History
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Trump’s pardon of an ex-Honduran president is shocking. So is the history of US support for him
Dana Frank, research professor and professor emerita of history, wrote an opinion article about the recent pardon of Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández and how the Obama, Trump, and Biden administrations stood by him for the eight vicious, destructive years he was in power
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Trump Meddles in Honduran Election & Vows to Pardon Ex-President Jailed in U.S. for Drug Trafficking
On a recent broadcast of Democracy Now, Amy Goodman interviewed Research Professor and Professor Emerita of History Dana Frank about President Trump announcing plans to pardon former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, who is serving a 45-year sentence for trafficking hundreds of tons of cocaine into the United States.
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5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Alto Saxophone
Distinguished Professor of History and Critical Race and Ethnic Studies Eric Porter wrote about the alto saxophonist and composer Arthur Blythe’s ‘Lenox Avenue Breakdown’ as part of a New York Times feature story.
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Benjamin Breen: How AI is changing higher education
Associate Professor of History Benjamin Breen contributed an op-ed about the impact of AI on learning and teaching practices, including essay assignments, in the latest issue of The Chronicle of HIgher Education.
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Amy Lonetree gives keynote address at Indigenous People’s Day celebration
Amy Lonetree, a professor of history at the University of California, Santa Cruz and a Ho-Chunk Nation citizen, gave the keynote presentation, “Visualizing Native American Survivance: A Photographic History of the Ho-Chunk Nation, 1879-1960,” at UW La Crosse’s Indigenous People Day celebration. Lonetree’s talk covered the unexplored the visual history of the Ho-Chunk Nation.
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McCarthyism in a MAGA hat? Trump’s Campus Deal Sounds Familiar to Her.
In a feature story written by UC Santa Cruz alumna Anita Chabria (BA, History), Distinguished Professor Emerita of Feminist Studies Bettina Aptheker called the Trump Administration’s “compact for academic excellence” a major threat to free speech. “It’s intended to roll back any of the gains we’ve made,” Aptheker said of Trump’s policies. “No university should…
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WNYC FM report: Why is ketamine the party drug of now?
WNYC-FM interviewed Associate Professor of History Benjamin Breen, the author, most recently, of Tripping on Utopia: Margaret Mead, the Cold War, and the Troubled Birth of Psychedelic Science (Grand Central, 2024), in a news report about the rise of recreational ketamine use.
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UC Berkeley hands names of 160 students and faculty members to government in antisemitism probe: KPFA broadcast
Research Professor and Professor Emerita of History Dana Frank was interviewed in a KPFA FM story about UC Berkeley giving names of students and faculty to government as part of a probe into antisemitism
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These sacred tattoos were banned in Okinawa. A new generation is bringing them back.
Adriane Tengan-Stoia and Lex McClellan‑Ufugusuku, doctoral students in history at UC Santa Cruz, explained that women were the spiritual leaders in Ryukyuan society and were believed to possess a divine connection to the spiritual realm. But as Okinawa was colonized, women in positions of power were targeted, and hajichi tattos worn by these women were…
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Judge weighs whether Trump violated federal law by deploying National Guard to LA
Dana Frank, Research Professor and Professor Emerita of History at UC Santa Cruz, was interviewed in an NBC report on state and federal governments giving their final arguments over the legality of President Donald Trump’s deployment of the National Guard in Southern California.