USC Dornsife News

In Fall 2015, the USC School of Religion will launch a doctoral program with three tracks: Asia Pacific Religions, Comparative Christianities and Global Islam.

Students in Lori Meeks’ Maymester class examine Buddhism’s ancient texts and visit local Buddhist communities.

With Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) fellowships, USC Dornsife undergraduates are studying Mandarin in Beijing and Taiwan.

Japanese historians Masao Kawashima of Ritsumeikan University and Ikuyo Matsumoto of Yokohama City University taught the workshop, which focused on passages of the Gyokuyō involving religious themes.