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  • Labor and Capitalism in Modern Egypt: Wages in a Sugar Factory, 1847-1904

    HSSB 4080 4080 Humanities and Social Sciences Building, UC Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, United States

    This paper contributes to the global history of capitalism in rural contexts, examining the impact of agro-industrial mechanization on wages in African rural communities through a case study of a sugar factory in 19th-century Egypt. Utilizing approximately fifty wage registers from the Rawda factory in Middle Egypt, dating from 1849 to 1903 and now preserved […]

  • Ambition on the Road: Getting Ahead in Arabic Travel Writing

    HSSB 4080 4080 Humanities and Social Sciences Building, UC Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, United States

    Monday, Feb 2, 2026 | 04:00 PM Location HSSB 4080 A Syrian merchant known as the ʿAṭṭār set out on a new road in 1765. When he began to write about his journey, he did so with specific aim and purpose: success, prestige, and merit. A few years earlier, in 1758, a Maronite Christian by […]

  • History and Political Economy

    HSSB 4080 4080 Humanities and Social Sciences Building, UC Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, United States

    The colloquium offers a forum for open, substantive discussions on how to approach political economy from a historical perspective; how to grapple with and benefit from the epistemological diversity surrounding political economy; and how a historical take on political economy can help contextualize and address urgent contemporary issues– at UCSB, in Santa Barbara/Southern California, in […]

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    Gender and Sexualities Colloquium

    Gender + Sexualities Cluster Colloquium with Dr. Luke Roberts

    HSSB 4080 4080 Humanities and Social Sciences Building, UC Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, United States

    Join us at the first Gender and Sexualities Research Colloquium to discuss Dr. Luke Robert's paper, "Mori Nao Divorces Her Samurai Husband  and His Family Puts Him in a Cage."  The paper is an introduction to a forthcoming book that explores marriage and gender roles in the samurai class in early nineteenth century Japan.  A […]

  • Flyer for Pizza the Past on May 24 from 11-1PM in HSSB 4080

    Pizza The Past

    HSSB 4080 4080 Humanities and Social Sciences Building, UC Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, United States

    HISTORY MAJORS: Professors Erika Rappaport, Utathya Chattopadhyaya, and Jarett Henderson are members of a History Department Committee that is examining the experience of our undergraduate students in the History Major at UCSB.    As a first step, they would like to invite you to join us on Wednesday, 24 May 2023, between 11 AM and […]

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  • Book Launch: ENTREPÔT OF REVOLUTIONS by Manuel Covo

    Book Launch: ENTREPÔT OF REVOLUTIONS by Manuel Covo

    HSSB 4080 4080 Humanities and Social Sciences Building, UC Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, United States

    We are delighted to announce the launch of Manuel Covo's recently published, prize-winning monograph, Entrepôt of Revolutions: Saint-Domingue, Commercial Sovereignty, and the French-American Alliance, which will take place on Friday, April 14th, from 5-7 pm in HSSB 4080. 

  • Flyer for "History and Political Economy Colloquium" on April 7 from 12-1:50PM in HSSB 4080
    Colloquium on History and Political Economy

    History and Political Economy Colloquium with Dr. Utathya Chattopadhyaya | “Intoxication and Political Economy”

    HSSB 4080 4080 Humanities and Social Sciences Building, UC Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, United States

    We are excited to announce the fourth session of the History Department’s colloquium on history and political economy. The colloquium offers a forum for open, substantive discussions on how to approach political economy from a historical perspective; how to grapple with and benefit from the epistemological diversity surrounding political economy; and how a historical take […]

  • Colloquium on History and Political Economy

    History and Political Economy Colloquium with Dr. Giuliana Perrone | “Abolition and Capitalism” | Feb 24, 12 PM | HSSB 4080

    HSSB 4080 4080 Humanities and Social Sciences Building, UC Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, United States

    The colloquium offers a forum for open, substantive discussions on how to approach political economy from a historical perspective; how to grapple with and benefit from the epistemological diversity surrounding political economy; and how a historical take on political economy can help contextualize and address urgent contemporary issues– at UCSB, in Santa Barbara/Southern California, in […]