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 […]
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!
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 […]
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 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 […]
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. Led by Frederic Nolan Clark Register in advance for this meeting: https://usc.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwrfuGurz4iGtdx7E7PlUCDuy5a5a4k7Ktx
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.
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 […]
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 […]
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), […]
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), […]