{"id":9803,"date":"2026-06-09T20:05:22","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T20:05:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/emsi\/?page_id=9803"},"modified":"2026-06-29T20:23:43","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T20:23:43","slug":"seminar-archive","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/emsi\/seminar-archive\/","title":{"rendered":"Seminar &amp; Conference Archive"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n        \n          \n          \n          \n          \n          \n          \n          \n          \n          \n          \n  \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--editorial-cards \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--editorial-cards\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  \n      <div class=\"cards-container\">\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\/emsi-20th-anniversary-conference\/\"  aria-label=\"Read more about EMSI 20th Anniversary Conference\">\n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/emsi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2026\/06\/Vallard-Compass-4-2000x1150-2-1920x1080-1-450x432.jpg\"\n                    data-sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 23vw, (min-width:768px) 39vw, 83vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  alt=\"detail from the vallard atlas\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n      <\/a>\n  \n\n<\/div>\n          \n          <div class=\"text-container\">\n            \n                            <h3>\n                                      <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/emsi\/emsi-20th-anniversary-conference\/\" >\n                  \n                    EMSI 20th Anniversary Conference\n\n                                      <\/a>\n                                  <\/h3>\n            \n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>Organizers:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/profile\/peter-mancall\/\">Peter Mancall<\/a>, Linda and Harlan Martens Director of the Early Modern Studies Institute<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/profile\/amy-braden\/\">Amy Braden<\/a>, Director of Programs, Early Modern Studies Institute<\/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\/colonial-latin-america\/\"  aria-label=\"Read more about Colonial Latin America\">\n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/emsi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-22-at-11.40.36-AM-450x432.png\"\n                    data-sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 23vw, (min-width:768px) 39vw, 83vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  alt=\"Vallard Atlas detail of a ship\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n      <\/a>\n  \n\n<\/div>\n          \n          <div class=\"text-container\">\n            \n                            <h3>\n                                      <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/emsi\/colonial-latin-america\/\" >\n                  \n                    Colonial Latin America\n\n                                      <\/a>\n                                  <\/h3>\n            \n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>Seminar leader:<br \/>\nMar\u00eda Elena Mart\u00ednez, USC<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                   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href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/emsi\/early-modern-east-asian-studies-seminar\/\" >\n                  \n                    Early Modern East Asian Studies\n\n                                      <\/a>\n                                  <\/h3>\n            \n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>Seminar Leader:<br \/>\nJack Wills, Professor of History, University of Southern California<\/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\/european-history\/\"  aria-label=\"Read more about European History\">\n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/emsi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2025\/09\/eurohis-brick-square-450x432.jpg\"\n  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California<\/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\/intellectual-and-cultural-history\/\"  aria-label=\"Read more about Intellectual and Cultural History\">\n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/emsi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2026\/06\/Intellectual-and-Cultural-1920x1080-1-450x432.jpg\"\n                    data-sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 23vw, (min-width:768px) 39vw, 83vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  alt=\"detail of an 18th century print, man reading a letter amidst a crowd\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n      <\/a>\n  \n\n<\/div>\n          \n          <div class=\"text-container\">\n            \n                            <h3>\n                                      <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/emsi\/seminar-series\/intellectual-and-cultural-history\/\" >\n                  \n                    Intellectual and Cultural History\n\n                                      <\/a>\n                                  <\/h3>\n            \n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>Seminar Leader:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/profile\/nathan-perl-rosenthal\/\">Nathan Perl-Rosenthal<\/a>, University of Southern California<\/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\/on-paper\/\"  aria-label=\"Read more about On Paper\">\n  \n    \n    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href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/profile\/lisa-pon\/\">Lisa Pon<\/a>, University of Southern California<\/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\/past-tense\/\"  aria-label=\"Read more about Past Tense\">\n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/emsi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2026\/06\/vallard-4-450x432.png\"\n                    data-sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 23vw, (min-width:768px) 39vw, 83vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  alt=\"detail of the Vallard Atlas\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n      <\/a>\n  \n\n<\/div>\n          \n          <div class=\"text-container\">\n            \n                            <h3>\n                                      <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/emsi\/past-tense\/\" >\n                  \n                    Past Tense\n\n                                      <\/a>\n                                  <\/h3>\n            \n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>Seminar Leader:<br \/>\n<strong>Adam Arenson<\/strong>, Associate Professor of History and Director of Urban Studies, Manhattan College<\/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\/pre-modern-mediterranean\/\"  aria-label=\"Read more about Pre-Modern Mediterranean\">\n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            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and the Birth of the United States\n\n                                      <\/a>\n                                  <\/h3>\n            \n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>Academic Program Committee:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.csulb.edu\/faculty-center\/meet-the-faculty-center-team\">Emily Berquist<\/a>, California State University, Long Beach<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/historyarthistory.gmu.edu\/people\/lferreir\">Larrie Ferreiro<\/a>, George Mason University<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/manuellucenagiraldo.com\/en\/home-en\/\">Manuel Lucena Giraldo<\/a>, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cient\u00edficas, Madrid<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/profile\/peter-mancall\/\">Peter Mancall<\/a>, University of Southern California &amp; Director, EMSI<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/history.cas.lehigh.edu\/faculty-staff\/maria-barbara-zepeda-cortes\">Maria B\u00e1rbara Zepeda Cortes<\/a>, Lehigh University<\/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=\"\/emsi\/seminars\/summer-tutorials\/\"  aria-label=\"Read more about Summer Tutorials\">\n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/emsi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2023\/07\/Vesalii-450x450-1-450x432.jpg\"\n                    data-sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 23vw, (min-width:768px) 39vw, 83vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  alt=\"Skeleton with chin resting on hand.\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n      <\/a>\n  \n\n<\/div>\n          \n          <div class=\"text-container\">\n            \n                            <h3>\n                                      <a 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