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Buchanan Sharp, Professor Emeritus of British and European History, enjoyed a forty-year career at UCSC.

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April 27, 2021Gregg Mitman, “Empire of Rubber: Scenes from Firestone’s Scramble for Land and Power in Liberia”
April 18, 2021Sites of Memory, Spaces of Dispute: Missions and Monuments in the United States, Thursday, May 13th, 12pm - 1:30pm, Virtual Event
April 9, 2021Inaugural Hayden White lecture to explore the afterlife of slavery with author Saidiya Hartman

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