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Joined November 2014
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Join the IHC Research Focus Group Sustainability and the New Human's discussion about narratives of crisis in postcolonial Calcutta with PhD candidate Somak Mukherjee on February 22 at 5pm PST! Read more and register here: ihc.ucsb.edu/event/research-…
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COVID-19 in Santa Barbara County continues to spread at an alarming rate, and public health officials expect to see high case rates continue through January. No-cost testing by appointment is available to all #UCSB students through the winter quarter. ow.ly/xFrY50D5QBp
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Book giveaway starts today!
BOOK GIVEAWAY: UCSB students can come by the @UCSBbookstore between 11 AM - 1 PM next week (Jan. 11-15) to pick up a free copy of the #UCSBReads2021 pick, "When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir." We look forward to reading with you!
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.@CenterUCSB is presenting journalist and author Ta-Nehisi Coates, who will speak this Tuesday at 5 p.m. via Zoom as part of the UCSB Arts and Lectures series Race to Justice. Ta-Nehisi is a MacArthur Fellow and author of the National Book Award-winning Between the World and Me.
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Reminder for UCSB faculty and graduate students: Applications are due Friday, January 15 for the IHC's Visual, Performing, and Media Arts Award and Graduate Collaborative Award. Visit ihc.ucsb.edu/research-suppor… for complete award details and application instructions.
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Be sure to join us Wednesday at 11:30 AM for "Amulet Tales: Political and Spiritual Economies of Healing in Egypt" by Taylor M. Moore [@tibbalrukka], a University of California President's Postdoctoral Fellow in the @UCSBHistory Department. Details here: facebook.com/events/21894623…
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BOOK GIVEAWAY: UCSB students can come by the @UCSBbookstore between 11 AM - 1 PM next week (Jan. 11-15) to pick up a free copy of the #UCSBReads2021 pick, "When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir." We look forward to reading with you!
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Read Ruth Ben-Ghiat's thoughts on recent events, Trump, and the authoritarian playbook: nbcnews.to/2LzbFYd. Ben-Ghiat will be joining the IHC on Thursday, Feb. 11 @ 4 PM. Learn more and register now for, "Strongmen: From Mussolini to Trump." bit.ly/Ben-Ghiat-IHC
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Grad students can now submit a video to enter the 2021 Virtual Grand Slam, the award-winning competition for the best three-minute talk by a grad student. The deadline is Feb. 2. @UCSBChE’s George Degen won UCSB’s last Grad Slam in 2019. Visit gradpost.ucsb.edu/grad-slam/…
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Join us this Thursday for a virtual discussion with some of the people behind the effort to find and preserve some of the earliest sound recordings. Register here: ucsb.zoom.us/meeting/registe…
Welcome back, Gauchos! Application deadlines are approaching, so visit our Peer and Regional advisors if you have any questions! 🗒️
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Gauchos! #UCSBReads2021 kicks off next week with a giveaway of this year's selection, "When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir." Stop by @UCSBbookstore between 11 AM - 1 PM Jan. 11-15 to pick up a free copy. More info: library.ucsb.edu/events-exhi…
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We are excited to announce the Imagining Futures Speaker Series. Click to learn more: bit.ly/3pL3iZd
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Join us to hear from Professor Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky (Global Studies, UCSB) about the Refugee Regime in the Ottoman Middle East. Sergey Salushchev (PhD Candidate, History, UCSB) is our discussant. cmes.ucsb.edu/events/hamed-t…
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The collection itself entitled, Fluid Matter(s), is a transnational study of bodily fluids in social, cultural contexts in Asia and Europe from the classical through modern times. Seriously awesome, @ANU_Press. Check it out below. press-files.anu.edu.au/downl… 2/2
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A new, campus-wide collaboration between #UCSB's Grad Division and multiple deans, the Racial Justice Fellowship Program aims to attract and retain a diverse student body committed to research that focuses on the pursuit and attainment of social justice. ow.ly/hp1250C0By1
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The IHC recently launched a new forum featuring articles on a range of topics written by IHC Public Humanities Graduate Fellows. Read now at ihc.ucsb.edu/public-humaniti….
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Announcing Race to Justice, a year-long, in-depth look at systemic racism. RTJ begins this month with a suite of virtual events created exclusively for UCSB Arts & Lectures that can be purchased by anyone, anywhere. Head to our website to learn more!
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📅 Mark your calendars for the UCEAP Study Abroad Fair October 29 10am-6pm Interested in enhancing your UC education with study abroad? Learn more about UCEAP and discover programs for your major, timing, and budget. #studyabroad #UCEAP Register here: uceap.universityofcalifornia…
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David Baillargeon (Ph.D. 2018) has published “Imperium in Imperio”: The Corporation, Mining, & Governance in British Southeast Asia, 1900–30" in Enterprise & Society. He has recently joined @UTAHistoryDept as an Assistant Prof. 👏Congrats👏 #FridayFocUS cambridge.org/core/journals/…