When: 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM Where: Harman Academy for Polymathic Study, DML 241 Event Type: Special Events and Series
Is the Shoah a black hole at the center of the human universe, so evil that it cannot be understood? Or if it is necessary to confront this evil, how can we interpret that which defies comprehension? With Norman Lear Professor of Entertainment, Media, and Society Marty Kaplan acting as moderator, a panel of Holocaust scholars – Stephen D. Smith, executive director of the USC Shoah Foundation; Wolf Gruner, Shapell-Guerin Chair in Jewish Studies; and Varun Soni, dean of Religious Life at USC – explore the role of Holocaust studies in the modern university.
When: 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM Where: Harman Academy for Polymathic Study, DML 241 Event Type: Special Events and Series
Without engineering, there is no future, and an engineer will be the first to tell you that. Join in conversation engineers Shrikanth Narayanan, Andrew Viterbi Professor of Engineering, and Maja Mataric, Professor of Computer Science, Neuroscience, and Pediatrics, Viterbi School of Engineering, as they assess the ongoing invention of the future by – who else? – engineers. University Professor Kevin Starr will moderate.
When: 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM Where: Harman Academy for Polymathic Study, DML 241 Event Type: Polymathic Pizza
The organization and retrievability of information in a variety of formats has been a preoccupation -- and a profession -- since time immemorial. For centuries, archives and libraries served this purpose. The late twentieth century witnessed a translation of information to digital formats. By the early twenty-first century, information management was addressing itself to a global information environment stored digitally and transferred at electronic speed. Drawing upon her academic preparation and long career in library, archival, and information management, Catherine...
When: 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM Where: Harman Academy for Polymathic Study, DML 241 Event Type: Polymathic Pizza
Carol Muske-Dukes, USC Dornsife professor of English and Creative Writing and California Poet Laureate, will discuss the meaning of her current interest in Scientific Narrative. Professor Muske-Dukes locates literary intersections in science/medical narrative and creativity. She sees, for instance, the heart as symbol, (a la Valentine's Day), and as "stress" and emotion. Students will join Professor Muske-Dukes in conversation to explore other possible intersections between the realm of science and the realm of words.
