Greg Woolf, "Alien Metropolis: Migration, Cosmopolitanism and the City of Rome"
2019-10-15 16:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | 6275 Bunche Hall
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 the Roman Empire and Classical Antiquity in general. He has published on imperialism, on the ancient economy, on ethnographic writing and on European prehistory, and has edited volumes on ancient libraries, on literary, on women’s history in antiquity, and on the city of Rome. Most recently he has been writing on long term questions about evolution, urbanism and ecology.

Jaimie D. Crumley - "Freedom Feelings: Womanism, Black Feminism, and The Politics of Black Women’s Liberation"
2019-10-18 12:00 | 6275 Bunche Hall
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 of race, gender, sexuality, and religiosity in antebellum United States. Her paper will be emailed a week in advance to members of the History of Women, Men, and Sexuality working group.
To RSVP or be added to the listserv, please email Rebeca Martinez: rmartnz165@g.ucla.edu.

Sari Siegel, “The Recruitment and Activities of Jewish Prisoner-Physicians During the Holocaust”
2019-10-21 16:00 | 5288 Bunche Hall
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”

Vivien Hamilton, “Competing Virtues of Measurement: Physics, Medicine and Quantification in Early X-ray Therapy”
2019-10-28 16:00 | 5288 Bunche Hall
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.

127th UCLA Faculty Research Lecture - Brenda Stevenson, "Gifts of the Storyteller"
2019-10-30 15:00 | Schoenberg Hall, UCLA Schoenberg Music Building
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.
Schoenberg Hall, UCLA Schoenberg Music Building
Reception immediately following
RSVP for the reception by Wednesday, October 23, 2019
Click here to RSVP
Inquiries: (310) 794-3272
uclarsvp@specialevents.ucla.edu
Additional Information:

Faculty Research Lecturer Recipients
News Release: https://history.ucla.edu/news/brenda-stevenson-named-university%E2%80%99s-127th-faculty-research-lecturer

Asli Bali and James Gelvin, "Turkey's War Against Syria's Kurds: A Regional and International Crisis"
2019-10-31 12:00 - 14:00 | 6275 Bunche Hall
“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, Turkey invaded, ostensibly to clear Syrian Kurds from the Syrian/Turkish border. The panel will discuss the origins of the crisis and its ramifications.
RSVP here

John Krige, “Some Challenges of Writing Transnational History of Science and Technology”
2019-11-04 16:00 | 5288 Bunche Hall
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.

Why History Matters - Perspectives on Academic Freedom: Then and Now
2019-11-04 19:00 | 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
UCLA Department of History
Monday, November 4, 2019
7:00 p.m.
Charles E. Young Research Library, Main Conference room
Click here to RSVP
Self-pay parking available in Structure 3

About the Why History Matters series: The UCLA Department of History is proud to present the series “Why History Matters.” The series is dedicated to the belief that historical knowledge is an indispensable, and often missing, ingredient in public debate. Over the course of the year, “Why History Matters” events will bring historians into conversation with prominent public officials and personalities on issues of contemporary relevance.

Additional Links:
Campus in Crisis: The Cold War Conflict Over Academic Freedom at UCLA – A Digital Exhibit from Prof. Meranze’s Spring 2019 97D course.

2019 UC SoCal History of Science Graduate Seminar
2019-11-09 10:30 - 15:30 | 6275 Bunche Hall
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.

Manuel Covo, "The Entrepôt of Atlantic Revolutions. The French Colony of Saint-Domingue and Commercial Republicanism"
2019-11-14 12:00 - 13:30 | 6275 Bunche Hall
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

Scottie Buehler, “Religion and Ecclesiastical Practices of Midwifery Education in Eighteenth-century France”
2019-11-18 16:00 | 5288 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.

Comparing the Histories of China and India: A Round Table
2019-11-19 14:00 - 17:00 | 6275 Bunche Hall
“Comparing the Histories of China and India: A Round Table”
Participants: Richard von Glahn (UCLA), Arash Khazeni (Pomona College), Sanjay Subrahmanyam (UCLA) and R. Bin Wong (UCLA).
Open to the public

Vivien Hamilton “Competing Virtues of Measurement: Physics, Medicine and Quantification in Early X-ray Therapy”
2019-11-25 16:00 | 5288 Bunche Hall
History of Science, Medicine, and Technology
Fall 2019 Colloquium
All talks are held in Bunche 5288 at 4pm unless otherwise noted.
November 25: Vivien Hamilton, UCLA
“Competing Virtues of Measurement: Physics, Medicine and Quantification in Early X-ray Therapy”
Abstract
Very soon after the discovery of x-rays in 1895, enthusiastic doctors began to use the new radiation to treat cancer and various skin diseases. This early period of x-ray therapy has often been portrayed as chaotic and exploratory, largely because there were so many different methods for measuring a dose of x-rays. In the usual story, the chaos was contained and progress was made possible when the international radiological community settled on a standard unit of measurement, the röntgen, in 1928. This unit was strongly preferred by the physicists working in the x-ray community, who dismissed the methods preferred by their medical colleagues as rough and inadequate. Rather than accepting this judgment, this talk will ask us to look more closely at the ways in which x-rays were being measured in clinical spaces prior to 1928, arguing that physicists and doctors evaluated the same measuring practices so differently because each group desired something quite different from the act of measurement. For physicists, the key virtues of quantitative measurement were precision and standardization, while doctors desired accuracy and repeatability within their own practice. The physicists’ vision ultimately won, demonstrating that close collaboration between experts from different disciplines does not always result in compromise or mutual transformation. In this case, the physicists’ values played an increasingly large role in shaping the emerging culture of radiology

Lisa Mignone, “Rome's War Goddess: religious imperialism and self-preservation”
2020-01-09 16:00 | 6275 Bunche Hall
Lisa Mignone
New York University
Candidate for Ronald J. Mellor Chair of Ancient History
“Rome’s War Goddess: religious imperialism and self-preservation”
January 9, 2020, 4pm
6275 Bunche

Christopher Clark, "The Age of Freehold: Land, Farming, and American Empire"
2020-01-15 16:00 | 6275 Bunche Hall
US ColloquiumChristopher Clark, University of Connecticut”
The Age of Freehold: Land, Farming, and American Empire”
January 15, 4 pm, 6275 Bunche

Kittiya Lee, "Dressed to Impress: the Tupi sovereign body in Pero Vaz de Caminha's 1500 Letter from Brazil"
2020-01-23 12:00 - 13:30 | 6275 Bunche Hall
Atlantic History Speaker Series Presents
Kittiya Lee
CSULA, History
“Dressed to Impress: The Boundaries of Friendship and the Tupi Sovereign Body in Pero Vaz de Caminha’s 1500 Letter from Brazil”
Thursday, January 23
12:00PM – 1:30PM
History Conference Room, 6275 Bunche Hall

Open House at Luskin Center for History and Policy
2020-01-24 13:00 - 15:00 | 6339 Bunche
Open House at Luskin Center for History and Policy to explore research project on American soft power in the Middle East
January 24, 1-3 pm | Bunche 6339

Margaret O'Mara (University of Washington): "The Code: Silicon Valley and the Remaking of America"
2020-01-30 14:00 - 16:00 | 6275 Bunche Hall
“The Code: Silicon Valley and the Remaking of America”
Margaret O’Mara (University of Washington)
January 30, 2020, 2:00pm-4:00pm | Bunche Hall 6275

Tyler Kynn, “The Seasonality of Ottoman Power: Pilgrims and Imperial Patronage Networks in Early Modern Mecca and Medina”
2020-01-30 16:00 | 6275 Bunche Hall
Candidate lecture (Early Modern Ottoman History) by Tyler Kynn
“The Seasonality of Ottoman Power: Pilgrims and Imperial Patronage Networks in Early Modern Mecca and Medina”
January 30, 2020 at 4 pm, 6275 Bunche Hall

Dr. Maria Todorova, "Imagining Utopia: The Lost World of Socialists at Europe’s Margins"
2020-01-30 16:00 - 18:00
“Imagining Utopia: The Lost World of Socialists at Europe’s Margins”
a Talk by Dr. Maria Todorova
Gutgsell Professor of History and Center for Advanced Study Professor at
the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Presented by the UCLA Department of History’s European Colloquium

Thursday, January 30, 2020, 4-6PM
UCLA Faculty Center, Sierra Room

Truth and Nonviolence in Post-Truth Times: An International Conference on Mohandas Gandhi
2020-01-30 16:30
Day 1: Thursday, January 30 begins 4:30 PM at Ackerman Union, Viewpoint Room
Day 2: Friday, January 31 begins 9:30 AM at YRL Main Conference Room
Day 3: Saturday, February 1 begins 9:30 at YRL Main Conference Room
Day 4: Sunday, February 2 begins 9:30 at Royce 314
For more information and details, please refer to the attached flyer.

Lukas Rieppel, “Assembling the Dinosaur”
2020-02-03 16:00 | 5288 Bunche Hall
Lukas Rieppel, Brown University
“Assembling the Dinosaur”
Dinosaur fossils were first found in England, but a series of late-nineteenth-century discoveries in the American West turned the United States into a world center for vertebrate paleontology. Around the same time, the United States also emerged as an economic powerhouse of global proportions, and large, fierce, and spectacular creatures like Tyrannosaurus, Brontosaurus, and Triceratops became powerful emblems of American capitalism. Tracing the links among dinosaurs, capitalism, and culture during this era, Lukas Rieppel reveals how these giant reptiles became intertwined with commercial culture, philanthropic interests, and the popular imagination during America’s long Gilded Age.

February 3, 2020, 4:00pm | 5288 Bunche Hall

Governor Michael Dukakis (Northeastern): "How the U.S Killed Iranian Democracy – and Dealing with the Consequences"
2020-02-04 12:00 - 14:00 | 6275 Bunche Hall
“How the U.S Killed Iranian Democracy – and Dealing with the Consequences”
Governor Michael Dukakis (Northeastern)
February 4, 2020, 12:00pm-2:00pm | Bunche 6275

Akif Yerlioglu, "New Remedies in Early Modern Ottoman Medicine: Some from the New World, Some from Tombs"
2020-02-05 16:00 | 6275 Bunche Hall
Candidate lecture (Early Modern Ottoman History) by Akif Yerlioglu
February 5, 2020 at 4 pm, 6275 Bunche Hall

Choon Hwee Koh: “The Sublime Post: A History of Empire and Power through the Ottoman Postal System”
2020-02-12 16:00 | 6275 Bunche Hall
Candidate lecture (Early Modern Ottoman History) by Choon Hwee Koh
“The Sublime Post: A History of Empire and Power through the Ottoman Postal System”
February 12, 2020 at 4 pm, 6275 Bunche Hall

Thabisile Griffin, "Ann Barramont's Petition to Sell: Property Struggles and Colonial Insecurity in 18th Century St. Vincent"
2020-02-13 12:00 - 13:30 | 6275 Bunche Hall
Atlantic History Speaker Series Presents
Thabisile Griffin
UCLA History
Ann Barramont’s Petition to Sell: Property Struggles and Colonial Insecurity in 18th Century St. Vincent
Thursday, February 13
12:00PM – 1:30PM
6275 Bunche Hall

“Japanese American Reparations: History And Community in Addressing Past and Present Injustices” Panel
2020-02-13 17:00 - 19:00 | 6275 Bunche Hall
Panel with Valerie Matsumoto (UCLA), Richard Katsuda (NCRR), Kathy Nishimoto Masaoka (NCRR), Traci Kato-Kiriyama (Tuesday Night Project), Glen Kuo Kitayama (Teacher at LAUSD)

"Women's Vote: Past, Present and Future"
2020-02-18 12:00 | 6275 Bunche Hall
History of Women, Men & Sexuality Group presents
Ellen Carol Dubois, ” Women’s Vote: Past, Present and Future”
A book talk to commemorate 100 years of the 19th Amendment

Glenn Penny, “Unbinding German History”
2020-02-24 16:00 | 6275 Bunche Hall
“Unbinding German History”
Glenn Penny
February 24, 2020, 4:00pm | Bunche Hall 6275

Stephen G. Gross, “Germany in the Age of Oil and Atoms: Price Wars and the Politics of Energy, 1950-1980”
2020-02-27 16:00 | 6275 Bunche Hall
“Germany in the Age of Oil and Atoms: Capital, Price Wars, and the Politics of Energy, 1950-1980”
Stephen G. Gross
February 27, 2020, 4:00pm | Bunche Hall 6275
