History of Science Colloquium: Theodore Porter (UCLA) “Democracy Counts: On Sacred and Debased Numbers”

Nov. 2, 2020, 4:00pm, PST Theodore Porter (UCLA), "Democracy Counts: Sacred and Debased numbers" Commentary by Amir Alexander (UCLA) The Trump Administration's systematic rejection of accurate numbers in such domains as public health and the census is of a piece with Trump's denial of the possibility of fair elections. Taken seriously, it comes down to […]

Marissa Jenrich, “‘Like a Crow on Carrion’: Black Women’s Resistance to Police Power in New York City, 1861-1880”

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Marissa's article highlights the complex relationship between black women and New York City police in the years between the founding of the municipal force in 1845 and the officer-driven race riot that punctuated the turn of the twentieth century. It considers how shifts in police power, departmental structure, and jurisdiction altered the lives of women of color […]

History of Science Colloquium: Celebration of Soraya de Chadarevian

Fall 2020 Colloquium Schedule November 16, 2020 | 4:00pm Book Event: Presentation and celebration of Soraya de Chadarevian, Heredity under the Microscope: Chromosomes and the Study of the Human Genome (University of Chicago Press, 2020) Discussants: Ted Porter (UCLA) and Iris Clever (University of Chicago) A copy of the introduction and epilogue of Heredity under the Microscope will be […]

Thabisile Griffin, “Black Militias in the Era of Revolutions: Politics, Race and Labor”

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November 19, 2020 12:30 - 2:00 pm Thabisile Griffin, PhD Candidate, UCLA "Black Militias in the Era of Revolutions: Politics, Race and Labor" From 1781 to 1790, the British Caribbean military and colonial administrators struggled with renegotiating their racial truth systems - through a recalibration of defense. The last two decades of the century were […]

History of Science Colloquium: Taylor Moore (UCSB): “Tracing the Magical Rhinoceros Horn in Egypt: A Decolonial Materialist History”

Fall 2020 Colloquium Schedule We will meet on zoom from 4-5 pm. RSVP links will be circulated with the announcements for the individual talks. Nov 23 Registration: https://ucla.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYsdeGurzIqGtxldiJYGsO0ROwIFjd72WeD  Taylor Moore (UCSB): “Tracing the Magical Rhinoceros Horn in Egypt: A Decolonial Materialist History” Co-sponsored by the European History Colloquium Can emancipatory, decolonial histories be extracted from objects collected […]

History of Science Colloquium: Claire Gherini (Cedars-Sinai Postdoctoral Fellow)

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Fall 2020 Colloquium Schedule We will meet on zoom from 4-5 pm. RSVP links will be circulated with the announcements for the individual talks. Nov 30 Registration: https://ucla.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMldumtpz0sEtPww5ISb-MGdBajvEwO8SZP Claire Gherini (Cedars-Sinai Postdoctoral Fellow), “Slavery’s Medicine: Making Medical Knowledge from the Garrison to the Plantation in the British Caribbean, 1763-1807”

Brian J. Griffith, “Contesting the National Beverage: Wine, Beer, and the Battle over ‘Foreign’ Tastes and Habits in Interwar Italy”

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Speaker: Brian J. Griffith, Eugen and Jacqueline Weber Post-Doctoral Scholar in European History Title: “Contesting the National Beverage: Wine, Beer, and the Battle over ‘Foreign’ Tastes and Habits in Interwar Italy” The recording can now be found here: https://fb.watch/26uKXr920X/. Brief Abstract: "This paper analyzes the struggles between the Italian winemaking and brewing industries over the shaping of bourgeois Italian […]

Fateful Elections: Perspectives on Presidential Transitions

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Video Recording of this Event -------------------------- Carla Pestana Chair and Professor Joyce Appleby Endowed Chair of America in the World UCLA Department of History invites you to attend Fateful Elections: Perspectives on Presidential Transitions a panel discussion featuring MARGARET O'MARA Howard & Frances Keller Endowed Professor of History, University of Washington JOAN WAUGH Professor Emeritus, UCLA […]

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