How can great metropolises transcend the incipient conflicts among their diverse groups and maintain democratic and just communities in which individuals feel a shared citizenship?
Hosting communities from every culture on earth, the great global cities often experience ethnic and religious tensions, violence, economic inequality, and wrenching cultural transformation.
The "melting pot" metaphor no longer describes how diverse urban communities interact, and new models must be developed for how people of diverse backgrounds will coexist and share
the public life of their great urban centers.
How will cities rewrite the social contract? And what role will urban universities play in this movement toward crafting a new relationship between diversity and democracy?
The USC Center for Diversity and Democracy will engage these questions through research, teaching, and civic engagement with communities all over the United States and the world.
We welcome you to explore the information and networks on this website and get involved in our important work.
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Featured Alumni: Daniel HoSang:
American Studies’ Daniel HoSang is USC College’s featured alumni for April. The website will remain on this page until the end of April. Afterwards, Daniel’s profile will be available in the American Studies and Ethnicity website.
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Screening the Future 2012 
May 21 - May 23 A conference explores the challenges faced by audiovisual archives and producers. |
| Aphrodite 2: An Erotic Comedy Mystery
May 26, May 27, June 2, June 3, June 9, June 10, June 15, June 16, June 17 A World Premiere Play by Cornelius Schnauber. Two scientists meet their match - the Perfect Robotic Dream Woman! |
| Call for Papers
May 31 Graduate students and faculty across departments are invited to join this collaboration with University Paris 8 in September 2012. |
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