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-WR-CALNAME:Department of History, UC Santa Barbara 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:20091109T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20091109T000000 DTSTAMP:20260419T232146 CREATED:20150928T112811Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150928T112811Z UID:10001606-1257724800-1257724800@www.history.ucsb.edu SUMMARY:The Taste of the Enemy: Food and Warfare in Asia\, 1937-1953 DESCRIPTION:Dr. Katarzyna Cwiertka is Europe’s premier expert on food culture in modern Japan. She is the author of three books\, including Modern Japanese Cuisine: Food\, Power and National Identity\, Kaiseki Recipes: Secrets of Japanese Cuisine\, and Asian Food: the Global and the Local. Along with the landscape\, climate and language\, food constitutes the most immediate articulation of the unfamiliar for soldiers fighting on a foreign soil. By tracing subsistence channels of the Japanese\, American and Korean forces\, this talk seeks to identify the relationships that developed during the 1940s and early 1950s between the military and the civilian populations.\nSponsored by the IHC’s Food Studies RFG\, the IHC’s East Asian Cultures RFG\, the East Asia Center\, the Dept. of East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies\, the History Dept. and the IHC. \njwil 03.xi.2009 URL:https://www.history.ucsb.edu/events/the-taste-of-the-enemy-food-and-warfare-in-asia-1937-1953/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20091109T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20091109T000000 DTSTAMP:20260419T232146 CREATED:20150928T112811Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150928T112811Z UID:10001604-1257724800-1257724800@www.history.ucsb.edu SUMMARY:A Nuclear Winter's Tale: Science and Politics in the 1980s DESCRIPTION:The Center for Science in Society and the Center for Cold War Studies and International History (CCWS) are jointly hosting this event in the Lawrence\nBadash Distinguished Lecture Series. \nLawrence Badash\, professor emeritus of the history of science at UCSB\, will talk about his new book\, A NUCLEAR WINTER’S TALE: SCIENCE AND POLITICS IN THE 1980s\, published by MIT Press. Fuller descriptions of the book and the author are appended below. \nAfter making his presentation\, Prof. Badash will lead a discussion.\nFor this purpose he has kindly made available the first chapter of the\nbook\, which all attendees are invited to read in advance. The chapter\nhas been uploaded to the Web and is available via the following url: \nhttp://www.history.ucsb.edu/projects/ccws/papers/\nPlease contact the CCWS for the\nLogin:\nPassword: \nAbout the Book: \nThe nuclear winter phenomenon burst upon the public’s consciousness in\n1983. Added to the horror of a nuclear war’s immediate effects was the\nfear that the smoke from fires ignited by the explosions would block\nthe sun\, creating an extended “winter” that might kill more people\nworldwide than the initial nuclear strikes. In A NUCLEAR WINTER’S\nTALE\, Lawrence Badash maps the rise and fall of the science of nuclear\nwinter\, examining research activity\, the popularization of the\nconcept\, and the Reagan-era politics that combined to influence policy\nand public opinion. \nBadash traces the several sciences (including studies of volcanic\neruptions\, ozone depletion\, and dinosaur extinction) that merged to\nallow computer modeling of nuclear winter and its development as a\nscientific specialty. He places this in the political context of the\nReagan years\, discussing congressional interest\, media attention\, the\nadministration’s plans for a research program\, and the Defense\nDepartment’s claims that the arms buildup underway would prevent\nnuclear war\, and thus nuclear winter. \nA NUCLEAR WINTER’S TALE tells an important story but also provides a\nuseful illustration of the complex relationship between science and\nsociety. It examines the behavior of scientists in the public arena\nand in the scientific community\, and raises questions about the\nproblems faced by scientific Cassandras\, the implications when\nscientists go public with worst-case scenarios\, and the timing of\ngovernment reaction to startling scientific findings. \nAbout the Author: \nLawrence Badash is Professor Emeritus of History of Science at the\nUniversity of California\, Santa Barbara. He is author and co-author of\nnumerous books and articles on the history of science and technology\,\nincluding KAPITZA\, RUTHERFORD\, AND THE KREMLIN (1985) and SCIENTISTS\nAND THE DEVELOPMENT OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS: FROM FISSION TO THE LIMITED\nTEST BAN TREATY\, 1939-1963 (1995). \nhm 11/3/09 URL:https://www.history.ucsb.edu/events/a-nuclear-winters-tale-science-and-politics-in-the-1980s/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20091110T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20091110T000000 DTSTAMP:20260419T232146 CREATED:20150928T112810Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150928T112810Z UID:10001736-1257811200-1257811200@www.history.ucsb.edu SUMMARY:Learning the Lessons of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill DESCRIPTION:The 2009-10 Critical Issues in American topic is “Forty Years after the Big Spill – Looking Back\, Looking Ahead: 21st Century Environmental Challenges\nin a Global Context.” Led by Dehlsen Professor of Environmental Studies\nWilliam Freudenberg and supported by Water Policy Program Director Robert\nWilkinson\, the program references an historical benchmark – for the campus\nas well as the nation – and addresses a breadth of environmental challenges\nfor the 21st century with a strong\, interdisciplinary group of core faculty\nand key collaborators. \nRiki Ott is the author of:\nNot One Drop – Betrayal and Courage in the Wake of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill\nThis book illustrates in stirring fashion the oil industry’s 20-year trail of pollution and deception that lead to the tragic 1989 spill and delves deep into the disruption to the fishing community for the next 10 years. \nSound Truth & Corporate Myth$ – The Legacy of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill\nThis book exposes oil as a human and environmental health hazard\, based on stories of key witnesses and participants in the environmental tragedy that struck Prince William Sound in 1989. 2005 finalist for the Benjamin Franklin Book Award in Science and Environment. \nhm 10/4/09 URL:https://www.history.ucsb.edu/events/learning-the-lessons-of-the-exxon-valdez-oil-spill/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20091111T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20091111T000000 DTSTAMP:20260419T232146 CREATED:20150928T112810Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150928T112810Z UID:10001750-1257897600-1257897600@www.history.ucsb.edu SUMMARY:Film screening "The Promise" (1995) DESCRIPTION:East Berlin\, 1961: shortly after the Berlin Wall goes up\, four friends make a daring escape while one remains behind. For the next 28 years (until 1989) they try to meet …\nDirected by Margarethe von Trotta\, 115 mins. \nhm 10/27/09 URL:https://www.history.ucsb.edu/events/film-screening-the-promise-1995/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20091112T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20091112T000000 DTSTAMP:20260419T232146 CREATED:20150928T112811Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150928T112811Z UID:10001599-1257984000-1257984000@www.history.ucsb.edu SUMMARY:‘Galileo\, the Universe\, and God': UCSB Science and Humanities Faculty to Discuss Legacy of Galileo and his Astronomical Discoveries DESCRIPTION:The intersection between religion and science and Galileo’s scientific and intellectual legacies will be the subject of “Galileo\, the Universe\, and God\,” an interdisciplinary event organized by a group of UC Santa Barbara science and humanities faculty that will take place on Thursday\, November 12\, at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. The event\, which is open to the public\, also celebrates the International Year of Astronomy\, designated by the United Nations and the International Astronomical Union to commemorate Galileo’s first telescopic discoveries in 1609. It will feature a theatrical performance and presentations on history\, art\, and the future of astronomy\, including current developments in telescopes connected to the University of California and UCSB.\n“Galileo\, the Universe\, and God” was conceived by Tommaso Treu\, associate professor of physics and an astronomer\, and Stefania Tutino\, associate professor of religious studies and of history\, in collaboration with Jon Snyder\, professor of Italian studies. \nTo put the contemporary telescopes in historical perspective\, history professor Patrick McCray will discuss the history of the telescope. Complementing the presentations on history and astronomy will be discussions of Renaissance art\, by Robert Williams; and the literary value of Galileo’s writing\, by Snyder. One of the highlights of the evening will be a performance of scenes from Bertolt Brecht’s “Galileo” by Irwin Appel\, actor\, director\, and professor of theater. \nTickets to the event\, which begins at 7 p.m.\, are $8 for museum members and $10 for non-members\, and are on sale at the museum\, 2559 Puesta del Sol\, Santa Barbara\, or online at www.sbnature.org. URL:https://www.history.ucsb.edu/events/galileo-the-universe-and-god-ucsb-science-and-humanities-faculty-to-discuss-legacy-of-galileo-and-his-astronomical-discoveries/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20091113T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20091113T000000 DTSTAMP:20260419T232146 CREATED:20150928T112808Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150928T112808Z UID:10001716-1258070400-1258070400@www.history.ucsb.edu SUMMARY:Festschrift presentation in honor of Prof. Humphreys DESCRIPTION:On October 13\, 2007\, thirteen of Professor R. Stephen Humphreys’ former graduate students at the University of Chicago\, the University of Wisconsin\, Madison\, and the University of California\, Santa Barbara delivered papers at a Festschrift conference in his honor at the College of St. Benedict in St. Joseph\, Minnesota.\nThe papers from the conference have been edited by Jim Lindsay (Wisconsin\, 1994) and Jon Armajani (UCSB\, 1998)\, and will be published in Historical Dimensions of Islam: Essays in Honor of R. Stephen Humphreys (Princeton: Darwin Press\, Fall 2009). (publisher’s book page). \nAfter opening comments from the editors\, the Festschrift participants and members of Steve’s family who are in attendance will be invited to speak. After those remarks\, Prof. Humphreys will offer some concluding comments. \nThe 6 contributors who have indicated they will be coming are: \n1. Jon Armajani (College of St. Benedict) \n2. Anna Bigelow (North Carolina State) \n3. Linda Darling (University of Arizona) \n4. Rachel Howes (California State-Northridge) \n5. Jim Lindsay (Colorado State) \n6. Nancy Stockdale (University of North Texas) \nWe will conclude with a formal presentation of the Festschrift to Prof. Humphreys. \nWe hope to see many of you at the Festschrift presentation ceremony! \nJames E. Lindsay\nAssociate Professor of Middle East History\nDepartment of History\nColorado State University\nFort Collins\, CO 80523-1776 \nhm 8/30/09\, 10/14/09 URL:https://www.history.ucsb.edu/events/festschrift-presentation-in-honor-of-prof-humphreys/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR