Fwd: [UCSBADVS] Enroll in HIST 88 this Spring!

[Undergrad Advising Global Studies]

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From: Kiara Actis <kac...@hfa.ucsb.edu>
Date: Thu, Feb 26, 2026 at 8:38 AM
Subject: [UCSBADVS] Enroll in HIST 88 this Spring!
To: <ucsb...@ltsc.ucsb.edu>

Dear Students,

The History Department has open seats in HIST 88 - Survey of South Asian History in Spring 2026. This course is open to all students and fulfills the following GE requirements:

• Area E: Culture and Thought
• World Cultures
• Writing

Course Description: South Asia, a subcontinent of 1.8 billion people, has a rich history of culture, empires, and ideas. This Spring 2026, the History department is offering a revamped course in South Asian History. The course will cover poetry, political ideas, architecture, and writings from the South Asian subcontinent, across ancient and medieval empires and major religions & languages. It takes important turning points in the relationship between subcontinental India, the Asian continent, and the wider world to analyze the Indian Ocean, European colonialism in Asia, and the modern countries of India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. Themes in the course include law & politics, gender & women's history, religion & heterodoxy, power & identity, and colonialism & nationalism.

Please email me if you have any questions!

Best,

Kiara

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Kiara Actis (She/Her/Hers)

Undergraduate Advisor

Department of History

Office: HSSB 4036

Email: undergradu...@history.ucsb.edu

Book an appointment: HERE

Hours: 8am-12pm & 12:30pm-4:30pm

In Office: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday

Remote: Tuesday, Friday