAL CENTER. The subject will be “Peace Initiatives.” Professor Salim Yaqub of the UCSB Department of History will moderate. \nThis is the third and final event of the series. \nFree Pizza and beverages will be served. Please join us for this important event! \nhm 4/6/09\, 5/11/09 URL:https://www.history.ucsb.edu/events/peace-initiatives-in-the-middle-east/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20090511T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20090511T000000 DTSTAMP:20260417T235332 CREATED:20150928T112804Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150928T112804Z UID:10001669-1242000000-1242000000@www.history.ucsb.edu SUMMARY:Gazing through the Empire's Shop Window: Women and Consumption at the British Empire Exhibition\, 1924-1925 DESCRIPTION:Professor Clendinning is the author of Demons of Domesticity: Women and the English Gas Iindustry\, 1889-1939\, Ashgate Publications\, Aldershot \, England \, 2004.\nAnyone interested in gender\, consumer culture\, imperialism and European history more generally is encouraged to attend. \nhm 4/20/09 URL:https://www.history.ucsb.edu/events/gazing-through-the-empires-shop-window-women-and-consumption-at-the-british-empire-exhibition-1924-1925/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20090511T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20090511T000000 DTSTAMP:20260417T235332 CREATED:20150928T112805Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150928T112805Z UID:10001689-1242000000-1242000000@www.history.ucsb.edu SUMMARY:Christianity and Empire: Unity and Diversity in New Worlds DESCRIPTION:Fernando Cervantes\, J.E. & Lillian Byrne Tipton Distinguished Visiting Professor in Catholic Studies\, Department of Religious Studies\, UCSB\, for Spring 2009 will present a paper exploring the interaction of Christianity among the populations of the New World. His presentation will seek to shed light on what J.H. Elliott once called “the remarkable survival of a worldwide empire for a period of three centuries without a standing army or police force.” Professor Cervantes will do so by reassessing the process of Christianization and the central role of religious culture in the early modern Hispanic world.\nFive panelists will respond\, relating his research to their own work in the fields of Ancient Borderlands and Latin American Studies: Gerardo Aldana (Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies\, UCSB); Sarah Cline (Department of History\, UCSB); Beth DePalma Digeser (Department of History\, UCSB); Hal Drake (Department of History\, UCSB); and Pamela Huckins (History of Art and Archaeology\, NYU). The panel will be moderated by Christine Thomas (Department of Religious Studies\, UCSB). A public Q & A and reception will follow. \nFor further information\, please contact Ann Taves or Cathy Albanese. \njwil 06.v.09 URL:https://www.history.ucsb.edu/events/christianity-and-empire-unity-and-diversity-in-new-worlds/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20090512T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20090512T000000 DTSTAMP:20260417T235332 CREATED:20150928T112805Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150928T112805Z UID:10001688-1242086400-1242086400@www.history.ucsb.edu SUMMARY:Who determines what becomes history? A witness's reflections DESCRIPTION:The renowned historian Arnold Toynbee posed the question whether we\, the general public\, but also scholars and students of historical events\, are correctly informed. This question has concerned George Wittenstein for many decades\, as it has a determining influence on “what becomes history”. Dr. Wittenstein will discuss the common and disturbing phenomenon of historical facts being presented in slanted\, misleading\, and\, at times\, even falsifying ways. From the vantage point of a witness to and active participant in historical events during the Hitler regime\, Dr. Wittenstein will then describe lesser known facts about two resistance groups with whom he was closely associated: the famous White Rose and the Freedom Action Bavaria.\nDr. George Wittenstein\, born in 1919\, majored simultaneously in medicine\, psychology and philosophy at the University of Munich during World War II. As Military service was compulsory\, Wittenstein and most of his White Rose friends were drafted together into a medical student company. As early as 1939\, he was threatened by the Nazi secret police (Gestapo) and\, in 1942 and 1943\, undertook a series of dangerous actions on behalf of the White Rose. In 1943\, five of his friends\, Hans Scholl\, Sophie Scholl\, Christoph Probst\, Alexander Schmorell\, Willi Graf\, and his PhD advisor\, the professor of philosophy Kurt Huber\, were executed. When Wittenstein learned in 1944 that the Gestapo was likely to apprehend him\, he volunteered to serve at the front-lines\, as the immediate combat zone was the only place where the Gestapo had no jurisdiction over members of the armed forces. Assigned as a physician to the Italian front\, he collected the wounded soldiers’ weapons for the secret arsenal of the Freedom Action Bavaria\, a resistance group of military officers led by Captain Rupprecht Gerngross based in Munich. Wittenstein was wounded at the Italian front in 1945. \nWittenstein emigrated to the United States in 1948. Continuing his surgical training at Harvard and the universities of Rochester and Colorado\, he specialized in general\, cardiovascular\, and thoracic surgery and later taught and performed the latest complex heart operations at numerous European medical schools. Since 1960\, Wittenstein has been residing in Santa Barbara\, where he was in private practice until his appointment as professor of surgery at the University of California at Los Angeles\, and as chair of the Department of Surgery at UCLA/LAC Olive View Medical Center. He retired from UCLA in 1991 and continued to practice in Santa Barbara. Over almost four decades\, Wittenstein served in various capacities at four Santa Barbara hospitals\, the UCSB’s Affiliates\, the Friends of the UCSB Library\, and on the board of the Santa Barbara Museum of Art. In recognition of his active involvement in the resistance against Hitler\, for his contributions to German cardiac surgery\, and for promoting scientific exchange between the United States and Germany\, Wittenstein was awarded the “Commander’s Cross Of The Federal Republic Of Germany” (Grosses Verdienstkreuz des Verdienstordens der Bundesrepublik Deutschland) and more recently the “Bayerischer Verdienstorden”\, the State of Bavaria’s highest honor. \nIn Fall 2007 the UCSB Department of Germanic\, Slavic and Semitic Studies initiated the George J. Wittenstein lecture series\, created to commemorate and continue the legacy of civic courage of Dr. George J. Wittenstein. The series sponsors one to three lectures every year. (UCSB press release)\nIn 2008-2009\, the series is made possible by the generous co-sponsorships of the following campus agencies and departments: Office of the Chancellor\, Comparative Literature\, Feminist Studies\, Film and Media Studies\, French and Italian\, History\, Law and Society\, Religious Studies\, Theater and Dance. \nDr. Wittenstein himself will be the speaker at this event\, which will take place in the McCune conference room (HSSB 6020) at 5 pm. \nThis lecture series is designed to inspire people to become active citizens and to uphold and defend democratic principles. While some talks may have an explicitly political dimension\, others will deal with literature and philosophy—two areas that were extremely important to White Rose members\, including Dr. Wittenstein\, who continues to be greatly interested in them. \nThe Munich-based White Rose consisted of a group of friends\, predominantly medical students\, who appealed to the German people to defy both Hitler’s dictatorship and the apathy of their fellow citizens. Members of the White Rose wrote\, printed\, and disseminated six leaflets that denounced the National Socialist regime’s criminal activities and goals. It was the only German group specifically to condemn the extermination of European Jews. Six members were convicted of high treason and executed. \nAlready a member of the German armed forces\, Wittenstein escaped apprehension by the Gestapo by volunteering to serve on the front line—the only place the German secret police would have no jurisdiction over him. He was assigned to the Italian front to serve as a physician. There he collected the weapons of wounded soldiers and contributed them to a secret arsenal maintained by Freedom Action Bavaria\, a resistance group that consisted of military officers based in Munich. \nWounded in 1945\, Wittenstein immigrated to the United States a few years later and continued his surgical training at Harvard University\, the University of Rochester\, and the University of Colorado. A Santa Barbara resident for almost 50 years\, he has worked in private practice\, as a professor of surgery at UCLA\, and as chair of the Department of Surgery at the UCLA-Olive View Medical Center. \nhm 5/4/09\, 5/6/09 \nFor more information\, please visit: URL:https://www.history.ucsb.edu/events/who-determines-what-becomes-history-a-witnesss-reflections/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20090512T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20090512T000000 DTSTAMP:20260417T235332 CREATED:20150928T112805Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150928T112805Z UID:10001691-1242086400-1242086400@www.history.ucsb.edu SUMMARY:Black September and the Question of Palestinian Identity within Jordan DESCRIPTION:In this talk\, Clea Bunch looks at the events of Black September 1970\, in which King Hussein of Jordan fought a civil war against Palestinian\nmilitant groups. She argues that Jordan constituted a “hidden pillar”\nof America?s Middle East policy. Only during crises like Black\nSeptember did the kingdom’s essential role become apparent.\nWashington saw Hussein’s pro-Western leadership as essential\nmaintaining a regional balance of power\, and so United States linked\nits policy to the continuation of the Hashemite regime in Jordan. \nClea Bunch is Assistant Professor of History and Chair of Middle East\nStudies at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. She specializes\nin U.S.-Middle East diplomacy and has conducted extensive research in\nthe Middle East. She is currently writing a book on the history of\nJordanian-American relations\, 1948-1970. \nThe talk is free and open to the public. A brief reception will\nfollow Prof. Bunch’s presentation. Please join us for this exciting\nevent! \nhm 5/10/09 URL:https://www.history.ucsb.edu/events/black-september-and-the-question-of-palestinian-identity-within-jordan/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20090513T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20090513T000000 DTSTAMP:20260417T235332 CREATED:20150928T112805Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150928T112805Z UID:10001690-1242172800-1242172800@www.history.ucsb.edu SUMMARY:Catholicism and the Early Modern Imagination DESCRIPTION:The imagination as a human faculty was subjected to some of the most fascinating explorations in its history during the period from 1430 to 1680. Fernando Cervantes will explore the broad Catholic intellectual background of these debates with particular reference to the work the two greatest literary figures of the age: Miguel de Cervantes and William Shakespeare.\nFernando Cervantes is a historian of early modern Europe specializing in the cultural\, religious and intellectual history of early modern Spain and Spanish America. He is the author of The Devil in the New World (1994) and The Hispanic World in the Historical Imagination (2006) as well as editor of Spiritual Encounters: Interactions between Christianity and Native Religions in Colonial America (1999). He is currently completing a book entitled The Celestial and the Fallen: Angels and Demons in the Hispanic World. \nFor further information\, please contact Ann Taves or Cathy Albanese. \njwil 06.v.09 URL:https://www.history.ucsb.edu/events/catholicism-and-the-early-modern-imagination/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20090514T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20090514T000000 DTSTAMP:20260417T235332 CREATED:20150928T112806Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150928T112806Z UID:10001698-1242259200-1242259200@www.history.ucsb.edu SUMMARY:Precipitating Factors and Root Causes of the Sino-Soviet Split DESCRIPTION:Professor Shen Zhihua is Director of the Center for Cold War Studies at East China Normal University in Shanghai. \nThe event is free and open to the public. A brief reception will follow Prof. Shen’s presentation. \nIn this talk\, Professor Shen Zhihua discusses the surface and root\ncauses of the Sino-Soviet split. The surface causes were China’s\nshelling of Goumindang-held islands in August 1958 and its commune\nmovement of July 1959\, which revealed sharp divergences between China\nand the Soviet Union. The root causes were the fundamental\ncontradictions between internationalist ideals and the pursuit of\nnational interest\, and between the fraternal ideals and hierarchical\nreality of the Sino-Soviet relationship. These structural\ncontradictions made the Sino-Soviet split inevitable. \nShen Zhihua is Professor of History at East China Normal University\n(Shanghai\, China)\, where he also serves as Director of the Cold War\nInternational History Research Center. He is also concurrent\nprofessor at Peking University\, and honorary research fellow at the\nChinese University of Hong Kong. Professor Shen’s research interests\ninclude Cold War History\, the diplomatic history of the Soviet Union\,\nSino-Soviet relations\, and the Korean War. His books include Soviet\nExperts in China\, 1948-1960 (2nd ed.\, 2009)\, Mao Zedong\, Stalin\, and\nthe Korean War (2003)\, and An Outline History of Sino-Soviet Relations\n(2007). \nThe event is sponsored by the Center for Cold War Studies and by East Asian\nLanguages and Cultural Studies. \nhm 5/12/09 URL:https://www.history.ucsb.edu/events/precipitating-factors-and-root-causes-of-the-sino-soviet-split/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20090515T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20090515T000000 DTSTAMP:20260417T235332 CREATED:20150928T112806Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150928T112806Z UID:10001696-1242345600-1242345600@www.history.ucsb.edu SUMMARY:History Honors Colloquium DESCRIPTION:On Friday\, May 15\, the undergraduates who wrote senior theses this year will present their work at the History Honors Colloquium in HSSB 4020. The students have produced very interesting research and all interested parties are invited to attend some or all of the sessions.\nThe program is as follows: \nSession I (9:00-10:30): War and Suffrage \nAllison Fischer (Jacobson): “Shot to the Core: Vietnam Veterans and the Disintegration of American Exceptionalism”\n Discussant: Laura Kalman\nMichael Hale (Lee): “The Destruction of Poleis in the Greek World”\n Discussant: Jack Talbott\nRisa Katzen (Harris\, Miescher): “Anything to Fit in: A Comparative Study of American and South African Women’s Suffrage Movements”\n Discussant: Adrienne Edgar \nSession II (10:45-12:15): Education and Political Activism \nDamien Mimnaugh (O’Connor): “The School is Before the Church: A History of Catholic Dissent During and Following the Great School Controversy in New York\, 1840-1870”\n Discussant: Patricia Cohen\nAdrienne Minor (Daniels): “What’s Left of the Struggle: The Oakland Community School and the Black Panther Party”\n Discussant: Megan Bowman\nCraig Nelson (Westwick): “The Evolution of Environmentalism in the California Surfing Community”\n Discussant: Greg Graves \nSession III (2:00-4:00): Politics and Public Policy \nChristopher Kindell (Tutino): “ ‘Now for the Lord and our good Queene/ To fight be not afraide’: Elizabethan Propaganda and the Spanish Armada”\n Discussant: Sears McGee\nMathew Hamula (McGee): “Modernizing Medieval Medicine and the Medical Marketplace: The London Medical Establishment during the English Civil War”\n Discussant: Stefania Tutino\nCeline Purcell (Bergstrom): “STEP it Up: The Rise of Conservative Anti-Gang Legislation in California”\n Discussant: Andrea Gill\nKatyn Evenson (Woods): “Upon a Blank Slate: Reforming Public Education in Post-Katrina New Orleans”\n Discussant: Randy Bergstrom \nhm 5/11/09 URL:https://www.history.ucsb.edu/events/history-honors-colloquium/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20090516T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20090516T000000 DTSTAMP:20260417T235332 CREATED:20150928T112806Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150928T112806Z UID:10001695-1242432000-1242432000@www.history.ucsb.edu SUMMARY:Memorial Celebration for Dmitrije Djordjevic DESCRIPTION:The celebration of Dimitrije’s life will take place at Elings Park this Saturday\, May 16\, from noon to 2 p.m. in the Singleton Pavilion. Dimitrije’s wife Nan welcomes his colleagues\, friends\, and all who wish to remember his contributions to scholarship and to the UCSB History department.\nProf. Djordjevic passed away on March 5\, 2009. See our News item on his passing\, which includes a biographical sketch. \nhm 5/11/09 URL:https://www.history.ucsb.edu/events/memorial-celebration-for-dmitrije-djordjevic/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR