Welcome to the new EMSI website!
The USC-Huntington Early Modern Studies Institute (EMSI) supports advanced research and scholarship on human societies between 1450 and 1850. The Institute’s range is global. Unlike existing centers that focus on particular regions, the Institute aims to advance knowledge of the diverse societies in and around the Atlantic and Pacific basins.
We invite you to explore our website for more information about our fellows, our programming, partnerships, and accomplishments.
EMSI Fellows, 2024–2025
We are proud to present the EMSI Faculty Fellows & Ph.D. Dissertation Fellow for the upcoming academic year.
Anne Goldgar
Garrett and Anne Van Hunnick Chair in European History, USC
EMSI Faculty Fellow, Spring 2025
Project Title:
The Nova Zembla Expedition & Dutch Identity
Ketaki Pant
Assistant Professor of History, USC
EMSI Faculty Fellow, Spring 2025
Project Title:
Gender, Debt, and Decolonization in the Indo-Tibetan Borderlands
Daisy Reid
Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Comparative Literature, USC
EMSI Ph.D. Dissertation Fellow, 2024–2025
Dissertation Title:
On Vegetables and Vermin: The Politics of Insect-Plant Encounters from the Early Modern to the Anthropocene
Recent Events
Upcoming Events
Ada Ferrer, New York University
Craft and Crafting in the Early Modern World
Resisting Enslavement in Vast Early America
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Land Acknowledgement
The USC-Huntington Early Modern Studies Institute (EMSI) exists on the ancestral lands of the Gabrielino-Tongva and Kizh Nation peoples who continue to call this region home. EMSI respectfully acknowledges these Indigenous peoples as the traditional caretakers of this landscape, as the direct descendants of the first people. EMSI recognizes their continued presence and is grateful to have the opportunity to work and learn on this land.