20th Anniversary Conference
Conference Organizers:
Amy Braden, USC-Huntington Early Modern Studies Institute
Peter Mancall, USC-Huntington Early Modern Studies Institute
Age of Revolutions
Seminar Leaders:
Nathan Perl-Rosenthal, University of Southern California
Clément Thibaud, EHESS-Mondes Américains
Annual Conference 2025: Big Paper: Large Design in the Renaissance
Conference organizer:
Lisa Pon, University of Southern California
American Origins
Seminar Leader:
Carole Shammas, University of Southern California
Borderlands
Seminar Leaders:
Alejandra Dubcovsky, University of California, Riverside
Steven Hackel, University of California, Riverside
British History
Seminar Leaders:
Lindsay O’Neill, University of Southern California
Tawny Paul, University of California, Los Angeles
Co-Sponsored Events
Co-Sponsored Events
Distinguished Lecture Series
Lorraine Daston, University of Chicago
Katharine Park, Harvard University
European History
Seminar Leader:
Anne Goldgar, University of Southern California
Gilder Lehrman Teaching Seminar
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History seminars taught with support from EMSI affiliated faculty.
History of Science, Medicine, and Technology
Seminar Leaders:
Daniela Bleichmar, USC
Joel A. Klein, Huntington Library
Huntington Library Research Conferences
Academic conferences hosted by the Huntington Library
Iberian Voices
Seminar Leaders:
Natalia Pérez, University of Southern California
Sherry Velasco, University of Southern California
Intellectual & Cultural History
Seminar Leader:
Nathan Perl-Rosenthal, University of Southern California
Linda & Harlan Martens Economic History Forum
Forum Co-leaders:
Jacob Soll, University of Southern California
Steve Pincus, University of Chicago
Long 18th Century
Seminar Leaders:
Ashley Cohen, University of Southern California
Sarah Kareem, University of California, Los Angeles
Music
Co-Directors
Adam Knight Gilbert, University of Southern California
Rotem Gilbert, University of Southern California
Renaissance Literature
Seminar Leaders:
Heather James, University of Southern California
Heidi Brayman, University of California, Riverside
Colleen R. Rosenfeld, Pomona College
Summer Tutorials
Summer Tutorials taught by EMSI-affiliated Ph.D. candidates.
Visual & Material Culture
Seminar leaders:
Susanna Berger, University of Southern California
Lisa Pon, University of Southern California
WMQ-EMSI Workshop 2025
Conveners: Elizabeth N. Ellis, Princeton University and Eliga H. Gould, University of New Hampshire
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.
Image: Vallard Atlas, detail of chart 3, 1547. Courtesy of the Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.