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  • CHARM partners Nova Forum: Tolkien and the Mystery of Literary Creation

    Sidney Harman Academy for Polymathic Study (DML 241) 3550 Trousdale ParkwayLos Angeles, CA, 90089

    Come experience The Lord of the Rings from a new point of view and learn about the deepest meaning of Tolkien’s literary achievement! Professor Giuseppe Pezzini, a leading classics scholar at Oxford, explores Tolkien’s sophisticated and innovative literary theory in six lectures drawing on his forthcoming book from Cambridge University Press – the first academic study of […]

  • CHARM visits the Getty: Gallery visit with curator Dr. Davide Gasparotto

    The Getty, 1200 Getty Center Dr, Los Angeles, CA 90049, USA

    Curator Davide Gasparotto will discuss Renaissance paintings on view by Pontormo, Bronzino/Salviati,Bachiacca, Titian, Sebastiano del Piombo, and Veronese.  Limited to 8 participants.  SOLD OUT!

  • CHARM partners Nova Forum: Tolkien and the Mystery of Literary Creation

    Sidney Harman Academy for Polymathic Study (DML 241) 3550 Trousdale ParkwayLos Angeles, CA, 90089

    Come experience The Lord of the Rings from a new point of view and learn about the deepest meaning of Tolkien’s literary achievement! Professor Giuseppe Pezzini, a leading classics scholar at Oxford, explores Tolkien’s sophisticated and innovative literary theory in six lectures drawing on his forthcoming book from Cambridge University Press – the first academic study of […]

  • Through Dec 1: Stamp the Ireicho Names Book

    Japanese American National Museum, 100 N Central Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90012, USA

    Irei: National Monument for the WWII Japanese American Incarceration is a multi-faceted project to address the erasure of the identities of individuals of Japanese ancestry who experienced wartime incarceration and to expand the concept of what monument is through three distinct, interlinking elements: a sacred book of names as a monument (Ireichō), a website as a monument (Ireizō), […]

  • CHARM visits Homeboy Art Academy

    Homeboy Art Academy 3541 E 1st Street, Los Angeles, CA, United States

    CHARM collaborates with Homeboy Art Academy, an organization dedicated to empowering and providing opportunities for formerly gang-involved and previously incarcerated youth and adults. Through this partnership, we aim to work together with the talented artists and educators at Homeboy Art Academy to create joint projects exploring history, art, religion, and music. By combining our research expertise […]

  • CHARM visits Homeboy Art Academy

    Time tbc CHARM collaborates with Homeboy Art Academy, an organization dedicated to empowering and providing opportunities for formerly gang-involved and previously incarcerated youth and adults. Through this partnership, we aim to work together with the talented artists and educators at Homeboy Art Academy to create joint projects exploring history, art, religion, and music. By combining our […]

  • CHARM Jr. Faculty Event: Book Proposals and Contracts

    zoom

    CHARM Jr. Faculty Event: Book Proposals and Contracts. Led by Frederic Nolan Clark Register in advance for this meeting: https://usc.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwrfuGurz4iGtdx7E7PlUCDuy5a5a4k7Ktx

  • midieval monasteries of saint elijah

    Recent CHARM Research: Medieval Monastery of St. Elijah

    USC THH 308 and on zoom

    Alison Perchuk (Cal State Channel Islands)discusses her recent book, TheMedieval Monastery of Saint Elijah: A History in Paint and Stone (Brepols, 2021) with Jay Rubenstein (USC, History).  Asynchronous social reading begins now onPerusall.com under course code PON-YJNAT.  A copy of the book will be raffled to attendees! Register to attend online.

  • CHARM Partners Conference: Afterlives: Reinvention, Reception, and Reproduction

    Glendale 712 S Glendale Ave., Glendale, CA, United States

    Recent scholarship illuminates the ways in which narratives of the past are constructed according to the interests of later periods. This conference seeks to further these investigations. Forest Lawn Museum is an ideal site for exploring the afterlives of the past as constructed or reconstructed in the present. Founded in 1906, Forest Lawn is home […]

  • Peter Brathwaite

    CHARMing Conversation: Peter Brathwaite, “Black Lives in the Archives”

    zoom

    London-based opera singer Peter Brathwaite, author of Rediscovering Black Portraiture (Getty, 2023) opens up questions about black lives in the archives—what is revealed and what is concealed? How has our understanding of history been shaped to favour one reality above all others? Drawing on his own Barbadian heritage, Peter explores how oral tradition and living culture add a depth […]

  • Through Dec 1: Stamp the Ireicho Names Book

    Japanese American National Museum, 100 N Central Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90012, USA

    Irei: National Monument for the WWII Japanese American Incarceration is a multi-faceted project to address the erasure of the identities of individuals of Japanese ancestry who experienced wartime incarceration and to expand the concept of what monument is through three distinct, interlinking elements: a sacred book of names as a monument (Ireichō), a website as a monument (Ireizō), […]

  • Through Dec 1: Stamp the Ireicho Names Book

    Japanese American National Museum, 100 N Central Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90012, USA

    Irei: National Monument for the WWII Japanese American Incarceration is a multi-faceted project to address the erasure of the identities of individuals of Japanese ancestry who experienced wartime incarceration and to expand the concept of what monument is through three distinct, interlinking elements: a sacred book of names as a monument (Ireichō), a website as a monument (Ireizō), […]