In the 1930s, when too many Americans either ignored the swelling Nazi threat or thought Hitler was right, an amateur spymaster recruited civilians to do what Hoover’s FBI would not. USC Dornsife’s Steve Ross reveals the harrowing facts in his new book.
A Problems Without Passports course in Colombia explores the country’s history of armed conflict and the continuing efforts aimed at establishing an enduring peace.
USC Dornsife experts sift through the heated rhetoric of the recent marches in Charlottesville, Va., Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Boston and Atlanta to help better understand what happened, why it happened, and more importantly, how to counter acts of hatred in the future.
A dedicated scholar of Spanish literature and modern European intellectual history, Paul Ilie was “a towering figure” who savored intellectual engagement and emphasized for his students the importance of finding one’s own distinct critical voice.
In a series of tweets last week, President Trump proposed a ban on transgender people in the U.S. military. In "The Conversation," Tom Sapsford visits the classics to tell the fable of the cinaedus – a figure familiar to the Greeks and Romans who played a decisive role in combat, but whose gender identity raised concerns.
USC Dornsife’s William Deverell will lead the new project that will bring scholars and collections together to allow researchers to build on current studies in areas such as Los Angeles and California history, Holocaust studies and LGBTQ history and culture.
The professor of history and accounting and USC President C. L. Max Nikias present book to prime minister of Greece.
How do writers bring their creative vision to the page? Five of USC Dornsife’s leading authors, writing across genres of fiction, poetry, memoir, criticism and narrative nonfiction, unlock the mystery.
As a fellow of the USC Society of Fellows in the Humanities, postdoctoral scholar Asheesh Siddique is tracing the British Empire’s history through its documents.
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