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Historian Tsuyoshi Hasegawa writes definitive account of the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II

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First Mahsa Amini fellow begins doctoral program in religious studies
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Leveraging social psychology to overcome barriers to climate action
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Black Studies Professor Sabrina Strings

How the romantic institution props-up a racialized dating landscape
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Jeffrey C. Stewart

Historian Jeffrey Stewart elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences for his work in the visual arts
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Professor Jigna Desai, director of UCSB's Center for Feminist Futures

Center for Feminist Futures: A commitment to liberatory knowledge and action
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‘In the Shadow of the Seawall’ tackles coastal land use dilemmas in the age of sea level rise
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Expert on contemporary Chinese capitalism to speak at East Asia Center
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Simona Pilolla

Embracing single life: Love, intimacy and family beyond the couple
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Is housing a human right?
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History doctoral candidate Kristen Thomas-McGill on Jeopardy

Jeopardy winner and doctoral candidate Kristen Thomas-McGill examines the history of child sexual abuse, celebrity and public memory
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Jean Beaman, associate professor of sociology

Black Lives Matter in France – Ethnographer Jean Beaman reads transnational connections for Black liberation
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Ingrid Banks, associate professor of Black studies

‘The College Board really didn’t know the history of Black studies’
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