USC-Huntington Early Modern Studies Institute

detail from the Vallard Atlas depicting Indigenous American people interacting with Europeans

People

detail of a sea monster from the Portolan atlas

Early Modern Scholars at USC

Green sea monster.

Affiliated Faculty

detail of a sea monster from the Portolan Atlas

Affiliated Graduate Students

Red sea monster.

EMSI Team

detail of a sea monster from the Portolan Atlas

Research Assistants

Tan sea monster swimming.

Faculty Fellows

Pink sea monster.

Ph.D. Dissertation Fellows

Pig-like sea monster.

Postdoctoral Fellows

Two sea monsters.

Seminar Leaders

Image: Detail from “Vallard Atlas,” (1547) HM 29 f.1, chart 9, North America, east coast. Portolan atlas. Courtesy of the Huntington Library.

Mailing Address

USC-Huntington Early Modern Studies Institute
3502 Trousdale Pkwy, SOS 153, MC 0034
Los Angeles, California 90089-0034

(213) 740 -4753

emsi@usc.edu

Linda and Harlan Martens Director

Peter C. Mancall

Director of Programs