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.

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

On Paper

Seminar leader:
Lisa Pon, 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.