CHARM RESEARCH

BOOKS WE’VE WRITTEN

Raphael, Dürer, and Marcantonio Raimondi: Copying and the Italian Renaissance Print

Raphael, Dürer, and Marcantonio Raimondi: Copying and the Italian Renaissance Print

Lisa Pon

A Printed Icon in Early Modern Italy: Forlì's Madonna of the Fire

A Printed Icon in Early Modern Italy: Forlì's Madonna of the Fire

Lisa Pon

Women in Early Medieval Europe, 400–1100

Women in Early Medieval Europe, 400–1100

Lisa Bitel

Isle of the Saints: Monastic Settlement and Christian Community in Early Ireland

Isle of the Saints: Monastic Settlement and Christian Community in Early Ireland

Lisa Bitel

Gender and Christianity in Medieval Europe: New Perspectives

Gender and Christianity in Medieval Europe: New Perspectives

Lisa Bitel

Our Lady of the Rock: Vision and Pilgrimage in the Mojave Desert

Our Lady of the Rock: Vision and Pilgrimage in the Mojave Desert

Lisa Bitel

Landscape with Two Saints: How Genovefa of Paris and Brigit of Kildare Built Christianity in Barbarian Europe

Landscape with Two Saints: How Genovefa of Paris and Brigit of Kildare Built Christianity in Barbarian Europe

Lisa Bitel

The First Pagan Historian

The First Pagan Historian

Frederic Clark

Temples in the Cliffside

Temples in the Cliffside

Sonya Lee

Mathematical Theologies

Mathematical Theologies

David Albertson

Whitewashed Adobe

Whitewashed Adobe

William Deverell

Railroad Crossing Californians and the Railroad, 1850-1910

Railroad Crossing Californians and the Railroad, 1850-1910

William Deverell

Kathy Fiscus: A Tragedy that Transfixed the Nation

Kathy Fiscus: A Tragedy that Transfixed the Nation

William Deverell

Comics and Stuff

Comics and Stuff

Henry Jenkins

Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide

Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide

Henry Jenkins

The Wow Climax: Tracing the Emotional Impact of Popular Culture

The Wow Climax: Tracing the Emotional Impact of Popular Culture

Henry Jenkins

Fans, Bloggers, and Gamers: Exploring Participatory Culture

Fans, Bloggers, and Gamers: Exploring Participatory Culture

Henry Jenkins

Textual Poachers: Television Fans and Participatory Culture

Textual Poachers: Television Fans and Participatory Culture

Henry Jenkins

What Made Pistachio Nuts? Early Sound Comedy and the Vaudeville Aesthetic

What Made Pistachio Nuts? Early Sound Comedy and the Vaudeville Aesthetic

Henry Jenkins

Above Sea: Contemporary art, urban culture, and the fashioning of global Shanghai

Above Sea: Contemporary art, urban culture, and the fashioning of global Shanghai

Jenny Lin

Across Legal Lines: Jews and Muslims in Modern Morocco

Across Legal Lines: Jews and Muslims in Modern Morocco

Jessica Marglin

The Shamama Case: Contesting Citizenship across the Modern Mediterranean

The Shamama Case: Contesting Citizenship across the Modern Mediterranean

Jessica Marglin

City of Saints: Rebuilding Rome in the Early Middle Ages (The Middle Ages Series)

City of Saints: Rebuilding Rome in the Early Middle Ages (The Middle Ages Series)

Maya Maskarinec

Der Grund der Malerei: Materialität im Prozess bei Corot und Courbet

Der Grund der Malerei: Materialität im Prozess bei Corot und Courbet

Veronica Peselmann

Guibert of Nogent: Portrait of a Medieval Mind

Guibert of Nogent: Portrait of a Medieval Mind

Jay Rubenstein

Armies of Heaven: The First Crusade and the Quest for Apocalypse

Armies of Heaven: The First Crusade and the Quest for Apocalypse

Jay Rubenstein

Nebuchadnezzar's Dream: The Crusades, Apocalyptic Prophecy, and the End of History

Nebuchadnezzar's Dream: The Crusades, Apocalyptic Prophecy, and the End of History

Jay Rubenstein

From Stone to Paper Architecture as History in the Late Mughal Empire

From Stone to Paper Architecture as History in the Late Mughal Empire

Chanchal Dadlani

The Medieval Monastery of Saint Elijah: A History in Paint and Stone

The Medieval Monastery of Saint Elijah: A History in Paint and Stone

Alison Perchuk

BOOKS SUPPORTED BY THE INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED CATHOLIC STUDIES AT USC
Empty Churches: Non-Affiliation in America

Empty Churches: Non-Affiliation in America

Edited by James L. Heft, S.M. and Jan E. Stets

The Future of Catholic Higher Education

The Future of Catholic Higher Education

James L. Heft, S.M.

Business Ethics and Catholic Social Thought

Business Ethics and Catholic Social Thought

Edited by Daniel K. Finn

Empirical Foundations of the Common Good

Empirical Foundations of the Common Good

Edited by Daniel K. Finn

Distant Markets, Distant Harms: Economic Complicity and Christian Ethics

Distant Markets, Distant Harms: Economic Complicity and Christian Ethics

Edited by Daniel K. Finn

The Moral Dynamics of Economic Life: An Extension and Critique of Caritas in Veritate

The Moral Dynamics of Economic Life: An Extension and Critique of Caritas in Veritate

Edited by Daniel K. Finn

The True Wealth of Nations: Catholic Social Thought and Economic Life

The True Wealth of Nations: Catholic Social Thought and Economic Life

Edited by Daniel K. Finn

Beyond Violence: Religious Sources of Social Transformation in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

Beyond Violence: Religious Sources of Social Transformation in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

Edited by James L. Heft

 Learned Ignorance: Intellectual Humility Among Jews, Christians and Muslims

Learned Ignorance: Intellectual Humility Among Jews, Christians and Muslims

Edited by James L. Heft, S.M., Reuven Firestone, and Amir Hussain

American Parishes

American Parishes

Edited by Gary J. Adler, Jr., Tricia C. Bruce, and Brian Starks

Secularism, Catholicism and the Future of Public Life: A Dialogue With Ambassador Douglas W. Kmiec

Secularism, Catholicism and the Future of Public Life: A Dialogue With Ambassador Douglas W. Kmiec

Douglas W. Kmiec, edited by Gary J. Adler, Jr.

In the Logos of Love: Promise and Predicament in the Catholic Intellectual Life

In the Logos of Love: Promise and Predicament in the Catholic Intellectual Life

Edited by James L. Heft, S.M. and Una M. Cadegan

After Vatican II: Trajectories and Hermeneutics

After Vatican II: Trajectories and Hermeneutics

Edited by James L. Heft, S.M., with John O’Malley, S.J.

The Crisis of Authority in Catholic Modernity

The Crisis of Authority in Catholic Modernity

Edited by Michael J. Lacey and Francis Oakley

Engineering Education (2011)

Engineering Education (2011)

Edited by James L. Heft, S.M. and Kevin Hallinan

Catholic High Schools: Facing the New Realities

Catholic High Schools: Facing the New Realities

James L. Heft, S.M.

Passing on the faith

Passing on the faith

Edited by James L. Heft, S.M.

Believing Scholars: Ten Catholic Intellectuals

Believing Scholars: Ten Catholic Intellectuals

Edited by James L. Heft, S.M.

Governance, Accountability, and the Future of the Catholic Church

Governance, Accountability, and the Future of the Catholic Church

Edited by Francis Oakley and Bruce Russett

RESEARCH VIDEOS

Adam Gilbert, Professor, Chair of Musicology and Director of Early Music Program at USC’s Thornton School of Music introduces his research focus on historical performance practices.  He also studies and directs performances of  medieval, renaissance and baroque music. 

Adam Gilbert shares surprising findings in how composers from the renaissance linked image text and music to create meaning, often intertwining political messages and theological symbolism.

Performance of “The Saint’s Delight” by F. Lester Price

Performance of “I am the Rose of Sharon” by William Billings

Performance of “Missa Catalana” by Juan Bautista Sancho

 

 

Colin McAllister, D.M.A. comissioned this contemporary composition by Christopher Adler.  Aeneas in the Underworld A chamber oratorio for guitarist/orator in three acts with second guitar, string quartet, fixed media and video by Christopher Adler 2008-18 Performed by Colin McAllister, guitar and orator Pablo Gómez, guitar Batya MacAdam-Somer and Emily Call, violins Annabelle Terbetski, viola Jennifer Bewerse, cello Libretto excerpted from the Aeneid, book VI by Vergil (Publius Vergilius Maro) English translation by Khang Le

APOKATASTASIS 2022 | Jon Forshee
Colin McAllister, D.M.A. comissioned this contemporary composition by Jon Forshee.

 

RESEARCH IN PROGRESS

Nascent and on-going research projects by CHARM members and collaborators
Digital Humanities: Bibliotheca Iulia Instaurata
Reconstructing Music in Mission San Gabriel Arcángel
Back and Forth:  Homeboy Old Master

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