USC Dornsife’s history chair William Deverell explores the birth of a modern metropolis with the organization of an…
Recalling encouragement from his mentor Alice Echols, Sean Little ’06 traces his bachelor’s in English to an M.B.A. to a…
The names of top USC Dornsife students will adorn the wall of Leavey Library in an honor celebrating university-wide students…
The gift creates the Steven and Kathryn Sample Endowment for Ecumenism to support research centered on the foundational…
Howard Wayne Harris proves his 9th grade teacher wrong. Earning his Ph.D. at the USC Dornsife hooding ceremony May 16, he was…
When you look at an advertisement, how does it make you feel? Don Draper of AMC’s Mad Men could be five cocktails in and still wax eloquently on advertising’s myriad abilities. But Draper’s reactions to… more>
categories: undergraduate, research, undergraduate research
tags: advertisements, ann crigler, china, environmental studies, natural sciences, political science, social sciences, travel
International filmmakers and developers interested in partnering with China on business ventures such as constructing theme parks or filming movies are advised to have a deep understanding of the Chinese culture, panelists… more>
categories: research, faculty research
tags: business, china, east asian studies center, entertainment, event, film, humanities, political science, social sciences
On a humid August day in Rio de Janeiro, USC Dornsife alumna Dawn Powell boarded an un-air-conditioned bus bound for Luís Eduardo Magalhães, an agribusiness town in western Bahia. An hour into the trip, the… more>
tags: alumni, award, brazil, china, economics, humanities, international relations, social sciences fulbright, spanish
Growing up in Tampa, Fl., where Koreans comprise less than 1 percent of the population, Jimisha Tolliver had never heard of lotus chips. When visiting Korea for the first time, the USC College senior couldn’t get enough… more>
categories: undergraduate
tags: china, east asian studies center, humanities, japan, south korea, study abroad
Scholars from the United States and Europe met at USC recently to discuss topics related to Kucha, an ancient Buddhist kingdom along the Silk Road. Located in what is now the westernmost part of China, Kucha was once a major… more>
categories: research, faculty research
tags: art history, china, east asian languages and cultures, event, history, humanities, sonya lee
As China's economic ascendancy and military expansion has prompted fears of a more aggressive China, a timely new book recasts the prevailing understanding of East Asian relations, showing how a strong China has historically… more>
categories: research, faculty research
tags: book, china, david kang, east asia, humanities, international relations
Last spring, for the first time, China displaced the United States to become Brazil's biggest trading partner. Yet, many experts are puzzled by the absence of a free trade agreement (FTA) between the two. Such agreements have… more>
categories: undergraduate
tags: award, brazil, china, fellowship, fulbright, international relations, spanish, study abroad
Linda Duguay, director of the USC Sea Grant program, has been selected to participate in a National Science Foundation workshop in China to discuss a foundation-supported ocean science education project and its possible… more>
categories: research, faculty research
tags: biological sciences, china, national science foundation, natural sciences, ocean science, wrigley institute for environmental studies
A tall, mysterious edifice looms over Shanghai. The Oriental Pearl Tower, located in the Pudong district, juts out of the landscape as if from another place and time. USC College undergraduates Annie Gillman and Blair Jason… more>
categories: undergraduate
tags: asia, china, east asian studies center, shanghai, study abroad
Before plastic surgery and botox, an ancient culture had a different way of dealing with the quest for eternal youth. Why not simply live forever? In medieval China, third century B.C., people believed it possible to be 800… more>
categories: research, faculty research
tags: ancient religions, china, east asian languages and cultures, history, humanities, philosophy, religion, taiwan


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