Otniel Dror, “Supra-Maximal Super-Pleasure”

6275 Bunche Hall

Otniel Dror, Hebrew University and UCLA Institute for Society and Genetics “Supra-Maximal Super-Pleasure” This talk presents the discovery of a new post-World War II “supramaximal” “super-pleasure” region in the brain (of laboratory rats). This discovery of an instantaneously-produced insatiable self-perpetuating super-pleasure captured the imagination of contemporaries and of generations to come. It inaugurated a major transformation […]

Deborah Coen, “Climate Change and the Enigma of Usable Knowledge”

5288 Bunche Hall

Deborah Coen, Yale University “Climate Change and the Enigma of Usable Knowledge” One of the most pressing challenges for historians of science today is to explain the failure of scientific knowledge of anthropogenic climate change to motivate timely action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. To date explanations have focused on such factors as the role […]

The Early Modern Global Caribbean

Atlantic History Presents The Early Modern Global Caribbean A Virtual Conference at The Huntington Library September 18, 2020 9:00AM For the conference schedule, please click here.

Why History Matters – Reckoning With Our Rights: The Legacy of Voter Access in California

Live streaming via Zoom

The event recording is now available on YouTube: https://youtu.be/WQ8KoVdi3No Carla Pestana Chair and Professor Joyce Appleby Endowed Chair of America in the World UCLA Department of History & The UCLA Luskin Center for History and Policy invite you to attend Why History Matters Reckoning With Our Rights: The Legacy of Voter Access in California a panel discussion […]

CMRS Conference: Varallo and the Sacri Monti of Northwestern Italy

Zoom

CMRS Conference Varallo and the Sacri Monti of Northwestern Italy Thursday-Friday, October 29-30, 2020 9 am–12 pm Pacific Time   This conference, organized by Geoffrey Symcox (History, UCLA), explores the history and extraordinary art of the Sacri Monti and highlights the contributions of young scholars to this new field of research. The cluster of pilgrimage […]

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