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  • Opening Event for Unyielding Voices: Global Resistance and the Black Radical Tradition

    UCSB Library: Special Research Collections UCSB Library, Santa Barbara, CA, United States

    UC Santa Barbara Library invites you to the opening event for Unyielding Voices: Global Resistance and the Black Radical Tradition, an exhibition documenting the life’s work of Cedric J. Robinson and Elizabeth Peters Robinson, whose seminal scholarship and activism had wide-ranging influence at UCSB, in academia, and across many public arenas. The event features a reception …

  • Inaugural Kenneth Karmiole Annual Lecture Series in Religion American Life Presents — J. Gordon Melton “On Mapping America’s Spiritual Diversity: The Origins of the American Religions Collection”

    UCSB Library: Special Research Collections UCSB Library, Santa Barbara, CA, United States

    RSVP here. Join us for UCSB Library's Inaugural Kenneth Karmiole Annual Lecture series in Religion in American Life featuring Dr. J. Gordon Melton. In 1968, Melton founded the Institute for the Study of American Religion and then donated the research library to UC Santa Barbara in 1985 providing the foundation for the American Religion Collection. Melton will shed …

  • Voices of Change: A Conversation on Postpartum Mental Health

    UCSB Library: Special Research Collections UCSB Library, Santa Barbara, CA, United States

    Join us for a conversation between long-time local activist and author Jane Honikman and historian Rachel Louise Moran (University of North Texas) on postpartum depression and parental mental health. This event celebrates the establishment of the Jane Honikman Papers at UCSB Library’s Special Research Collections and the publication of Moran’s new book, Blue: A History of Postpartum Depression in America, which draws …

  • Emeritus Excellence: A Celebration of Continued Research

    UCSB Library: Special Research Collections UCSB Library, Santa Barbara, CA, United States

    Join the UC Santa Barbara Library’s Special Research Collections for an evening featuring the continued research of four distinguished faculty emeriti — Charles Bazerman, Mario T. García, Suzanne Jill Levine, and Paul Hansma. This event is presented in partnership with the UCSB Emeriti Association. RSVP here. Please reach out to Jessica Law at jessicamlaw@ucsb.edu with any questions. This …

  • Opening Event for Readymade Emanations: Trianon Press and the Art of Tearing Apart

    UCSB Library: Special Research Collections UCSB Library, Santa Barbara, CA, United States

    UC Santa Barbara Library invites you to the opening reception of Readymade Emanations: Trianon Press and the Art of Tearing Apart, an exhibition examining the legacy of Trianon Press, a 20th century fine art publisher based in Paris founded by visionary Arnold Fawcus. Working with talented artisans, Trianon Press perfected a painstaking technique of reproducing original …

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  • The Legacy Of Pearl Chase

    UCSB Library: Special Research Collections UCSB Library, Santa Barbara, CA, United States

    Miss Chase: Santa Barbara’s Trailblazer’ Book Talk + Archive Discussion with Simon Kerry and Erin Graffy. In partnership with Santa Barbara Beautiful, join us for a special evening with British historian Simon Kerry as he discusses his new book, ‘Miss Chase: Santa Barbara’s Trailblazer. Explore materials from  the The Community Development and Conservation Collection (CDCC), also known …

  • The Redoubtable Disc Record – And Why the Format Refuses to Die

    UCSB Library: Special Research Collections UCSB Library, Santa Barbara, CA, United States

    Despite the way the Internet connects us with vast quantities of music, 43% of all albums sold in the U.S. last year were vinyl LPS. Why is this? Why is it that, today, the disc record is the only physical audio format with increasing sales? A panel of industry and audio experts explores the 130- …

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