USC Dornsife News

Students explore when humanity runs ideas and beliefs through the legal wringer, from Socrates to the Salem Witch trials, and how these spectacles have changed our culture.

The relationship between modernist authors H.D. and Bryher spanned two world wars, four decades and even a few marriages (to other people).

The School of Philosophy bests virtually every other philosophy department in the English-speaking world. [1¾ 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]

As a Trojan thrice over, June Pollak B.A. ’49, M.A. ’51, Ph.D. ’61 has seen the university grow from a small campus, where cadets trained for battle overseas, to a nationally ranked research institution with outposts around the globe. Now, she hopes her support for early career USC Dornsife humanities faculty will create future generations of scholars and innovators. [5 min read]

The USC Dornsife professor of American studies and ethnicity receives the prestigious MacArthur Fellowship in recognition of her examinations of race, citizenship and belonging among immigrant groups in the United States. [4¼ min read]

USC Dornsife historian and poet Adrian De Leon traces the histories of the Filipino diaspora across continents all the while exploring the meaning of home. [5½ min read]

In early American colonies, dissent would often lead to exile, a punishment founders considered as they framed the constitution. [5 min read]

USC Dornsife senior JaBrea Patterson-West changes her major — and her life path — to support underrepresented artists. [3¾ min read]