USC Dornsife News

Art historian Vanessa Schwartz of the Visual Studies Research Institute explains why these images are iconic. [2¼ min read]

History has no laugh track, so how do we measure our changing conceptions of happiness through the ages? [10 min read]

Doctoral students explore the Getty Research Institute’s Special Collections through a summer seminar offered by the Visual Studies Research Institute.

Shakespeare scholar Bruce Smith of USC College goes beyond the power of the written word.