{"id":1696,"date":"2026-05-04T14:30:25","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T14:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-barbierilow-faculty-history-ucsb-edu-v01.pantheonsite.io\/?p=1696"},"modified":"2026-05-04T14:32:39","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T14:32:39","slug":"new-lectures-posted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/barbierilow.faculty.history.ucsb.edu\/?p=1696","title":{"rendered":"New Lectures Posted!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I have posted two new lectures to my YouTube channel. The first is an overview of my anthology <em>Parallel Journeys: Eurasian History through Travelers&#8217; Eyes<\/em>, and the second previews and expands on some of the research in my upcoming study and complete translation of the <em>Yantielun<\/em> (Debates on Salt and Iron), specifically the economic reasoning around conspicuous consumption and wealth inequality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/barbierilow.faculty.history.ucsb.edu\/?page_id=162\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"162\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Link to the Lecture Page<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"648\" height=\"365\" data-attachment-id=\"1688\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/barbierilow.faculty.history.ucsb.edu\/?attachment_id=1688\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/barbierilow.faculty.history.ucsb.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/Conspicious-Consumption-e1777903381877.jpg?fit=800%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,450\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Conspicious Consumption\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/barbierilow.faculty.history.ucsb.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/Conspicious-Consumption-e1777903381877.jpg?fit=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/barbierilow.faculty.history.ucsb.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/Conspicious-Consumption-e1777903381877.jpg?fit=648%2C365&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live-barbierilow-faculty-history-ucsb-edu-v01.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/Conspicious-Consumption-1024x576.jpg?resize=648%2C365&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1688\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"648\" height=\"432\" data-attachment-id=\"1648\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/barbierilow.faculty.history.ucsb.edu\/?attachment_id=1648\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/barbierilow.faculty.history.ucsb.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/ouya-hufang-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1707&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1707\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Made with Google AI&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ouya hufang\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/barbierilow.faculty.history.ucsb.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/ouya-hufang-scaled.jpg?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/barbierilow.faculty.history.ucsb.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/ouya-hufang-scaled.jpg?fit=648%2C432&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live-barbierilow-faculty-history-ucsb-edu-v01.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/ouya-hufang-scaled.jpg?resize=648%2C432&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1648\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have posted two new lectures to my YouTube channel. The first is an overview of my anthology Parallel Journeys: Eurasian History through Travelers&#8217; Eyes, and the second previews and expands on some of the research in my upcoming study and complete translation of the Yantielun (Debates on Salt and Iron), specifically the economic reasoning [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1688,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"yes","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/barbierilow.faculty.history.ucsb.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/Conspicious-Consumption-e1777903381877.jpg?fit=800%2C450&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pdD41Y-rm","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":285,"url":"https:\/\/barbierilow.faculty.history.ucsb.edu\/?p=285","url_meta":{"origin":1696,"position":0},"title":"Listen to Recorded Lectures with Images","author":"barbieri-low@history.ucsb.edu","date":"October 23, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Professor Barbieri-Low has recorded some of his best classroom and public lectures and posted them to this site for anyone to enjoy. 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