USC Dornsife News

Puritans chopping down a festive Maypole in 1629 was a harbinger of future destruction. [5½ min read]

While the confederate flag is used by the far right in Germany, there is also a long history of the American South being romanticized going back to the publication of Uncle Tom’s Cabin in 1852. [6 min read]

Mexico played an important role in helping escaped slaves find freedom and in shaping the United States Civil War, argues Alice Baumgartner, a member of the USC Society of Fellows in the Humanities, headquartered at USC Dornsife. [4¾ min read]

USC Dornsife English professors reflect on the books that have soothed and uplifted them during a year of turmoil. [5 min read]

From virtual memorials and digital keepsakes to Zoom ceremonies and online gravestone archives, technology allows us to reimagine and innovate ways to remember and celebrate the dearly departed. [5¾ min read]

Our memory holds our past, builds our future and forges our personal identity. It also shapes the historical record. This intangible asset might be the most powerful force humanity possesses — but will technology eventually overshadow it? [11¼ min read]

A Maymester class uses food as a vehicle for understanding the diversity, cultures and history of one of the world’s culinary hot spots — even during the COVID-19 lockdown. [4¼ min read]

USC Dornsife writing professor Amy Meyerson uses fiction — and extensive research — to illuminate the unsolved theft of one of the world’s most storied gems. [6¼ min read]