USC History Department

! 4:00pm, DML 240 • “Black History’s Warning to the World” with Harvard Professor Vincent Brown () 👏 Our 8th Annual Distinguished Lecture!

Professor Brown is the Charles Warren Professor of American History and Professor of African and African American Studies at University. He teaches courses in Atlantic history, African diaspora studies, and the history of slavery in the Americas. Brown is the author of “The Reaper’s Garden: Death and Power in the World of Atlantic Slavery” (Harvard University Press, 2008) and “Tacky’s Revolt: The Story of an Atlantic Slave War” (Belknap Press, 2020), and he is producer of “Herskovits at the Heart of Blackness” (2009), an audiovisual documentary broadcast on the PBS series “Independent Lens”, and the short video series “The Bigger Picture” (2022) for PBS Digital Studios.

His book, “Tacky’s Revolt: The Story of an Atlantic Slave War,” has won the Fredrick Douglass Book Prize, James A. Rawley Prize, and the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award.

This esteemed event is made possible by the generous support of the Gary B. Cohen Distinguished Lectureship in History Fund and the USC Dornsife Van Hunnick History Department.

Join us for our annual Celebration of History!✨ "The Silver Women: How Black Women’s Labor Made the Panama Canal" with Professor Joan Flores-Villalobos.

Meet history professors, other majors and minors, and learn more about the study of history! 📜🍽️❤️

Reception 5-6pm | Dinner & Talk 6-8pm

RSVP (bit.ly/44WFeWq) - or scan the QR code.

We hope to see you there ✌️✨🎇

UNDERGRADS! We are looking for you! ✌️

Undergraduate Research Internship: The Chinatown History Project

We are looking for two undergraduate research interns to help with the research for our Chinatown History Project; this is a multidisciplinary investigation of the original Los Angeles Chinatown which was demolished in the 1930s to make way for Union Station. The appointment is for this academic year. The research interns would put in approximately 200 hours of work – spread out as she or he wishes --- and the position comes with a $2000 stipend. Much of the work would be pursued in the archives of the Seaver Center at the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, which is just across Exposition Blvd. from USC.

Interested students can send a paragraph describing their studies at USC and their reasons for wanting to join our research team. If interested, please reach out directly to Professor Bill Deverell at [email protected].

Best of luck!

! Join us for the GARY B. COHEN DISTINGUISHED LECTURESHIP IN HISTORY with DAVID W. BLIGHT - "Composite Nation: Frederick Douglass and the Hope of Democracy in These Authoritarian Times" | VPD 105, 4pm.

- DML 206, 5pm - Clio Presents: A Special Collections Transcribe-A-Thon! ✒️ Interact with documents from the 18th and 19th Centuries! See if you still remember cursive! Join us for pizza, treats, and a night of fun with the USC Libraries Special Collections' extraordinary archives!

https://dornsife.usc.edu/events/site/527/32795713859669/clio-presents-a-special-collections-transcribe-a-thon/

The USC Undergraduate Student Government is hosting a free event called the USG Showcase for USC students! The first of its kind, the USG Showcase will (as it sounds) showcase all branches of USG, featuring an array of performances, involvement opportunities, and fun activities for each aspect of our organization. Food and raffle prizes will be provided, so bring your friends and come explore what USG is all about! The event is March 4 in TCC Ballroom from 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM. ✌️👏

! Come join CLIO, the Department of History's official undergraduate student association, for its first event of the semester! showing "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure" | SOS 250, 5pm ✌️🎞️🍕| https://bit.ly/2naUMqo

Students! Join us this Wednesday 9/11 for our 2019 ! "Slavery and Public Opinion" presented by Professor Edgardo Perez Morales. | Meet fellow undergrads and faculty! Reception @ 5pm - Dinner @ 5:45pm. ✌️

Tomorrow! DML 240, 3-5pm. | Please join ICW and CCI at the third Western Histories in the Making. Three USC History graduate students (Julia Brown-Bernstein, Laura Dominguez, and Yesenia Hunter) will present their work and their research paths to continue fostering a connection between ICW and Doheny Library. All are welcome!

The History Department is launching a new film series! The films, suggested by students, faculty, and staff will range widely in genre. Some will be documentaries. Others may be period pieces that raise questions about, among other things, the genre of historical fiction. Still others will embody or address methodological issues of the sorts that historians confront. But they will all be fantastic films and offer food for thought and discussion. So shall we. Indeed, at each event we shall provide hearty, delicious, and nutritious meal. And after each screening we shall host an informal discussion -- think book or film club -- for those members of our community who wish to reflect collectively on the film!

Please join us for our inaugural screening of the fascinating, entertaining, quirky, and award-winning German film from 1990, The Nasty Girl (Das schreckliche Mädchen). | April 15 , SOS 250.

RSVP here https://forms.gle/uMnAgnhASWUXkmpVA or by emailing Jason Glenn ([email protected]).

Questions or suggestions for films we might screen later in the series? Feel free to contact Jason Glenn ([email protected]).

: "7 ways a liberal arts degree can help win the “Game of Thrones” with input from our own Lindsay O'Neill and Lisa Bitel! |

7 ways a liberal arts degree can help win the “Game of Thrones” > News > USC Dornsife Whether you’re a Stark, a Lannister or a Targaryen, nothing might be more beneficial in landing the Iron Throne than a mastery of the letters, arts and sciences. USC Dornsife experts explain how.

Ever wondered about the history of rum? Then join our official undergraduate student association, Clio, for Drunk History!

April 11th @ 5pm | SOS Lobby

Questions? Email Professor Lindsay O'Neill @usc.edu.