As the United States exerts growing pressure on Mexico, USC Dornsife political scientist Pamela Starr, author of The Making of Mexico, explains what Americans often misunderstand about the country next door and why the relationship matters.
What should we call the words that this ultramodern technology produces? For clues, a USC Dornsife professor looks to some of the world’s earliest authors.
PODCAST: The president and Mancall, one of the nation’s leading scholars of early North American history, discuss his new book, Contested Continent, the forces that shaped the nation’s founding, and the lasting value of studying history.
When it comes to disagreement, a little charity can go a long way.
The commitment from a longtime friend of the institute supports public outreach and partnerships with professionals outside academia.
Professors specialize in Latin American fiction, Korean history, Russian poetry, philosophy and early modern English literature.
Reading offers unexpected forms of connection, as Professor of English Emily Anderson uncovers in her latest, Shadow Work: Loneliness and Literary Life.
The investment from the WHH Foundation helps secure the institute’s future and expand its reach.
A philosophy professor recommends helpful readings on free will, the existence of God, the nature of time, and more.
Former military nursing specialist, transfer student and USC Dornsife philosophy major Evan Williams leads the USC Philosophy Club as “a fine president and a formidable philosopher.”
