Hooray for Hollywood

Feb 23 2011
When: 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Where: Friends of the USC Libraries Lecture Hall, Doheny Memorial Library, DML 240
Event Type: Polymathic Pizza

Event Details

Drawing upon his new book, Hollywood Sign, University Professor Leo Braudy suggests a polymathic approach to literature, cinema, and cultural history.

Speaker Information

Speaker

Leo Braudy

Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, literary scholar and critic, the Leo S. Bing Chair in English and American Literature, film critic and cultural historian, University Professor Leo Braudy is a polymath’s polymath. His areas of expertise are an intersection of multiple disciplines and he has written authoritatively on a wide variety of subjects.