HSSB 4020
University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA
This symposium is sponsored by the Center for Cold War Studies and International History and co-sponsored by the Department of History at the University of California, Santa Barbara in order to showcase the new and exciting work being done by UCSB graduate students on Cold War and related international history topics. The CCWS is a project of the Interdisciplinary Humanities [...]
HSSB 4020
University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA
Please join us for this year's Van Gelderen Lecture, which will feature Chris Nofziger. Chris is currently an advanced PhD candidate in Roman history under the the direction of Beth Digeser. He will be presenting his work on Athanasius of Alexandria, bishop of Alexandria from 328 to 373 CE. Athanasius was sent into exile five times by four different emperors [...]
HSSB 4020
University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA
We are so used to the idea of the royal mistress as a constituent element of the French king’s grandeur that we tend not to think about how strange it is that in Ancien Régime France nine women who were not part of the royal family exercised significant political influence. Adams suggests that the key moment in the emergence of [...]
HSSB 4020
University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA
Please join us for the first meeting of the new Colloquium on Latin American and Caribbean History as we welcome Santiago Muñoz Arbeláez, who will deliver a talk entitled "'En la frontera de los pijaos': the making of an Andean borderland in northern South America". The talk will be held in HSSB 4020 at 5 pm on Wednesday, October 4th, and [...]
HSSB 4020
University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA
Come to make connections with History Departmental faculty members! One of them could potentially become your academic mentor in future years at UCSB. You will also get to meet peers in your graduating cohort and even new friends or study buddies in the department! Learn the who`s who of UCSB History! There will be an additional half-hour of Q&A hosted [...]
HSSB 4020
University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA
Please join us for the annual Undergraduate Policy History Research Symposium hosted by the Department of History. Twelve students will present their research, followed by comments from faculty respondents. This annual event is not to be missed! A copy of the poster can be downloaded here.
HSSB 4020
University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA
Dr. Sigurdur Gylfi Magnusson, Professor of Cultural History at the University of Iceland and a Visiting Scholar all this year in the UCSB History Department, will give a talk May 22, at noon in HSSB 4020. Dr. Magnusson brings us an expert's interpretation of two major aspects of current European historical writing: life writing and microhistory. He will discuss the [...]
HSSB 4020
University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA
Please join us for the annual Senior Honors Research Colloquium hosted by the Department of History. Twelve senior honors students will present their research, followed by comments from faculty respondents. Refreshments will be served, beginning at 8:45 a.m.
HSSB 4020
University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA
Fernando Bryce’s upcoming public lecture, “Drawing Twentieth-Century History: The World in Flames” to take place Friday, April 7th in HSSB 4020 starting at 3 pm, is part of the yearlong new interdisciplinary graduate workshop “Theoretical Perspectives on War, Political Violence, Nationalism and the State” (History 291) in the History Department. After the formal talk (3:00-4:30) and a coffee break, Bryce will stay for one more [...]