{"id":174,"date":"2022-12-13T21:56:49","date_gmt":"2022-12-13T21:56:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/levan-institute\/?page_id=174"},"modified":"2026-04-03T18:17:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T18:17:46","slug":"working-groups","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/levan-institute\/programs\/working-groups\/","title":{"rendered":"Working Groups"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n  \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--full-width-cta \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--full-width-cta\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n<div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n      <div class=\"header-container\">\n  \n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          Propose a New Working Group\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>Proposals for new working groups are reviewed on a rolling basis.<\/p>\n<p>Working groups should have at least two conveners from different departments or units at USC; at least one of the conveners must be a tenure-track or tenured professor based in the humanities or humanistic social sciences. Working groups may organize discussions of work in progress, conversations around shared readings, or any activities that advance scholarly dialogue and the research agendas of participants. Groups are expected to meet regularly during the academic year and must be open to new participants. Groups are welcome to include participants outside of USC, and at institutions other than universities. Existing groups that the Levan Institute does not currently support are eligible to apply; existing Levan working groups are eligible to reapply as we wish to foster long-term conversations and collaborations. Awards are modest ($500 for the academic year) and aimed at facilitating conversations, not organizing events. Proposals for new working groups should indicate the group&#8217;s title and description, information for each convener, and an estimated budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n          <\/div>\n    \n      <div class=\"links-container\">\n        \n            \n<div class=\"f--field f--link\">\n\n    \n    \n  \n<a \n  class=\"link\"\n  href= https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSeTE_I07gPM67vRkuj-728rcdyPwEeFWwkQLQnm0361ZDRQEw\/viewform?usp=header\n  target=\"_blank\"  aria-label=\"Read more about Submit a Proposal\"  \n>\n    Submit a Proposal \n  <svg version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 35 35\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 35 35\" width=\"25\" height=\"25\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><polygon fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" fill=\"#FC0\" points=\"19.3,27.5 29.3,17.5,19.3,7.5 16.3,10.4 21.4,15.4 6.7,15.4 6.7,19.6 21.4,19.6 16.3,24.6 \"\/><\/svg>\n<\/a>\n\n\n<\/div>\n          <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\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      <div class=\"header-container\">\n\n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          Current Working Groups\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                <\/div>\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:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1UIC7IvHFqEx2odyawcYKoDFQVcBUDhgGRYi1VJsBOjw\/edit?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Read more about AI &#038; The University\">\n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/levan-institute\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/104\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-13-at-10.38.20-AM-e1768329980598.png\"\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                            <h3>\n                                      <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1UIC7IvHFqEx2odyawcYKoDFQVcBUDhgGRYi1VJsBOjw\/edit?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\">\n                  \n                    AI &#038; The University\n\n                                      <\/a>\n                                  <\/h3>\n            \n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ongoing discussions about ethical responses to the use of generative-AI in a university setting, co-sponsored by the Institute of Ethics &amp; Trust in Computing, the Ahmanson Lab, and the Humanities and Critical Code Studies Lab.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Coordinators: <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/profile\/mark-marino\/\">Mark C. Marino<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/profile\/trisha-tucker\/\">Trisha Tucker<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1UIC7IvHFqEx2odyawcYKoDFQVcBUDhgGRYi1VJsBOjw\/edit?usp=sharing\">Schedule \u21e5<\/a><\/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:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/15yO0wgRB0VmAvo3EATuD8R9FQcUWQr-XR6pSkUVHzKY\/edit?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Read more about Environmental Humanities\">\n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/levan-institute\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/104\/2023\/06\/Detail2.25-PERU-WEB-slide-2DW9-superJumbo.NYTimes-768x432.png\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/levan-institute\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/104\/2023\/06\/Detail2.25-PERU-WEB-slide-2DW9-superJumbo.NYTimes-768x432.png 768w\"          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                            <h3>\n                                      <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/15yO0wgRB0VmAvo3EATuD8R9FQcUWQr-XR6pSkUVHzKY\/edit?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\">\n                  \n                    Environmental Humanities\n\n                                      <\/a>\n                                  <\/h3>\n            \n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>A discussion of foundational and cutting-edge scholarship in the environmental humanities. We aim to better understand relationships between humans and the natural world, broadly construed, across the past, present, and future. We are motivated by an increasingly urgent need to analyze and address anthropogenic ecological change in all its complexity.<\/p>\n<p>Coordinators: <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cf\/faculty-and-staff\/faculty.cfm?pid=1043363\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Devin Griffiths<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/digitalhumanities\/postdocs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sean Patrick Fraga<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/15yO0wgRB0VmAvo3EATuD8R9FQcUWQr-XR6pSkUVHzKY\/edit?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Schedule \u21e5<\/a><\/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:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1c94jpaSsZleyvfTXkSMC4a0ZsNPC6M77__KTA2cV_tE\/edit?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Read more about Health Humanities\">\n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/levan-institute\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/104\/2025\/10\/health_humanities-e1760647580614-768x432.jpeg\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/levan-institute\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/104\/2025\/10\/health_humanities-e1760647580614-1280x720.jpeg 1280w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/levan-institute\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/104\/2025\/10\/health_humanities-e1760647580614-768x432.jpeg 768w\"          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                            <h3>\n                                      <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1c94jpaSsZleyvfTXkSMC4a0ZsNPC6M77__KTA2cV_tE\/edit?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\">\n                  \n                    Health Humanities\n\n                                      <\/a>\n                                  <\/h3>\n            \n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An exploration into the role of the humanities (its methods and training) in the study of health, the body and culture, as well as in healthcare settings, particularly in the service of undergraduate and medical education, patient care, health justice, and community engagement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Coordinators: <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/profile\/erika-wright\/\">Erika Wright<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/profile\/kristiana-willsey\/\">Kristiana Willsey<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/profile\/julie-van-dam\/\">Julie Van Dam<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1c94jpaSsZleyvfTXkSMC4a0ZsNPC6M77__KTA2cV_tE\/edit?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Schedule \u21e5<\/a><\/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:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/144V7GNMtakV1u6h4mCcaoeUr9b9zv9HaV5rHiOBeqyM\/edit\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Read more about Sound in Sacred Spaces\">\n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/levan-institute\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/104\/2023\/06\/dome_mic-768x432.png\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/levan-institute\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/104\/2023\/06\/dome_mic-768x432.png 768w\"          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                            <h3>\n                                      <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/144V7GNMtakV1u6h4mCcaoeUr9b9zv9HaV5rHiOBeqyM\/edit\" target=\"_blank\">\n                  \n                    Sound in Sacred Spaces\n\n                                      <\/a>\n                                  <\/h3>\n            \n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>An exploration of sound in sacred spaces, with perspectives from performance, sciences, humanities and religious tradition.<\/p>\n<p>Coordinators: <a href=\"https:\/\/viterbi.usc.edu\/directory\/faculty\/Kyriakakis\/Christos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chris Kyriakakis<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/music.usc.edu\/scott-spencer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scott B. Spencer<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/144V7GNMtakV1u6h4mCcaoeUr9b9zv9HaV5rHiOBeqyM\/edit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Schedule \u21e5<\/a><\/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:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/10asK0lWhrEt-lPTmfTHszQPR-lJTB1VJ4RUVKI9srqQ\/edit?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Read more about Staff With PhD\u2019s\">\n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/levan-institute\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/104\/2026\/04\/Arcimboldo_Librarian_Stokholm-768x432.jpg\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/levan-institute\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/104\/2026\/04\/Arcimboldo_Librarian_Stokholm-768x432.jpg 768w\"          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                            <h3>\n                                      <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/10asK0lWhrEt-lPTmfTHszQPR-lJTB1VJ4RUVKI9srqQ\/edit?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\">\n                  \n                    Staff With PhD\u2019s\n\n                                      <\/a>\n                                  <\/h3>\n            \n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Humanities departments and research centers at USC are often staffed by scholars with PhD\u2019s and other advanced degrees who have training and experience in conducting independent research projects. This working group provides space for that research and examines our unique position in the university.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Coordinators: <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/profile\/amy-braden\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amy Braden<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/profile\/zachary-mann\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zachary Mann<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/10asK0lWhrEt-lPTmfTHszQPR-lJTB1VJ4RUVKI9srqQ\/edit?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Schedule \u21e5<\/a><\/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:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1VPnxckIYXUMrJ3HbEuRiDQhAlfnqRmf3\/edit?usp=sharing&#038;ouid=100612972532569191280&#038;rtpof=true&#038;sd=true\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Read more about Theory Today\">\n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/levan-institute\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/104\/2024\/07\/dayanita_singh_file_room02-web-768x432.jpg\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/levan-institute\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/104\/2024\/07\/dayanita_singh_file_room02-web-768x432.jpg 768w\"          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                            <h3>\n                                      <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1VPnxckIYXUMrJ3HbEuRiDQhAlfnqRmf3\/edit?usp=sharing&#038;ouid=100612972532569191280&#038;rtpof=true&#038;sd=true\" target=\"_blank\">\n                  \n                    Theory Today\n\n                                      <\/a>\n                                  <\/h3>\n            \n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>A working group dedicated to closely reading and rigorously discussing a diverse range of texts that are shaping the contours of theory in our time.<\/p>\n<p>Coordinators: Nisarg Patel, Tania Sarfraz, and <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/profile\/neetu-khanna\/\">Neetu Khanna<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Image: <em>File Room<\/em>\u00a0by Dayanita Singh<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1VPnxckIYXUMrJ3HbEuRiDQhAlfnqRmf3\/edit?usp=sharing&amp;ouid=100612972532569191280&amp;rtpof=true&amp;sd=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Schedule \u21e5<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                      <\/div>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n  \n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n                                      \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--accordions \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--accordions\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      <div class=\"header-container\">\n\n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          Previous Working Groups\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n      \n      \n    <\/div>\n  \n      <ul>\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-1-S3BBm-DGUc\" aria-controls=\"section-1-1-S3BBm-DGUc\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">Alternatives to Capitalism in a Time of Deepening Crises<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-1-S3BBm-DGUc\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-1-S3BBm-DGUc\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\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>This working group aims to provide a forum for faculty, postdocs and doctoral students from across the schools to reflect on the various impacts of the pandemic as a global and historic shift and on the increasingly exposed limits of capitalism, with specific attention to informed alternatives.<\/p>\n<p>Coordinators: <a href=\"https:\/\/cinema.usc.edu\/directories\/profile.cfm?id=26191&amp;did=67&amp;referer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aniko Imre<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/rossier.usc.edu\/faculty-and-research\/directories\/a-z\/profile\/?id=15\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Patricia Burch<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-2-S3BBm-DGUc\" aria-controls=\"section-1-2-S3BBm-DGUc\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">At the Intersection of Migration and Refugee Studies<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-2-S3BBm-DGUc\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-2-S3BBm-DGUc\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\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>This group interrogates what forms of agency underpin our own understanding of migrants and refugees, in order to better understand the discourses of their experience traveling throughout the diaspora. We aim to make the global patterns of circulation\u2014of capital, commodities, and people\u2014visible in order to remap and rethink migratory flows.<\/p>\n<p>Coordinators: <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cf\/faculty-and-staff\/faculty.cfm?pid=1038314\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brian Bernards,<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cf\/ealc\/student_display.cfm?Person_ID=1089331\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lillian Ngan<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cf\/ase\/student_display.cfm?Person_ID=1062901\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Christopher Chien<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-3-S3BBm-DGUc\" aria-controls=\"section-1-3-S3BBm-DGUc\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">Black Marxism<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-3-S3BBm-DGUc\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-3-S3BBm-DGUc\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\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>This reading group considers the ground breaking ideas and work of Cedric Robinson and his key text,\u00a0<i>Black Marxism: The Making of the Black Radical Tradition<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>Coordinators:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cf\/faculty-and-staff\/faculty.cfm?pid=1085771\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ben Carrington<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/annenberg.usc.edu\/faculty\/communication\/robeson-taj-frazier\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Taj Frazier<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-4-S3BBm-DGUc\" aria-controls=\"section-1-4-S3BBm-DGUc\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">Books, Texts, and Images<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-4-S3BBm-DGUc\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-4-S3BBm-DGUc\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\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>We study books, writing, wordless communication, and record-keeping\u2014past\/present, scholarly\/public, material\/virtual\u2014as well as transmissions of knowledge via tangible\/immaterial means, and communities of production\/interpretation. We share our work in progress, and consider scholarship on histories and theories of books and reading.<\/p>\n<p>Coordinators: <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cf\/faculty-and-staff\/faculty.cfm?pid=1091374\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lisa Pon<\/a>,\u00a0Malachai Bandy,\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cf\/faculty-and-staff\/faculty.cfm?pid=1080378\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Frederic Clark<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-5-S3BBm-DGUc\" aria-controls=\"section-1-5-S3BBm-DGUc\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">Capitalism in the Global South<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-5-S3BBm-DGUc\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-5-S3BBm-DGUc\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\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>What is the Global South? This group will discuss its historical and contemporary formation, with a focus on capitalism, race, empire, and the modern state.<\/p>\n<p>Coordinators:\u00a0Daniel Delgado, <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cf\/faculty-and-staff\/faculty.cfm?pid=1020030\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wolf Gruner<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cf\/hist\/student-display.cfm?Person_ID=1098931\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Issay Matsumoto<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-6-S3BBm-DGUc\" aria-controls=\"section-1-6-S3BBm-DGUc\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">Confronting the Second Space Age: From Cosmic Speculation to Astro-Capitalism<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-6-S3BBm-DGUc\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-6-S3BBm-DGUc\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\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>This working group examines the challenges and concerns associated with the resurgence of interest in interplanetary exploration, space tourism, speculative mining, and\u00a0extraterrestrial\u00a0colonization.<\/p>\n<p>Coordinators: <a href=\"https:\/\/sofh.usc.edu\/hall\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Meredith Hall<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/sofh.usc.edu\/klik\/\" target=\"_self\">Ella Klik<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/annenberg.usc.edu\/faculty\/jennifer-petersen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jennifer Petersen<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-7-S3BBm-DGUc\" aria-controls=\"section-1-7-S3BBm-DGUc\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">Critical Translation Studies<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-7-S3BBm-DGUc\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-7-S3BBm-DGUc\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\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>Discussions of work-in-progress and shared readings on theories of translation among scholars and translators.<\/p>\n<p>Coordinators: <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cf\/faculty-and-staff\/faculty.cfm?pid=1080364\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ronald Mendoza-de Jes\u00fas<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cf\/faculty-and-staff\/faculty.cfm?pid=1069058\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Veli N. Yashin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-8-S3BBm-DGUc\" aria-controls=\"section-1-8-S3BBm-DGUc\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">(De)Colonization and Design: Politics, Infrastructure, Aesthetics<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-8-S3BBm-DGUc\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-8-S3BBm-DGUc\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\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>This working group will bridge the fields of architecture, history, and political theory to foster interdisciplinary discussions of the political-aesthetic practices of colonization and decolonization.<\/p>\n<p>Coordinators: <a href=\"https:\/\/arch.usc.edu\/people\/ginger-nolan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ginger Nolan<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cf\/hist\/student-display.cfm?Person_ID=1071222\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Harrison Diskin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-9-S3BBm-DGUc\" aria-controls=\"section-1-9-S3BBm-DGUc\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">Documenting the Undocumented<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-9-S3BBm-DGUc\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-9-S3BBm-DGUc\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\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>We help shape new historical and humanities scholarship on the residents of the United States that lack legal status, usually referred to as \u201cundocumented.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Coordinators: <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cf\/faculty-and-staff\/faculty.cfm?pid=1003672\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">George Sanchez<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cf\/hist\/student-display.cfm?Person_ID=1081583\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Julia Brown-Bernstein<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-10-S3BBm-DGUc\" aria-controls=\"section-1-10-S3BBm-DGUc\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">Evolving Narratives: Poetry and Painting in a Placeless World of Global Technology<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-10-S3BBm-DGUc\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-10-S3BBm-DGUc\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\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>Electronic communication has radically altered our sense of time and place. This group will explore how poetry and painting have spawned innovative narratives that address the technology era&#8217;s crisis of perception.<\/p>\n<p>Coordinators: <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cf\/faculty-and-staff\/faculty.cfm?pid=1008225\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mark Irwin<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cf\/faculty-and-staff\/faculty.cfm?pid=1080706\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Enrique Martinez Celaya<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-11-S3BBm-DGUc\" aria-controls=\"section-1-11-S3BBm-DGUc\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">Futurities<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-11-S3BBm-DGUc\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-11-S3BBm-DGUc\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\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><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We will think through the concept of \u201cfuturity\u201d and collectively consider the stakes of future visions, asking: What do speculative visions reflect about the present and our current structures of society? What is at stake in different articulations of the future?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Coordinators: <a href=\"https:\/\/benbush.wordpress.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ben Bush<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/futurehumanities\/laura-nelson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Laura Nelson<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/cinema.usc.edu\/directories\/profile.cfm?id=6648&amp;first=&amp;last=&amp;title=&amp;did=19&amp;referer=%2Fwriting%2Ffaculty.cfm&amp;startpage=1&amp;startrow=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mary Sweeney<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-12-S3BBm-DGUc\" aria-controls=\"section-1-12-S3BBm-DGUc\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">Latinx Media<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-12-S3BBm-DGUc\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-12-S3BBm-DGUc\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\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>This working group studies Latinx Media in its various manifestations: TV, film, music, art, theater, journalism, etc . We will read classic and recent texts on Latinx Media and discuss works in progress presented by members.<\/p>\n<p>Coordinators: <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cf\/faculty-and-staff\/faculty.cfm?pid=1048180\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elda Mar\u00eda Rom\u00e1n<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cf\/faculty-and-staff\/staff.cfm?pid=1097497\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jonathan Leal<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-13-S3BBm-DGUc\" aria-controls=\"section-1-13-S3BBm-DGUc\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">MASTS\u2014Media As SocioTechnical Systems<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-13-S3BBm-DGUc\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-13-S3BBm-DGUc\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\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><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uscmasts.org\/about\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MASTS<\/a> is an interdisciplinary community of knowledge and action that aims to rigorously and playfully build better media infrastructures, strengthen public life, and advance social justice<\/p>\n<p>Coordinators:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/annenberg.usc.edu\/faculty\/communication-journalism\/mike-ananny\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mike Ananny<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/annenberg.usc.edu\/faculty\/communication\/colin-maclay\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Colin Maclay<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-14-S3BBm-DGUc\" aria-controls=\"section-1-14-S3BBm-DGUc\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">Museum Cultures: Reimagining the Museum and its Objects<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-14-S3BBm-DGUc\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-14-S3BBm-DGUc\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\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>A collaboration between academics and museum professionals to investigate the ways in which museums collect, display, and narrate cultures, past and present, with a focus on objects that prove particularly resistant, provocative,\u00a0 recalcitrant, nonconforming \u2026 \u201cdifficult\u201d and why.<\/p>\n<p>Coordinator: <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cf\/faculty-and-staff\/faculty.cfm?pid=1008270\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daniela Bleichmar<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-15-S3BBm-DGUc\" aria-controls=\"section-1-15-S3BBm-DGUc\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">&#8216;Root Shock&#8217;: New Digital Technologies and Urban Displacement<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-15-S3BBm-DGUc\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-15-S3BBm-DGUc\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\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>The group will investigate the ways immersive technologies can help tell stories or deliver research-driven content about urban displacement. We are especially interested in ways to represent the lived experiences of displaced individuals and the long-term consequences of community dispossession. The group is jointly hosted by the Levan Institute and the Ahmanson Lab.<\/p>\n<p>Coordinators: <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/profile\/philip-ethington\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Philip Ethington<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/polymathic.usc.edu\/person\/curtis-fletcher\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Curtis Fletcher<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/arch.usc.edu\/people\/meredith-drake-reitan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Meredith Drake Reitan<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/scalar.usc.edu\/works\/root-shock\/index\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Schedule \u21e5<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-16-S3BBm-DGUc\" aria-controls=\"section-1-16-S3BBm-DGUc\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">Social Justice in the GeoHumanities<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-16-S3BBm-DGUc\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-16-S3BBm-DGUc\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\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>We seek to find and create a reckoning with issues of social justice, related to racial capitalism, redlining, asymmetrical global development and environmental degradation, within the field of GeoHumanities.<\/p>\n<p>Coordinators:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cinema.usc.edu\/directories\/profile.cfm?id=6548\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Priya Jaikumar<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cf\/faculty-and-staff\/faculty.cfm?pid=1043292\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Neetu Khanna<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-17-S3BBm-DGUc\" aria-controls=\"section-1-17-S3BBm-DGUc\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">Sound Studies Working Group<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-17-S3BBm-DGUc\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-17-S3BBm-DGUc\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\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>We are scholars\u00a0from a range of disciplines\u00a0with a focus on media<span lang=\"en-US\">\u00a0and culture<\/span>\u00a0within\u00a0Sound Studies<span lang=\"en-US\">\u00a0framework<\/span>.\u00a0<span lang=\"en-US\">Our group\u2019s interest lies in<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">\u00a0<\/span>the emergence of sound, hearing versus listening of voice and sound, and sonic reproduction.<\/p>\n<p>Coordinators: <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cf\/faculty-and-staff\/faculty.cfm?pid=1097496\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sarah Kessler<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cf\/sll\/student_display.cfm?Person_ID=1095425\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Anna Sbitneva<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-18-S3BBm-DGUc\" aria-controls=\"section-1-18-S3BBm-DGUc\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">Theory and Pre-Modernity<\/span>\n      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