
9 books that offer inspiration and comfort at the end of a challenging 2020
USC English professors reflect on the books that soothed and uplifted them during a tumultuous year.
USC English professors reflect on the books that soothed and uplifted them during a tumultuous year.
It wasn’t because they were joyless and humorless. USC’s Peter Mancall, who researches the Puritans, says it was about their desire to impose their will on the people of New England – natives and immigrants alike.
Joan Flores-Villalobos brings to life the women who journeyed to Panama for money, love and adventure during the construction of the famous canal.
USC Dornsife’s Sabina Zonno and Lynn Dodd have received a National Endowment for the Humanities grant to develop an immersive world around a Renaissance-era manuscript.
Mark Padoongpatt’s examination of Thai immigrants landed him air time on a Hulu show hosted by Padma Lakshmi.
While in-person worship remains risky, some congregations are reimagining their communities online. USC experts address the intersections of religion, a pandemic and a historic social movement.
The glory heaped on the Pilgrims puzzles USC historian Peter Mancall: Native Americans had met Europeans in scores of places before 1620, the Plymouth colony attracted relatively few migrants and it lasted only 70 years.
Accounts of demon sex go as far back as the Book of Genesis, a USC scholar of early Christianity notes.
Through their research on plagues dating back to the late 19th century, USC Dornsife historians have discovered striking parallels between the coronavirus and previous outbreaks.
A USC Annenberg doctoral student discovers how social media can cut both ways.
Lourdes Ashley Hunter and her Trans Women of Color Collective focus on those in their community who have not had access to resources, opportunities and support systems.
As protestors take to the streets, USC Dornsife faculty offer reading suggestions that provide historical and cultural background on the roots of American racism.
Staff scan centuries-old gilded pages and send them to eager faculty and students from behind closed doors at USC Libraries.
A USC Dornsife historian revisits several moments when Americans had to choose between human health and making money, noting that the money usually wins out.
As the faithful celebrate Passover and Easter from home, a USC expert on religion and media describes how spiritual institutions are adapting in response to COVID-19.
Modern society could learn a thing or two from the generosity of early Christians, writes a USC Dornsife professor of religion.
A new book from USC Dornsife’s Sarah Gualtieri counters a long-held stereotype of Arab Americans as outsiders, exploring how they were integrated into Southern California.
The conversation around what we eat has grown to include issues of community, identity and food justice, especially in a global hub like L.A. USC Annenberg professors and alumni explain why.
USC Dornsife scholar Evelyn Alsultany traces key moments in the spread of anti-Muslim sentiments across the United States.
Language changes as culture changes, and in the 2010s pronouns were the words on center stage. A doctoral student in linguistics at USC Dornsife examines how that came to be.
In 1969, an El Nino storm pounded the coast of California, producing epic waves and a legendary winter of surf. USC Dornsife experts weigh in on the past — and future — of surfing in the Golden State.
Each summer, USC archaeology students travel to Mexico and follow in the footsteps of history.
According to the study, white teachers and teachers of color showed implicit biases toward white-sounding names and boys over girls.
Released prisoners share their stories while USC students write their own in an unusual partnership that has changed lives.