UC Santa Barbara scholar’s book examines how Mormons survived an effort to destroy their religion and became a force in the West
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Scholar examines Afro-Atlantic rituals of trance possession, connection to the divine, relevance to LGBTQ identities
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Ruth Hellier-Tinoco examines idea of rememory, body as archive, in performances of La Máquina de Teatro
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UC Santa Barbara scholar’s third collection of poems reflects a world teetering on the abyss
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Music scholar’s essay collection explores the nexus of environmental and cultural sustainability
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Collection of essays co-edited by professor examines the legacy of influential Cuban journal Orígenes
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Scholar's meticulous biography of Alain Locke earns the 2019 Pulitzer Prize
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A scholar’s book examines the extraordinary lives of the original Siamese twins, Chang and Eng Bunker
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In his new book, English scholar Alan Liu examines the sense of history in the digital age
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Global studies scholar explores the interplay of science and the environment in neoliberal Chile
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Anthology of Latino speculative fiction co-edited by English scholar Ben Olguin wins an American Book Award
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UCSB scholar and co-authors examine China’s drive to become the world leader in technological innovation
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A biography of Father Luis Olivares illuminates the birth of the sanctuary movement in Los Angeles
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Jane De Hart, history professor emerita, publishes first “full-life” biography of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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A new book documents the political, cultural transformations brought by the 1911 Revolution in China
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A scholar examines the jarring 18th-century transition from manuscript letters to print media
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Scholar’s book delves into the messy history of immigration and the law in the United States
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A new book examines the history and evolution of bathing in Mexico, from pre-Columbian times to the present
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Scholar Eileen Boris co-edits new book examining the place of women in global labor policies
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Professor Swati Chattopadhyay is honored for a lifetime of achievement in the study of architectural history
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A UCSB scholar will explore the apparent falling out of seminal sociologists Max Weber and W.E.B Du Bois
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In a new book, a historian examines how Christian theology shaped scientific ideas about race
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Historian’s new book examines how Japanese tourists helped to create and sustain the Japanese Empire
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Anthropologists examine the roles of games among ancient indigenous peoples of North America
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Historian’s new book examines the role of autopsy in the canonization process of the 16th and 17th centuries
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Scholar is lauded by the American Political Science Association for her book highlighting race, gender and political leadership
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A book edited by a UCSB scholar takes a fresh look at the emergence of Native American Mississippian civilization
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A UCSB scholar traces tea’s journey across the globe as a commodity and a tool of the British Empire
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UCSB scholar’s book explores how Japan has long used children to validate war and sentimentalize peace
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UCSB scholar’s book examines hunger strikes by Latino activists on three California campuses in the 1990s
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UCSB scholar co-authors book for using Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy with anxious children and adolescents
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UCSB scholar Francisco Lomelí shepherds publication of two books and a magazine
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UCSB professor delves into the current state of the global Hollywood labor market in a new book
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UCSB scholar’s book argues for a new approach to dealing with troubled Latino youths
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A UCSB scholar explores the plight of educated Pakistani women who emigrate to Canada and find unemployment and poverty
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Scholar Jorge Luis Castillo receives PEN Club award for a volume of short stories
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English scholar Swati Rana receives NEH grant to support writing of first book
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Political scientist Pei-te Lien provides a comprehensive survey of women, men of color elected to public office
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Scholar Elizabeth Peréz examines the key role of food preparation in Black Atlantic religions
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A UCSB scholar’s book examines the presidential election through the lens of psychoanalysis
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A new book by a UCSB historian examines U.S. relations with Arabs and the Middle East in the 1970s
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Female ceramists of the postwar era laid the groundwork for today’s avant-garde artists, according to UCSB art historian
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A new book co-edited by a UCSB scholar examines the eclectic science that emerged from the counterculture
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A new book co-edited by a UCSB scholar examines the ancient tradition of laments for fallen cities
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UCSB historian solves 17th-century case of The Man in the Iron Mask
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Decades into the career she was born for, the awards and honors keep coming for UC Santa Barbara historian Leila Rupp
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UCSB scholar creates the first book series outside Japan on the Shinto tradition
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A new book by a UCSB scholar explores the massacre of a Hopi village in 1700
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A UCSB historian’s new book reveals the role of music in the subjugation and liberation of African culture
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In a new book, UCSB’s Giles Gunn examines the evolution of global ethics — and of his own thinking
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A new book by a UCSB historian traces the bright and fuzzy lines of race in America
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UCSB anthropologist Lynn Gamble’s new book reveals the historic and cultural depth of the ‘First Coastal Californians’
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A new book co-authored by a UCSB researcher details how the Maya have farmed sustainably and survived for millennia
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A new book by UC Santa Barbara scholars explores the impact of globalization on religions around the world
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A new book by a UC Santa Barbara scholar explores the meaning of hope amid environmental struggles in the Pacific Ocean
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A UCSB researcher’s book on Spanish-language radio earns both awards and a place in the national conversation
