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Sarah Case and Norah Kassner have curated a UCSB Library exhibition about UCSB forerunner Anna Blake Normal School, which runs until Dec. 20, 2018. See this Aug. 7 UCSB Current […]

“Analyzing Culture with Google Books: Is It Social Science?” OPINION: Discovering fun facts by graphing terms found among the 5 million volumes of the Google Books project sure is amusing […]

“Just before a chilly dawn in the autumn of 1700, shadowy figures slipped into the Hopi town of Awat’ovi through a gate that could only have been left unguarded by […]

Then heckler calls Pres. Obama “Antichrist” & interviews follow On Sept. 25, 2011 prof. Matthew Sutton (Washington State U; UCSB Ph.D 2005), author of a book on “the Resurrection of […]

Reporter finds UCSB prof. poring over newly released documents.Update Dec. 8: Prof. Lichtenstein commentary on CNN. CNN, Dec. 8, 2008: “Chicago factory sit-in fits nation’s mood,” by Nelson Lichtenstein and […]

The 1969 Santa Barbara oil spill that changed oil and gas exploration forever On Wednesday, May 20, 2015, over 100,000 gallons of oil gushed from an underground pipeline north of […]

“Wal-Mart’s Authoritarian Culture” — About the US Supreme Court’s decision not to allow a class action suit MONDAY’S Supreme Court decision to block a class-action sex-discrimination lawsuit against Wal-Mart was […]

President Janet Napolitano and the Chancellors of the University of California on Jan. 29 issued the following statement: We are deeply concerned by the recent executive order that restricts the […]

Listen to his interview on the PRI syndicated show, accompanied by Thomas Mapfumo’s music. UCSB History professor Mhoze Chikowero recently completed the first of two books based on his PhD […]

Contributes to UCSB’s 2013-14 Critical Issues in America Series on “The Great Society at 50.” Prof. Alice O’Connor, an expert on poverty and U.S. social policy, appeared on NPR’s Marketplace […]

She provides historical perspective and a prediction. Ex-Benedict: Pope Gives Two Weeks’ Notice By Nick Welsh When Pope Benedict XVI announced this week he was resigning from the Chair of […]

“How to make Occupy catch on: To build a fairer economy, we need to reclaim time-tested progressive narratives.” The article begins: “Were history a guide to today’s politics, progressives would […]

Professor Hilary Bernstein was recently interviewed by Faculti on her article, “L’histoire urbaine et l’histoire des lignages en débat”. The video can be found following this link or by clicking […]

“UCSB Historian Examines Ford, Carter Presidencies and the Rise of Conservatism” (Santa Barbara, Calif.) –– It was the decade of disco music, mood rings, and leisure suits. Oil and energy […]

The research of Dr. Nicole Archambeau, a 2009 PhD graduate and Assistant Professor at Colorado State University, has been featured in CSU’s Liberal Arts Magazine. Read her reflections on “Surviving an […]

https://player.vimeo.com/video/203019545 From The Current: UC Santa Barbara’s Public History Ph.D. program, the nation’s first, prepares students for careers outside academia   (Santa Barbara, Calif.) — Anne Petersen realized as an undergraduate […]

Majewski to speak at exhibition on Lincoln and the Civil War. CSU-Channel Islands to host Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War Traveling Exhibition Read More:https://archive.vcstar.com/news/exhibit-explores-lincolns-presidency-ep-363029435-351946301.html/ jwil 26.ix.2012

In addition to the latest US News & World Report rankings, updates link to Times Higher Education and Washington Monthly‘s rankings —————— Update 12/9/10: edhat.com: “UCSB in Citation Leader.” Update […]

Opinion piece drawn from McCray’s forthcoming book Prof. Patrick McCray recently wrote an opinion piece for CNN about the novel ways in which the United States is pursuing spaceflight capability […]

Interactive Campus Memorial for Victims of Isla Vista Killings UC SB’s only on-campus memorial wall honors victims of IV killings By Sara Bush, News-Press Correspondent hm 7/21/14

The new National Research Council study puts our program squarely among the very best in the nation. Update Sept. 14, 2011: US News & World Report ranked UCSB as the […]

It was featured on NPR’s Fresh Air and reviewed in the New York Times and Los Angeles Times, among other places. In July 2009, Prof. Lichtenstein’s The Retail Revolution: How […]

What lessons can we draw from the Great Depression for the Great Recession? What We Can Learn From E. Wight Bakke: Recovery without jobs is no recovery. As part of […]

“Confederate Monuments Always Embodied a White Heritage of Hate” in Haaretz, Aug. 17, 2017 The coupling of neo-Nazism with neo-Confederate hate displayed in Charlottesville has helped strip away the thin […]

“Why did Japan surrender? Sixty-six years ago, we dropped a nuclear bomb on Hiroshima. Now, some historians say that’s not what ended the war.” Boston Globe, Aug. 7, 2011 An […]

Historical comparison of tactics used to resist desegregation and Affordable Care Act OP-ED Obamacare: New fight, old tactics Opponents of the healthcare law are following in the footsteps of Southern […]

We are happy to announce a brand-new study space in HSSB is now available for student use! Through a collaborative effort between the History Department, HASC, the History Club @ […]

Santa Barbara’s newsweekly The Independent reports that UCSB History alumna Monica Orozco, previously director of the Mission’s archive and library, will soon become the institution’s first lay director. For the full […]

Lee’s lecture series for Great Courses on DVD prompts interviewer to seek him out. Bill Buschel of Hellenic Public Radio in New York City wanted to learn more about the […]

She provides insight on Victorian shopping culture. In a new Bloomberg View piece, Prof. Rappaport offers scholarly insight on the development of shopping culture in 19th and 20th century Great […]

Op-ed on “The Myth of Nuclear Necessity” references Hasegawa’s research. In December 2012 the BBC’s National Geographic Channel aired a program: “Nagasaki: the Forgotten Bomb,” in its series titled, “Seconds […]

Professor Nelson Lichtenstein was featured in a WalletHub piece about the best and worst cities for jobs in California. He was part of a panel of experts who was asked […]

His latest Op-Ed provides historical perspective on the Affordable Care Act (“Obamacare”). For the full text of the Op-Ed, click here. Nelson Lichtenstein is MacArthur Foundation Professor in History at […]