Mission
The Center for the Premodern World at USC creates space and offers resources for the study of cultures and civilizations, beginning with the earliest historical eras up to the end of the Middle Ages and the beginning of the modern world. Through seminars and public lectures, CPW brings faculty, graduate students, and undergraduates into dialogue with each other and with national and international communities of scholars and artists.
Center Staff
Jay Rubenstein is a Professor of History who specializes in the intellectual and cultural worlds of the Middle Ages. He has written on the crusades, monastic life, and apocalypticism, among other topics. His academic distinctions include a Rhodes Scholarship and a MacArthur Fellowship.
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Location
University of Southern California
3501 Trousdale Pkwy
Mark Taper Hall (THH) 309
Los Angeles, CA 90089
Center Director
Jay Rubenstein, Professor of History