Latest USC Dornsife News in the Topic Middle East Studies Program http://dornsife.usc.edu/news/topics/33854/middle-east-studies-program/ Organized by USC Dornsife’s Middle East Studies program, an academic panel explains some of the reasons behind the recent upheaval in the Middle East in the wake of a low-budget film parodying the Muslim Prophet Mohammed.]]> Mon, 15 Oct 2012 14:45:00 -0500 The Middle East Studies Program, launched Fall 2011, gives students an opportunity to move beyond headlines and gain a deeper understanding of the region.]]> Wed, 25 Apr 2012 14:24:00 -0500 Using Bruce Zuckerman's technology and software, a click of the mouse on a Dead Sea Scrolls image acts like a flashlight, revealing the tiniest of details — even a fleck of ink scraped off the top of a character.]]> Thu, 24 Jun 2010 16:00:00 -0500 USC College's Lynn Swartz Dodd of archaeology receives her second award to use the synchrotron beam at Argonne National Laboratory.]]> Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:37:00 -0500 "Think of me as a kind of machine that was going through, photographing pages and pages of books, seeing titles and taking pictures because they looked good, but not having much time to digest their meaning or significance," said...]]> Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:58:00 -0500 Carnegie Scholar Laurie Brand journeys to Jordan.]]> Thu, 10 Sep 2009 10:27:00 -0500 In his new book, Richard Dekmejian of USC College puts political violence in context]]> Sun, 1 Apr 2007 19:21:00 -0500