{"id":4,"date":"2022-11-02T18:09:55","date_gmt":"2022-11-02T18:09:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/emsi\/?page_id=4"},"modified":"2026-05-04T13:04:30","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T13:04:30","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/emsi\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <h2>Welcome to EMSI!<\/h2>\n<p>The USC-Huntington Early Modern Studies Institute (EMSI) explores the history, literature, art, and science of the Early Modern period (c. 1450-1850). The institute&#8217;s range is global \u2013 instead of focusing on a particular region, EMSI aims to advance knowledge of the diverse societies in and around the Atlantic and Pacific basins. Researchers nourish diverse perspectives, advance interdisciplinary perspectives, and share discoveries about the Early Modern period with the goal of informing the ways we approach problems today as well as keeping us in touch with the sources of our common humanity.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/emsi\/seminar-series\/\">2025- 2026 EMSI Seminar Series.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>See the <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/emsi\/events\/\">full calendar of EMSI events<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9523\" src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/emsi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2026\/03\/LA2026-Vertical-Turquoise-Gradient-3-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"LA 2026 logo\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/emsi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2026\/03\/LA2026-Vertical-Turquoise-Gradient-3-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/emsi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2026\/03\/LA2026-Vertical-Turquoise-Gradient-3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/emsi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2026\/03\/LA2026-Vertical-Turquoise-Gradient-3-320x320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/emsi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2026\/03\/LA2026-Vertical-Turquoise-Gradient-3.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/>LA2026 begins now!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>LA2026 brings together members of the public and humanities scholars for eighteen conversations about museum and cultural exhibitions at six partnering institutions in the Los Angeles region, including the Autry Museum of the American West, The Huntington, LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes \/ El El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument, Mission San Gabriel Arc\u00e1ngel, the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, and USC Libraries. Each exhibition frames conversations about the anniversary of 1776 from the perspective of California and the West. Each discussion will focus on specific items from one of the partner exhibitions, encouraging public discussions about national identities, relationships between regional and national narratives, participating in democracy, and human relationships to the land.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/la2026\/events\/\">Check out the LA2026 Event Schedule<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n        \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--stacking-cards \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--stacking-cards\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n            <div class=\"header-container\">\n                                \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          Meet the 2026-2027 EMSI Fellows\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n            \n                    <\/div>\n    \n            <div class=\"cards-container\">\n            \n                <div class=\"card\">\n\n                    <div class=\"title-description\">\n\n                                                      \n<div class=\"f--field f--cta-title\">\n\n    \n  <h3>\n          Ashley L. Cohen\n      <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                                                        \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>Associate Professor of English, USC<br \/>\nEMSI Faculty Fellow, Fall 2026<\/p>\n<p>Project Title:<br \/>\n<i>England\u2019s Heretical Radicalisms: Sectarianism, Antinomianism, and Non-Domination in the Long 18th Century<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                    <\/div>\n\n\n                    \n                        \n                            \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img decoding=\"async\"\n                            src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/emsi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2026\/04\/Ashley-Cohen-450x432.jpg\"\n                    sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 23vw, (min-width:768px) 39vw, 83vw\"\n        \n                  alt=\"Ashley Cohen\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n\n                    \n                <\/div>\n\n            \n                <div class=\"card\">\n\n                    <div class=\"title-description\">\n\n                                                      \n<div class=\"f--field f--cta-title\">\n\n    \n  <h3>\n          Scott Wagner\n      <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                                                        \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p><strong>EMSI Ph.D. Dissertation Fellow, 2026\u20132027<\/strong><br \/>\nPh.D. Candidate, Van Hunnick Department of History<\/p>\n<p>Dissertation Title:<br \/>\n<i>Brawlers for Liberty: Borderlands Adventurers in a Revolutionary Age<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                    <\/div>\n\n\n                    \n                        \n                            \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      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Library Academic Lectures<\/span>\n\n\n<\/div>\n            \n                            <h3>\n                                      <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/emsi\/seminar-series\/huntington-conferences\/huntington-library-research-conferences\/\" >\n                  \n                    Fara Dabhoiwala, Homer Crotty Lecture\n\n                                      <\/a>\n                                  <\/h3>\n            \n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Secret History of the First Amendment&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Monday, May 4, 2026<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Huntington<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                      <\/div>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n      \n        <div class=\"card\">\n\n          \n                                      \n                \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n        <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/emsi\/seminar-series\/european-literature\/\"  aria-label=\"Read more about Margaret Rosenthal, USC\">\n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/emsi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2026\/03\/European-Literature-Square-FY26-450x432.jpg\"\n                    data-sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 23vw, (min-width:768px) 39vw, 83vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  role=\"none\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n      <\/a>\n  \n\n<\/div>\n          \n          <div class=\"text-container\">\n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--eyebrow\">\n\n    \n  <span>European Literature and Culture<\/span>\n\n\n<\/div>\n            \n                            <h3>\n                                      <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/emsi\/seminar-series\/european-literature\/\" >\n                  \n                    Margaret Rosenthal, USC\n\n                                      <\/a>\n                                  <\/h3>\n            \n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEphemera, Erasure and Remembrance in a Precarious World: Early-Modern University Students\u2019 Illustrated\u00a0<em>Alba Amicorum<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wednesday, May 6, 2026<\/strong><br \/>\nUSC, University Park Campus<br \/>\nTaper Hall 404<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                      <\/div>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n      \n        <div class=\"card\">\n\n          \n                                      \n                \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n        <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/emsi\/seminar-series\/american-origins\/\"  aria-label=\"Read more about Dissertation Workshop\">\n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/emsi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2025\/08\/American-Origins-Square-AY26-450x432.jpg\"\n                    data-sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 23vw, (min-width:768px) 39vw, 83vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  alt=\"Jacob Deyo and Ruth Smith color illustrated family record, Connecticut.\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n      <\/a>\n  \n\n<\/div>\n          \n          <div class=\"text-container\">\n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--eyebrow\">\n\n    \n  <span>American Origins<\/span>\n\n\n<\/div>\n            \n                            <h3>\n                                      <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/emsi\/seminar-series\/american-origins\/\" >\n                  \n                    Dissertation Workshop\n\n                                      <\/a>\n                                  <\/h3>\n            \n                    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