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BODIES POLITIC TALK: A DARK CAST: DISABILITY, BLACKFACE, AND FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
Dr. Rhae Lynn Barnes will draw from her national bestseller Darkology to explore disability, presidential power, and racial masquerade.
11/19, 4-6 PM, 6020 HSSB, UCSB
bit.ly/Barnes-IHC
Important reminder!
🚨 Faculty Funding Opportunities 🚨
UCSB faculty can apply for fellowships and grants to support collaborative, interdisciplinary projects.
Apply by Monday, 11/16!
Learn more and apply: ihc.ucsb.edu/research-suppor…
Thank you to the UCSB students who stepped up to receive training as interpreters for parent-teacher conferences in our local schools. For more information on this program, visit this link: ihc.ucsb.edu/public-humaniti….
Thank you to Dr. Edward Polanco, and everyone who joined us for his talk, A-Maizing Nahua Healers: Colonial Attacks on Indigenous Healers in Early Modern Central Mexico.
Learn about UCHRI funding opportunities on 11/17 from 11:30am-1pm at 6020 HSSB. For more information, visit this link: ihc.ucsb.edu/event/uc-humani…. RSVP for this meeting and lunch with UCHRI Director Dr. Jaimey Fisher by emailing Paige Waite at [email protected].
Thank you to Dr. Marion Nestle, Evan Kleiman, and everyone who joined us for their talk, Food and the Body: The Politics of What We Eat. Their discussion explored the intersection of food, corporate power, public health, and how political forces shape what ends up on our plates.
Join us for a dialogue between Jeffrey Hoelle (Anthropology) and David Pellow (Environmental Studies) about Hoelle’s new book, Cultivated: Plants, Hair, and the Aesthetic of Control.
11/12, 4-5:30 pm
McCune Conference Room, 6020 HSSB, UCSB
ihc.ucsb.edu/event/humanitie…
BODIES POLITIC TALK: A-MAIZING NAHUA HEALERS: COLONIAL ATTACKS ON INDIGENOUS HEALERS IN EARLY MODERN CENTRAL MEXICO
11/5, 4-6 PM, 6020 Humanities and Social Sciences Building (HSSB), UCSB
Free event - no registration or tickets needed.
bit.ly/Polanco-IHC
BODIES POLITIC TALK: FOOD AND THE BODY: THE POLITICS OF WHAT WE EAT
10/29, 4-6 PM, 6020 Humanities and Social Sciences Building (HSSB) at UC Santa Barbara
Free event - no registration or tickets needed.
Learn more: bit.ly/Nestle-Kleiman-IHC
We are grateful to Chancellor and Mrs. Assanis and Dean Berry for visiting our Open House and helping us inaugurate our 2026-27 programming year. Visit our website for more information: ihc.ucsb.edu/.
Read more about our Finding Fiesta exhibit in The Current: news.ucsb.edu/2026/022852/yo…. The exhibit is open 12–4 p.m., Thursday-Sunday, and runs through 10/25, at Casa de la Guerra. Thanks to @sbthp and @ucsblibrary and those who participated in creating artwork for this event.
RESEARCH FOCUS GROUP TALK: OUTSIDE THE BOX
The Global Childhood Media RFG invites you to a talk by Meredith A. Bak about cardboard in contemporary children’s culture.
2/5, 3 PM | 3145 SSMS
Learn more: ihc.ucsb.edu/event/research-…
KEY PASSAGES TALK: ANTIDOTES TO AGEISM IN THE ANTHROPOCENE
Join us for a talk by Kathleen Woodward that considers new models of aging from the human and natural worlds that can enable us to eliminate the toxin of ageism.
2/6, 4 PM | 6020 HSSB
Learn more:
bit.ly/Woodward-IHC
TODAY!
KEY PASSAGES TALK: SUBJECT OR OBJECTS? KEY PASSAGES BETWEEN THINGS AND HUMANS
Join us for a talk by Professor Claudio Benzecry on how and when humans and things become objects or subjects.
1/30, 4 PM | 6020 HSSB
Learn more:
ihc.ucsb.edu/event/subject-o…
Public Humanities Graduate Fellow Cypris Roalsvig tells the IHC about their work with the Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation as a Public Engagement Fellow.
Read the interview here: ihc.ucsb.edu/interview-with-…
RECORDING AVAILABLE
Watch or listen to the November 21 discussion between William Davies King and Jessica Nakamura about King’s new book, Finding the Way to ‘Long Day’s Journey Into Night.'
ihc.ucsb.edu/event/humanitie…
Join the IHC for an information session to learn more about the Public Humanities Graduate Fellows Program this week!
Tuesday 1/28, 4PM-5PM | 6020 HSSB
Wednesday 1/29, 11AM-12PM | 6020 HSSB
ihc.ucsb.edu/event/informati…
KEY PASSAGES TALK: SUBJECT OR OBJECTS? KEY PASSAGES BETWEEN THINGS AND HUMANS
Join us for a talk by Professor Claudio Benzecry on how and when humans and things become objects or subjects.
1/30, 4 PM | 6020 HSSB
Learn more:
ihc.ucsb.edu/event/subject-o…
Ph.D. students and faculty working on innovative research and projects can apply by February 3 for support from the UC Humanities Research Institute @UCHRInews
Learn more: uchri.org/grants/