Age of Revolutions
Seminar Leaders:
Nathan Perl-Rosenthal, University of Southern California
Clément Thibaud, EHESS-Mondes Américains
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
European Literature
Seminar Leader:
Heather James, University of Southern California
History of Enslavement
Seminar Leader:
John Marquez, UC Riverside
History of Science, Medicine, and Technology
Seminar Leaders:
Daniela Bleichmar, USC
Joel A. Klein, Huntington Library
Huntington Library Research Division
Academic conferences and lectures hosted by the Huntington Library
Iberian Voices
Seminar Leaders:
Natalia Pérez, University of Southern California
Sherry Velasco, University of Southern California
Linda & Harlan Martens Economic History Forum
Forum Leader:
Jacob Soll, University of Southern California
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
Spain and the Birth of the United States
Academic Program Committee:
Emily Berquist, California State University, Long Beach
Larrie Ferreiro, George Mason University
Manuel Lucena Giraldo, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Madrid
Peter Mancall, University of Southern California & Director, EMSI
Maria Bárbara Zepeda Cortes, Lehigh University
Summer Tutorials
Summer Tutorials taught by EMSI-affiliated Ph.D. candidates.
Visual & Material Culture
Seminar leader:
Daniela Bleichmar, University of Southern California
WMQ-EMSI Workshop 2026
“Global Early America before 1700”
Convener: Alison Frazier Games, Georgetown University
Image: Detail from “Vallard Atlas,” (1547) HM 29 f.1, chart 9, North America, east coast. Portolan atlas. Courtesy of the Huntington Library.
