Week of Events
Beer: From Prohibition to America’s Emblem of the Good Life?
Beer: From Prohibition to America’s Emblem of the Good Life?
UC Santa Barbara Arts and Humanities "Nature and Culture" Series at the Wine Cask Join UC Santa Barbara historian Lisa Jacobson for a spectacular Wine Cask artisan dinner and talk at the inaugural UCSB public humanities Culture and Nature Series event. For more information about the series, please click here. Thursday, October 10, 2013 6:00 […]
Namibia’s Red Line: On the History of a Fence in Southern Africa
Namibia’s Red Line: On the History of a Fence in Southern Africa
A massive fence, more than two metres high, stretching over a thousand kilometres from East to West effectively separates the southwest African region into two parts. The fence, generally known as the Red Line, is a persistent legacy of South Africa’s colonial occupation of Namibia. Its construction in the 1960s marked the end of a […]
“Something there is that doesn’t love a wall”: Border Crossings and the Imperatives of American Border Control
“Something there is that doesn’t love a wall”: Border Crossings and the Imperatives of American Border Control
Patrick Ettinger, Professor of History and Director of the Capital Campus Public History Program at CSU Sacramento, will speak about the history of the US-Mexican border in the context of popular constructions of American immigration and current policy debates. Sponsored by the UC Santa Barbara Public History Program. Lunch will be provided. jdm/10/3/13