Exploring ‘Magic, Witchcraft and Healing’ in the classroom
USC Dornsife’s Thomas Ward of anthropology covers Vodou, witchcraft and shamanism, while focusing on “white magic” used for holistic healing.
Technology preserves Byzantine murals in Eastern Orthodox churches
Personal and cultural legacy meets cutting-edge research technology, enabling the documentation and preservation of Byzantine murals in Eastern Orthodox churches.
Spatial technology opens a window into history
Computer scientist builds software to help scholars enrich their research with historical maps.
When paintings came alive at twilight
Digital humanities and art history scholar Justin Underhill uses visualization software to recreate the experience of viewing art in its original setting.
Tech brings medieval music to the modern world
Adam and Rotem Gilbert are honored for making early music — drawn from the Middle Ages, Renaissance and Baroque periods — resonate with today’s students.
Collaboration sparks conversation on humanities 2.0
The new USC Digital Humanities Program launches, previewing the innovative scholarship it will support.
Pry re-imagines the e-book
Co-creator explores a story that lives off the page with touch-screen gestures linked to the narrative.
$1.9 million awarded to humanities 2.0
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has been a long-standing benefactor to USC, supporting, in addition to this gift, a wide array of university initiatives.
About Digital USC
Digital USC is a university-wide initiative of $1 billion over 10 years going toward gathering, interpreting and applying digital data on a massive scale.
Project Syria: An immersive journalism experience
King’s historic words echo through modern-day digital media
“Freedom’s Ring” uses a USC-created digital platform to share the story behind Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech.