Special Events and Series

The POLYMATHIC PANELS, and SPECIAL EVENTS SERIES features collaborative exchanges with institutes and scholars from USC and around the globe, including a conference organized and directed by students, with professors and students engaging one another on selected topics.

The GOETHE SOCIETY, an undergraduate organization affiliated with the USC Sidney Harman Academy for Polymathic Study, explores the cultural resources of the USC campus and greater Los Angeles. Each session will be accompanied by an academic presentation and discussion keyed to a specific artistic or scholarly focus.

POLYMATHIC PRACTICUM is a Sidney Center workshop that hold regular meetings over the fall 2021 and spring 2022 semesters, where dedicated Academy students will explore together the practice of integrating multiple disciplines in their own scholarship.

Current Semester
Apr 6 2011

Critical Studies—A Polymathic Pursuit

When: 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Where: Intellectual Commons, DML 2nd floor, room 233
Event Type: Special Events and Series
A conversation with Tara McPherson, professor of critical studies.
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Mar 30 2011

Voices and Visions

When: 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Where: Friends of the USC Libraries Lecture Hall, Doheny Memorial Library, DML 240
Event Type: Special Events and Series
A conversation with Lisa Bitel, professor of history.
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Mar 9 2011

A Polymathic Approach to Writing Biography

When: 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Where: Intellectual Commons, DML 2nd floor, room 233
Event Type: Special Events and Series
A conversation with Lois Banner, professor of history and gender studies.
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Mar 2 2011

The West - A Call to Multiple Methodologies

When: 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Where: Friends of the USC Libraries Lecture Hall, Doheny Memorial Library, DML 240
Event Type: Special Events and Series
A conversation with William Deverell, professor of history.
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Feb 23 2011

The Polymathic Political Scientist

When: 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Where: Friends of the USC Libraries Lecture Hall, Doheny Memorial Library, DML 240
Event Type: Special Events and Series
A conversation with Alison Dundes Renteln, professor of political science.
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Feb 16 2011

Writing American History

When: 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Where: Friends of the USC Libraries Lecture Hall, Doheny Memorial Library, DML 240
Event Type: Special Events and Series
A conversation with Peter Mancall, professor of  history
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