Latest Past Events

Lunar New Year Celebration

Central Library 40 East Anapamu Street, Santa Barbara

Join us for a vibrant celebration of the Lunar New Year!

Free

Taiwan Studies Workshop: Western-style Confectionary and Colonial Taiwan

Please join us for “Western-style Confectionary and Colonial Taiwan: Conglomerates, Settler Colonialism, and Tropical Agriculture” with Lillian Tsay (Brown University). 4:30-5:30 p.m. PDT on Thursday, May 19, 2022. Zoom link:  https://tinyurl.com/2p863s22 Meeting ID: 816 8978 5230 Passcode: 500745 Please contact Kanda Polatis at kpolatis@ucsb.edu if you have any questions.

Takashima Talks: SPY! The Hunt for the “Enemy Within” During the Battle of Okinawa

THE HUNT FOR THE "ENEMY WITHIN" DURING THE BATTLE OF OKINAWA: RETHINKING WARTIME ATROCITIES DURING THE ASIA-PACIFIC WAR This talk will detail the execution of Okinawans as "spies" by the Japanese military during the Battle of Okinawa, which was the last land battle of the Asia-Pacific War, and the one that resulted in the largest […]