A Concrete History of Abstraction: Explaining the Emergence of Civic Equality in Eighteenth-Century France William Sewell Professor Emeritus of Political Science and History The University of Chicago Thursday, October 10, 2019 4-6pm Bunche 6275 One of the most important changes introduced by the French Revolution was the codification of civic equality as a fundamental right. […]
Greg Woolf Candidate for Mellor Chair "Alien Metropolis: Migration, Cosmopolitanism and the City of Rome" October 15, 4pm Bunche 6275 Greg Woolf taught at Oxford and at the University of St Andrews. In 2015, he become Director of the Institute of Classical Studies, University of London. Woolf is a cultural historian with broad interests in […]
Jaimie Crumley’s research explores black freedom in antebellum America as seen through the lives and writings of black Christian women. She focuses on women who taught and lectured in Boston, Philadelphia, New York, Washington, D.C. and England. These women provide insight into the role of Christian spirituality in shaping freedom for black women. Their histories underscore the complexities […]
History of Science, Medicine, and Technology Fall 2019 Colloquium All talks are held in Bunche 5288 at 4pm unless otherwise noted. October 21: Sari Siegel, Cedars Sinai Program in History of Medicine and UCLA “The Recruitment and Activities of Jewish Prisoner-Physicians During the Holocaust”
History of Science, Medicine, and Technology Fall 2019 Colloquium All talks are held in Bunche 5288 at 4pm unless otherwise noted. October 28: Vivien Hamilton, Harvey Mudd College “Competing Virtues of Measurement: Physics, Medicine and Quantification in Early X-ray Therapy” For more information about the History of Science, Medicine, and Technology graduate field, click here.
The Los Angeles Division of the Academic Senate of the University of California cordially invites you to attend the 127th UCLA FACULTY RESEARCH LECTURE “Gifts of the Storyteller” to be given by Brenda E. Stevenson Nickoll Family Endowed Chair Professor, Departments of History and African American Studies Wednesday, October 30, 2019 Lecture at 3:00 p.m. […]
“Turkey’s War against Syria’s Kurds: A Regional and International Crisis” Panel Discussion by Professor Asli Bali (UCLA Law) and Professor James Gelvin (UCLA History) Thursday, October 31, 2019 12:00pm-2:00pm Bunche Hall 6275 In the aftermath of Donald Trump’s order withdrawing American troops from northern Syria, where they had been stationed in the war against ISIS, […]
History of Science, Medicine, and Technology Fall 2019 Colloquium All talks are held in Bunche 5288 at 4pm unless otherwise noted. John Krige, Georgia Institute of Technology and Caltech “Some Challenges of Writing Transnational History of Science and Technology” For more information about the History of Science, Medicine, and Technology graduate field, click here.
Charles E. Young Research Library, Main Conference Room
Carla Pestana Chair and Professor Joyce Appleby Endowed Chair of America in the World UCLA Department of History invites you to attend WHY HISTORY MATTERS Perspectives on Academic Freedom: Then and Now a panel discussion featuring Toby Higbie Professor UCLA Department of History Constance Penley Professor UCSB Film and Media Studies moderated by Michael Meranze Professor […]
Graduate students from the southern UC campuses in the history of science and allied fields will present papers over the course of the day. Anyone interested is welcome to attend. If you would like lunch, kindly RSVP to ucsocalhistsci@gmail.com.
Atlantic History Speaker Series Presents Manuel Covo UCSB, History "The Entrepôt of Atlantic Revolutions. The French Colony of Saint-Domingue and Commercial Republicanism". Thursday, November 14 12:00PM - 1:30PM History Reading Room, 6265 Bunche Hall
History of Science, Medicine, and Technology Fall 2019 Colloquium All talks are held in Bunche 5288 at 4pm unless otherwise noted. November 18: Scottie Buehler, UCLA “Religion and Ecclesiastical Practices of Midwifery Education in Eighteenth-century France” For more information about the History of Science, Medicine, and Technology graduate field, click here.
