Week of Events
The Bankers Strike Back: The Anglo-American and Anglo-Canadian Financial Agreements of 1945-1946
The Bankers Strike Back: The Anglo-American and Anglo-Canadian Financial Agreements of 1945-1946
The commodities and markets research group will meet again on Monday, May 18, from 11-noon in HSSB 4020 to discuss George Fujii's paper "The Bankers Strike Back: The Anglo-American and Anglo-Canadian Financial Agreements of 1945-1946." George will provide a brief introduction to his work, which is part of his dissertation, but we will devote most […]
Declarations of Dependence: Labor, Personhood, and Welfare in South Africa and Beyond
Declarations of Dependence: Labor, Personhood, and Welfare in South Africa and Beyond
JAMES FERGUSON is Chair of the Department of Anthropology, Stanford University South Africa has in recent decades gone through a wrenching transformation from a labor-scarce society to a labor-surplus one. Labor scarcity through most of the 19th and 20th centuries led to forms of social solidarity and social personhood that had significant continuities with the […]
Edward Teller the Communist? American Scientists and the National Security State during the Cold War (4PM in McCune Room; 6th Floor HSSB)
Edward Teller the Communist? American Scientists and the National Security State during the Cold War (4PM in McCune Room; 6th Floor HSSB)
The recent release of the FBI files on Edward Teller has revealed the bureau's suspicion and investigation of the "father" of the American hydrogen bomb as a possible communist. Almost certainly the result of a mistaken identity, the FBI's case on Teller, one of the most outspoken anti-communist Hungarian-American scientists, nevertheless sheds lights on the […]
Alone, Unattended and Unexplained: American Lenses and Mexican Subjects in the Borderlands, 1930-1945
Alone, Unattended and Unexplained: American Lenses and Mexican Subjects in the Borderlands, 1930-1945
This presentation discusses the ambivalent attitudes of U.S. photographers regarding Mexican/Chicano subjects in the 1930-40s Borderlands. It analyzes the ways in which meaning was constructed in the visual representations of Mexican Nationals and Mexican American subjects in the United States, while incorporating the historical context of public policies regarding the presence of worker of Mexican […]
The Stones of Famagusta: The Story of a Forgotten City
The Stones of Famagusta: The Story of a Forgotten City
The Mediterranean Research Focus Group of the IHC and the Medieval Studies Program present “The Stones of Famagusta: The Story of a Forgotten City” followed by a discussion with the director, writer, and presenter Allan Langdale of UC Santa Cruz. The film and discussion will be from 4-6pm in HSSB 6020. In the film art […]