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University of Southern California
University of Southern California
USC-Huntington Early Modern Studies Institute
The Huntington 
Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens

DISTINGUISHED LECTURE SERIES

November 10, 2009

Robert Darnton, Professor and Librarian, Harvard University
Public Lecture:  "Old Books and e-books"

Location: Doheny Memorial Library 240, University of Southern California
Time: 4:00-6:00 pm

Professor Darnton's visit is supported by a generous grant from the USC Libraries.

Click here for poster  Darnton Poster

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November 11, 2009

Robert Darnton, Professor and Librarian, Harvard University
Master Class
relating to his book, THE FORBIDDEN BEST SELLERS OF PRE-REVOLUTIONARY FRANCE

LOCATION: Special Collections Room, Doheny Memorial Library, University of Southern California
Time: 10:00-12:00noon

Spots in the class are open for graduate students and faculty by RSVP to the Institute. Those accepted will be sent the readings recommended by Professor Darnton. Please submit requests to attend the class to emsi@usc.edu by October 30.


PAST EVENTS

October 16-17, 2008

Leonard Barkan, Princeton University

LOCATION: SOS 250, University of Southern California

October 16: Public Lecture: “Words on Pictures”

Time: 4:00-6:00 pm

October 17: Master Class:  “Making a Name,” a Chapter from Prof. Barkan’s forthcoming book ‘Deciphering Michelangelo” Pictures, Words, and the Life of the Artist”

Time: 10:00-12:00 noon

Please contact emsi@usc.edu for a copy of the reading for Master Class

 

Past Events:

March 22, 2007

"The Polemics of Possession in Early Latin American Narratives"
(Lecture)

Rolena Adorno, Yale University

LOCATION: SOS 250, University of Southern California, 4:00-6:00



March 23, 2007

"The Polemics of Possession: Fray Bartolomé de las Casas, Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda, and the historians of Hernán Cortés"
(Master Class)

Rolena Adorno, Yale University

LOCATION: SOS 250, University of Southern California, 10:00-12:00