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European Renaissance painting of Black woman blowing bubble gum in a gold frame on a blue wall with highlighted images of other Black Renaissance figures
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Connecting the past to the present, the documentary "We Were Here" sparks conversations about representation, belonging and historical memory.

Europe’s hidden Black Africans of the Renaissance

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New Book by Historian Explores Labor Politics and the Conservative Right

History and Environmental Studies Scholar Receives Harold J. Plous Award

UCSB History Scholar Translates and Interprets Ancient Chinese Legal Texts
Nelson Lichtenstein

UCSB Historian Nelson Lichtenstein to Receive Sol Stetin Award for Labor History

UCSB History Associates Talk to Look at the Science of Surfing

Tom Hayden to Speak at UCSB Conference Examining the Port Huron Statement

UCSB Special Collections Exhibit Traces the Origins of the Modern Bible

New Book by UCSB Historian Examines Cold War in East Asia

UCSB Critical Issues Conference Explores Marriage and Alternatives

Exhibition, Talks at UCSB Focus on Reagan and Lincoln Presidencies

UCSB Historian to Give Faculty Research Lecture on the Use of Atomic Bombs and Lessons of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

The Rise of Conservatism
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