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

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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

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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

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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 […]

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 […]

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