This holiday season, discover how USC Dornsife scholars view trees. From the landscape of forests in the American West to sustainability to trees designed to study algebraic functions, our academic endeavors connect to a sturdy trunk of curiosity and explore issues across a broad canopy of disciplines.
Experts in international relations, history and American studies and ethnicity find that some lessons stemming from the “Day of Infamy” still apply.
Hailed as a sci-fi capital, Los Angeles has long served as an inspiration and backdrop for some of the best science fiction ever produced in literature or film. A conference organized by William Deverell of history and David Ulin of English explores the city’s profound and complex relationship with the genre.
Young people throughout history, it seems, have felt unfairly judged by critical and uncomprehending elders. Nowhere is that more the case than with the millennial generation.
Seeking to further encourage and support research and teaching in the humanities, USC and The Huntington reaffirm their partnership with the Early Modern Studies Institute and the Institute on California and the West.
In celebration of Father’s Day, USC Dornsife faculty pay homage to the important role their fathers played in inspiring their academic choices and shaping their career paths.
USC Dornsife professors of economics, history, and American studies and ethnicity offer scholarly opinions on how Los Angeles can tackle its unsustainable traffic problem.
The rugged beauty of Big Sur. The innovative spirit of Silicon Valley. The hotbed of creativity that is the Hollywood dream machine. The Golden State is endowed with an iconic, almost mythical stature. Unlocking the mystique is The Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West.
Calling the humanities as vital as breathing, alumna, Pitzer College President and Mark Twain scholar Laura Skandera Trombley is named incoming president of The Huntington Library.
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