Professor Ursula Mahlendorf, Professor Emerita of the Department of Germanic, Slavic and Semitic Studies and a founder of the Feminist Studies Department at UCSB, will offer a reading from her memoir published this spring about her childhood in Silesia and her early adolescent membership in the Hitler Youth. Publisher's Weekly calls it "An eye-opening, honest […]

The Orfalea Center for Global & International Studies presents "The global history of wax prints and its implications on female dress in urban South Ghana" Silvia Ruschak Global History Working Group University of Vienna WHEN: Thursday, June 4, 2009 -- 12:00 WHERE: Orfalea Center seminar Room, 1005 Robertson Gym This presentation will focus on the […]

It's that time again! The end of the year history department BBQ is Friday, June 5, from 4-6 pm at Stow Grove Park, 580 La Patera Lane, Goleta. We will provide hamburgers, hot dogs, veggie burgers, buns, and non-alcoholic beverages. There is a sign-up sheet on the mail room door. It would be great if […]

This talk is based on Schwoch's book Global TV: New Media and The Cold War which examines the relationship of global television, diplomacy, and new electronic communications media. Beginning with the Allied occupation of Germany in 1946 and ending with the 1969 Apollo moon landing, this book explores major developments in global media, including the […]