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The Levan Institute for the Humanities serves as a hub for the humanities and humanistic social sciences at the University of Southern California, connecting faculty, postdoctoral fellows, and students across disciplines, departments, programs, and institutes.<\/p>\n

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Conversations celebrating new books by USC scholars in the humanities and humanistic social sciences. Each event features the author and guests in conversation about a recently completed publication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n \n

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Conversations about our writing, our selves, and the worlds of connection we hope to sustain. Each event features authors and professors of writing, discussing questions relevant to both experts and beginners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n \n

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Interdisciplinary working groups that foster intellectual exchange and advance research on topics in the humanities (broadly construed) not already addressed by an existing department or program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n \n

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The Levan Institute provides modest grants and promotion for public events in the humanities at USC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n \n

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The Levan Institute aims to foster and facilitate collaborations with scholars and institutions around the globe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n \n

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\n \n Afroditi Angelopoulou, The Body and the Senses in Greek Tragedy<\/em> (Oxford University Press, 2025)\n\n <\/h3>\n \n \n
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The author will be joined in conversation by Ella Haselswerdt (UCLA) and Peter Meineck (New York University), moderated by Susan Lape (USC). Organized in partnership with the Department of Classics and the Center for the Premodern World. Registration is required.<\/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

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