Everyone is welcome to the next installment of the History of Science, Medicine, and Technology Colloquium Series. Moorpark College Professor, Joshua McGuffie, will be presenting “Mountains of Capital: Private Power Production in the Sierra Nevada.” Over the course of 1905, the Nevada Power, Mining and Milling Company constructed a hydroelectric power system on Bishop […]
This workshop is designed for students embarking on their honors theses to meet fellow researchers, hear from students who recently finished their theses successfully, and learn how to kick off their project successfully. Lunch provided.
We are pleased to announce that the next UCLA European History Colloquium will be held on Wednesday, April 22, at 5pm in Bunche 10383 and on Zoom. Please note the new location! Lauren Stokes, Associate Professor of History at Northwestern University, will be joining us to speak on “The Jet Age in Eight Passengers.”
Everyone is welcome to the next installment of the History of Science, Medicine, and Technology Colloquium Series. UCLA’s Ethan Mefford, will be presenting “Tīrs, the Moroccan chernozem: soils, epistemologies and empires (1900-1930)” In 1900, as European empires eyed Morocco, a dark soil known locally as tīrs created a sensation among European observers, sparking commentaries on […]
Unfortunately, we had to cancel the event for 4/30. It will be rescheduled soon. Mandie Nuanes, Graduate Student, Department of History, UCLA Presentation: “Visualizing Place: Constructing the Caribbean through Postcards, 1900-1930s” Discussant: José Luis Passos, Professor, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, UCLA. This event has been canceled!
Join us for a talk of the 2026 Weber Book Prize awardee Catherine Tatiana Dunlop about her winning book The Mistral: A Windswept History of Modern France (University of Chicago Press, 2024). A recording of the lecture can be watched here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNsnuPMydIk.
Paula Findlen, Professor of History at Stanford University, will be joining us to speak on “A Paper World: Urbano Monte’s Global Renaissance.” More information, including the abstract, can be found on the attached flyer and below. Event Details: Title: A Paper World: Urbano Monte’s Global Renaissance Date: Wednesday, May 6th Time: 5:00PM (PDT) Location: […]
Everyone is welcome to the next installment of the History of Science, Medicine, and Technology Colloquium Series. Huntington Library’s Molina Curator for the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences, Joel Klein, will be presenting “Curatorial Life and the Lives of Objects: Early Science and Medicine at The Huntington Library.” This talk explores the range […]
