Glenn Penny, “Unbinding German History”
6275 Bunche Hall"Unbinding German History" Glenn Penny February 24, 2020, 4:00pm | Bunche Hall 6275
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Stephen G. Gross, “Germany in the Age of Oil and Atoms: Price Wars and the Politics of Energy, 1950-1980”
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
Aro Velmet, “Pasteur’s Empire: Bacteriology and Politics in France, Its Colonies, and the World”
5288 Bunche HallAro Velmet, University of Southern California “Pasteur’s Empire: Bacteriology and Politics in France, Its Colonies, and the World” March 2, 2020, 4:00pm | Bunche Hall 5288
Marques Vestal: “Tenant Lessons on Rent and Housing in a Time of War: WWII Rent Control in Los Angeles, 1942-1950”
6339 Bunche"Tenant Lessons on Rent and Housing in a Time of War: WWII Rent Control in Los Angeles, 1942-1950" Marques Vestal (UCLA) March 4, 2020, 4:00pm | Bunche Hall 6339
“The Right to Vote Then and Now: A Symposium on the 100th Anniversary of the Ratification of the Woman Suffrage Amendment”
Royce 314"The Right to Vote Then and Now: A Symposium on the 100th Anniversary of the Ratification of the Woman Suffrage Amendment" March 8, 2020, 1:00pm-4:00pm | Royce Hall 314
Otniel Dror, “Supra-Maximal Super-Pleasure”
6275 Bunche HallOtniel 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 […]
Marjan Wardaki, “Knowledge-Migrants at Empire’s Dusk: Education, Technology, and Scientific Knowledge between Berlin, Bombay, and Kabul, 1921-1960”
6275 Bunche Hall"Knowledge-Migrants at Empire's Dusk: Education, Technology, and Scientific Knowledge between Berlin, Bombay, and Kabul, 1921-1960" Marjan Wardaki March 10, 2020, 2:00pm - 4:00p.m. | Bunche Hall 6275
Event Cancelled – “Kings and Slaves: Diplomacy, Sovereignty, and Black Subjectivity in the Early Modern World”
6275 Bunche HallPlease note that this event has been cancelled. Atlantic History Speaker Series Presents Herman Bennett "Kings and Slaves: Diplomacy, Sovereignty, and Black Subjectivity in the Early Modern World" Thursday, March 12 12:00PM - 1:30PM History Conference Room, 6275 Bunche
Deborah Coen, “Climate Change and the Enigma of Usable Knowledge”
5288 Bunche HallDeborah 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 […]
Corinna Treitel, “Alternative Modernities in the German Past: Occultism, Natural Diets, and the Urge to Health” – POSTPONED/CANCELLED
6275 Bunche HallCorinna Treitel "Alternative Modernities in the German Past: Occultism, Natural Diets, and the Urge to Health" Postponed/Cancelled
Frank Biess, “German Angst: Fear and Democracy in Postwar Germany” – POSTPONED/CANCELLED
6275 Bunche HallFrank Biess “German Angst: Fear and Democracy in Postwar Germany” Postponed/Cancelled
Animals, Agency, and Slaving in the Atlantic World
Atlantic History Presents Animal Slavery Conference April 23, 2020 10:00AM - 4:30PM Zoom Link - https://ucla.zoom.us/j/856588866
