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YouTube video by UC Davis Women's History Month 2026

Happy Women's History Month! LeShelle May & Lisa G. Materson, professor of history, invite the #ucdavis community to celebrate & recognize women's stories. Understanding these stories transforms how we look at the past and lead into the future. youtu.be/Lsn9A8IhSQw?...
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The The California Aggie was on the beat for the History Department's annual Lunn Memorial Lecture with @anneapplebaum.bsky.social on February 9!
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Come hear Pulitzer prize-winning historian and #ucdavis alum Kathleen Duval speak next Wednesday, Feb. 25!

Power, Politics and Violence in the U.S. For this edition of Books of the Month, as protests and political divides continue to disrupt lives across the U.S., we’ve selected books that grapple with these issues, telling stories of both surviv...

Books by Professor Greg Downs and Professor Lisa Materson feature on @ucdlands.bsky.social Books of the Month. Particularly timely to our present moment.
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A Conversation on American Grammar with Jarvis Givens Lecture and Reception Free and Open to the Public - please reserve your spot here

TOMORROW! Professor Givens will be in conversation with UC Davis Associate Professor Lawrence T. Winn of the School of Education. Reception begins at 5:30. history.ucdavis.edu/events/jarvi...

Acting President Dr. Traci Parker delivered the keynote address at Bloomington's annual MLK celebration where she highlighted the work of Coretta Scott King.

Watch the recording here: catstv.net/m.php?q=15421
And a full write-up can be found here: bsquarebulletin.com/bloomin...

Bloomington MLK celebration highlights Coretta Scott’s activism and unfinished work At Bloomington’s MLK celebration Jan. 19, UC Davis historian Traci Parker urged the audience to see Coretta Scott King as a central architect of the movement, not simply MLK’s widow. The program also ...

Professor Traci Parker gave the keynote address at Bloomington's annual MLK celebration. She "described described Coretta Scott King as a central architect of the Black freedom struggle, not merely the widow of Martin Luther King Jr." bsquarebulletin.com/bloomington-...

Resource Spotlight: Celebrating Freedom and Black History Month In 1949, President Harry Truman declared February 1 as National Freedom Day, commemorating the day in 1865 that Abraham Lincoln signed a resolution proposing a Constitutional amendment prohibiting sla...

Celebrating Freedom and Black History Month.
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YouTube video by History UCDavis Eugene Lunn Memorial Lecture 2025-26: Anne Applebaum - Autocracy Inc. -- or Democrats United?

The 2026 Eugene Lunn lecture was standing room only! Watch compelling lecture by @anneapplebaum.bsky.social here! youtu.be/Jw4vHtIYG38?...

How Federal Immigration Enforcement Violence in Minneapolis Echoes U.S. History Federal immigration enforcement in Minneapolis is part of a larger history of government violence against citizens and non-citizens alike. However, today’s technology, rhetoric and legal tensions are ...

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Historians Must Reclaim AHA (opinion) Two recent vetoes by the association’s governing council raise the question of who defines what counts as “history.”

This Op-Ed by Professor Stacy Fahrenthold grapples with the question: "Who determines what counts as history?"
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History UCDavis on Instagram: "Join us for a powerful evening as Pulitzer Prize–winning historian and journalist Anne Applebaum delivers the 2026 Eugene Lunn Memorial Lecture at UC Davis. From financ... 1,437 likes, 12 comments - history.ucdavis on February 1, 2026: "Join us for a powerful evening as Pulitzer Prize–winning historian and journalist Anne Applebaum delivers the 2026 Eugene Lunn Memorial...

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Professor Stacy Fahrenthold will speak at the UC Berkeley Palestinian & Arab Studies Program on Tuesday, February 10, for a public lecture titled “Unmentionables: Textiles, Garment Work, and the Syrian American Working Class.”

The annual Eugene Lunn Memorial Lecture will be delivered by Pulitzer prize-winning historian and journalist @anneapplebaum.bsky.social on Monday, February 9, 2026 from 4-6 pm at the Manetti Shrem Art Museum. The event (including reception) is free and open to the public.

Just show up!

2025-26 Lunn Lecture: Anne Applebaum Autocracy Inc. -- or Democrats United?Free and Open to the Public. Reception to follow.

A recording of @anneapplebaum.bsky.social 's talk will be posted here: history.ucdavis.edu/events/2025-...

No tickets necessary. Free and open to the public!

Yes, free and open to the public!

If you are in Davis on 9 February, please come!

The ADL Could Focus on America’s Biggest Driver of Antisemitism. Instead, It’s Obsessed with Mamdani. - Joshua Shanes Copy Link Share Share Comment Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. On January 1, Zohran Mamdani wi...

In light of the firebombing of Beth Israel Synagogue in Jackson, Mississippi, last night, this recent op ed by Professor Joshua Shanes is a particularly timely read: qoshe.com/slate/joshua...

Jan. 6 and the Long Shadow of Civil War- and Reconstruction-Era Political Violence Two days after the January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, we...

On the 5-year anniversary of Jan 6, 2021 read the 2022 report by Greg Downs and Kate Masur to the congressional committee investigating the attack. "Our Fragile Democracy: Political Violence, White Supremacy, and Disenfranchisement in American History.”
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Her talk, “Autocracy, Inc. — or Democrats United?” is based on her most recent book, the bestselling “Autocracy, Inc.” (2025). Check out this clip of Applebaum on the David Frum Show for a preview and be sure to come to the Lunn Lecture on February 9!

The annual Eugene Lunn Memorial Lecture will be delivered by Pulitzer prize-winning historian and journalist @anneapplebaum.bsky.social on Monday, February 9, 2026 from 4-6 pm at the Manetti Shrem Art Museum. The event (including reception) is free and open to the public.

Her talk, "Autocracy, Inc. — or Democrats United?" is based on her most recent book, the bestselling "Autocracy, Inc." (2025).
Check out this clip for a preview and be sure to come to the Lunn Lecture on February 9!

The annual Eugene Lunn Memorial Lecture will be delivered by Pulitzer prize-winning historian and journalist Anne Applebaum on Monday, February 9, 2026 from 4-6 pm at the Manetti Shrem Art Museum. The event (including reception) is free and open to the public.

Professor Ali Anooshahr discussed his new book _Slavery in the Early Mughal World: The Life and Thoughts of Jahar Aftabachi (1520s-1580s)_ on the New Books Network. Have a listen! newbooksnetwork.com/slavery-in-t...

Teaching Middle Eastern and Arab American History in a Time of Active Conflict The violence that erupted in Gaza in 2023 changed the political climate of teaching the Middle East in schools across the U.S. The UC Davis California History-Social Science Project has released new materials that teachers everywhere can use to confiden...

As classrooms confront challenging questions about global events, @history-ucdavis.bsky.social scholars are providing resources that foster critical thinking, nuance, and meaningful discussion.

Read more at the @ucdavis.bsky.social Letters and Science Magazine:

Unmentionables | Stanford University Press As weavers, garment workers, and peddlers, Syrian immigrants in the Americas fed the early twentieth-century transnational textile trade. These migrants and the commodities they produced—silk, linen, ...

Her book, “Unmentionables: Textiles, Garment Work, and the Syrian American Working Class” was published by Stanford University Press.
Find the book at the link below:
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Congratulations to Professor Stacy Fahrenthold, the 2025 winner of The Nikki Keddie Book Award! Given by the Middle East Studies Association of North America, the award recognizes outstanding scholarly work in the area of religion, revolution, and/or society in the Middle East.