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LOS ANGELES: A POLYMATHIC INQUIRY
Guided by the writings of Carey McWilliams
**Students do not need to be in the Thematic Option Program to register for this course. D-clearance is given following interview with Prof. Huebner
Spring 2017 Student Retreat: Generating the Future
Friday, March 31 - Sunday, April 2 on Catalina Island
Application due Tuesday, February 21, 2017
A three-day student initiated and designed workshop held at the USC Wrigley Institute...
ATTENTION ALL GRADUATING ACADEMY MEMBERS
If you are a member of the Academy that has attended the requisite number of events to achieve Fellow status and you will be graduating this May, please email Dr. Karin Huebner (khuebner@usc....
Hello Polymaths! And HNY!!
The spring 2017 program is about to launch! Last semester our Polymathic Pizza series focused on the internal pathways of the polymathic life. Building on these principles, this semester we will explore the...
Dalai Lama Fellows offers an incredible and unique opportunity to join a global community of stories, experiences, insights, and wisdom and we invite your contribution to that community.
As part of a year-long Fellowship, you will...
The Harman Academy sometimes defines a polymath as “a person of much or varied learning; a great scholar.” Is this all there is to being a polymath? Someone who knows a lot of stuff? As we have learned over the past six years, and...
“A polymath is one who not only mastered one or several disciplines, but one who uniquely synthesized them, integrated them.” — Sidney Harman
CALL FOR STUDENT PLANNING COMMITTEE APPLICATIONS
for the Third Annual Harman Academy for...
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
SCIENCE FICTION LOS ANGELES: WORDS AND WORLD BUILDING IN THE CITY OF ANGELS
Friday, October 28-Saturday, October 29, 2016
Presented by the Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West, USC Dornsife College,...
Presented by the Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West, USC Dornsife College, and the Sidney Harman Academy for Polymathic Study, this exciting conference explores the symbiotic relationship between Los Angeles and the...
HEALING ARTS: The Polymathic Collection of Dr. Eugene Rogolsky
From Chicano street art to gay inspired photographs, prints, paintings and sculptures, the polymathic collection of Dr. Eugene Rogolsky, on exhibit at the USC Fisher...
The USC Harman Academy for Polymathic Study in partnership with the USC Fisher Museum of Art would like to coordially invite trojan students and their family members to a very special offering as part of TROJAN FAMILY WEEKEND:
HEALING...
The USC Sidney Harman Academy for Polymathic Study is pleased to offer a diverse array of events for the upcoming fall 2016 semester, commencing during the second week of classes.
Our fall 2016 Polymathic Program opens with “World...
As part of a three-day workshop on the past, present and future of the state of California, the Sidney Harman Academy for Polymathic Study hosted Antonio Villaraigosa, the former mayor of Los Angeles. Wednesday’s event, moderated by...
LOS ANGELES: A POLYMATHIC INQUIRY
Thematic Option/CORE 450
Guided by the writings of Carey McWilliams
Fall 2015 – 2 units/Spring 2016 – 2 units
As social, cultural, engineering, environmental, and demographic
constructs, cities are...
Spring 2017 Series
Sessions held Wednesdays, 5:00 pm to 6:30 pm, DML 241 (unless otherwise specified).
Practicing polymathy is the focus of our spring 2017 Polymathic Pizza series. The “tools of the trade” and the diverse paths to polymathy will be explored with...
Polymathy values different ways of learning, knowing, and being, ranging from the written word to various modes of embodiment and creative practice. A new initiative of the Academy, the Polymathic Lab will extend its integrative learning to the...
The Academy for Polymathic Study guides its enquiries through four flexible pathways or Quadrants: (1) critical and integrative thinking; (2) study of the polymaths; (3) the tapestry of knowledge; and (4) communication. In order to explicate these...
In Spring 2017, the USC Sidney Harman Academy for Polymathic Study is partnering with leading global and academic institutions and scholars, holding workshops and symposia to explore topics and issues from a polymathic perspctive. From a 3-day...
The Goethe Society, an undergraduate organization affiliated with the USC Sidney Harman Academy for Polymathic Study, will continue its enjoyment of the cultural resources of the USC campus and greater Los Angeles. Each session will be accompanied...