Though commencement never came for more than 100 Japanese American students who were forced into internment during World War II, the university will at last issue posthumous degrees in their names.
Expensive, militarized fire suppression led the U.S. down a forest management path that neglected more nuanced approaches, two USC experts note.
Alice Baumgartner, a new history professor at USC Dornsife, explores this little-known piece of history.
The USC Libraries have completed a three-year project to collaboratively build digital collections with L.A. as Subject community archives partners.
Two USC Dornsife political science scholars examine a period in the 1950s when the Senate was evenly divided, nine U.S. senators died and party control flipped twice.
A USC professor of classics thinks they’d find it absurd: The ancient Olympics were never solely about the athletes, but about an experience shared by all who attended.
USC has the largest archive of LGBTQ materials in the world, and researchers use it every year to learn more about gay history and culture.
As Juneteenth becomes a federal holiday, USC experts examine the steps America has taken toward reckoning with the legacy of slavery and institutionalized racism.
For this USC scientist, the stories are personal: Her great-grandmother was freed nearly two years after the Emancipation Proclamation.
The event on Saturday will reflect on and celebrate Black heritage through student tributes, artistic performances and various speakers.
Emmy Esquerre links “queer phobia” in today’s Black communities to political and religious systems put in place by European colonizers and missionaries in Africa and South America.
Thousands of Japanese Americans volunteered to serve in the U.S. military even as their friends and family were forced into internment camps.
USC faculty members and 40 other experts from diverse fields produce a report on the triumphant and tragic moments in L.A.’s history.
The tradition of Christian dance did not happen overnight. For the first five centuries of Christianity, the church opposed dancing. But as time went on dance continued to be integrated into Christianity.
Betty Grebenschikoff and Ana María Wahrenberg hadn’t seen each other since their families fled Berlin. More than 80 years later, astute work by a foundation indexer brought them back together.
USC experts discuss how COVID-19’s disproportionate impact on the Black community connects to a long history of upending Black families in America, from slavery to incarceration.
In honor of Women’s History Month, we celebrate five USC alums who have made their mark on history, from the stage to the swimming pool to the Supreme Court.
As vaccinations increase, many Americans are starting to wonder when the pandemic will “end.” David Sloane of USC Price provides historical insight by comparing and contrasting our COVID response with the 1918 outbreak.
Mexico played an important role in helping escaped slaves find freedom — and in shaping the U.S. Civil War, argues USC Dornsife’s Alice Baumgartner.
With a new movie, a comic book series and Krampus-based festivities growing in popularity, the scary Alpine holiday legend has gained a firm foothold in America.
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.
The professor of American studies and ethnicity at USC Dornsife receives the prestigious fellowship in recognition of her work on race and citizenship in the U.S.
Mark Padoongpatt’s examination of Thai immigrants landed him air time on a Hulu show hosted by Padma Lakshmi.