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State of the Word: Asian American Spoken-Word Artists
Sat, Apr 02, 2011 @ 06:00 PM - 08:00 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Receptions & Special Events
Asian American spoken-word artists seek to claim not only auditory space and the literary page, but also dramatic space and the human body. They are loud, provocative, exciting, articulate and literary. They bring the word to the world, and we are bringing them to USC. Bao Phi, Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai and DâLo represent a fresh, diverse generation of artists who give new expression to the Asian American experience. As entertainers, they rouse audiences; but they are all also socially committed artists whose provocative words engage a wide range of issues.
For artist bios, visit the event page: http://web-app.usc.edu/ws/eo2/calendar/113/event/873382
Organized by Viet Nguyen (English and American Studies and Ethnicity), Jane Iwamura (Religion and American Studies and Ethnicity) and Sumun Pendakur (Asian Pacific American Student Services). Co-sponsored by the Department of English, the Department of American Studies and Ethnicity, the Program in Asian American Studies, Asian Pacific American Student Services and the Creative Writing Program.
For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.edu
Location: Ronald Tutor Campus Center (TCC) - Grand Ballroom
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Daria Yudacufski
This event is open to all eligible individuals. USC Viterbi operates all of its activities consistent with the University's Notice of Non-Discrimination. Eligibility is not determined based on race, sex, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or any other prohibited factor. -
A Tribute to Maurice Jarre
Sun, Apr 03, 2011 @ 12:00 PM - 02:00 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Receptions & Special Events
Admission is free.
RSVP required. Please check the event page http://web-app.usc.edu/ws/eo2/calendar/113/event/873383 for event schedule and reservation information.
Highly prolific three-time Academy Awardâwinning French film composer Maurice Jarre composed the unforgettable scores to David Lean masterpieces such as Lawrence of Arabia, Dr. Zhivago and A Passage to India, as well as classics such as The Year of Living Dangerously, Ghost, Witness and Dead Poets Society. This celebration of Jarreâs work will include screenings of three of his films, a panel discussion about his legacy and an exhibition of his notes, compositions and workbooks.
Organized by the USC School of Cinematic Arts.
For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.eduLocation: Eileen L. Norris Cinema Theatre (NCT) -
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Daria Yudacufski
This event is open to all eligible individuals. USC Viterbi operates all of its activities consistent with the University's Notice of Non-Discrimination. Eligibility is not determined based on race, sex, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or any other prohibited factor. -
The Struggle for Human Rights in Contemporary Mexico: A Lecture by Lydia Cacho
Wed, Apr 06, 2011 @ 12:00 PM - 02:00 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Receptions & Special Events
Admission is free.
Lydia Cacho is a Mexican journalist, feminist and human-rights activist who has fought extensively against child abuse, violence against women and political corruption and impunity. Among her journalistic achievements are a series of articles and books exposing Mexican rings of child pornography and prostitution, and, more recently, writings on the unsolved murders of women in Ciudad Juárez that condemn the failure of the Mexican government and society in general to stop the killings. She has received several awards for her courage and social and political efforts, including the International Womenâs Media Foundationâs Courage Award, the Amnesty International Ginetta Sagan Award for Womenâs and Childrenâs Rights and the UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize.
Cacho will talk about her experience of being a journalist in Mexico and her struggle for freedom of expression in a country where the media is tightly controlled by political parties and where human rights, freedom and democracy continue to be fragile.
Organized by MarÃa-Elena MartÃnez (History and American Studies and Ethnicity) and Carol Wise (International Relations).
For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.eduLocation: Edward L. Doheny Jr. Memorial Library (DML) - Friends Lecture Hall, Room 240
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Daria Yudacufski
This event is open to all eligible individuals. USC Viterbi operates all of its activities consistent with the University's Notice of Non-Discrimination. Eligibility is not determined based on race, sex, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or any other prohibited factor. -
Student Voices: Shaping the Conversation about Genocide and Human Rights
Thu, Apr 07, 2011 @ 07:00 PM - 09:00 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Receptions & Special Events
Admission is free.
USC students will help shape the conversation about genocide and human rights by creating short films using video testimony from the USC Shoah Foundation Instituteâs Visual History Archive. In the fall semester, students will participate in a competition (see details below) to make films exploring such issues as discrimination and violence, responses to genocide and the role of videotaped eyewitness accounts. This event will showcase the student works and include an announcement of the competition winners. Following the screening, students will participate in a discussion about the use of eyewitness testimony in raising awareness about genocide and human rights with Holocaust survivor and Academy Awardâwinning producer Branko Lustig (Schindlerâs List, Gladiator) and faculty from the USC School of Cinematic Arts.
Organized by the USC Shoah Foundation Institute. Co-sponsored by the Institute for Multimedia Literacy, the School of Cinematic Arts and the Levan Institute for Humanities and Ethics.
For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.eduLocation: The Ray Stark Family Theatre, School of Cinematic Arts 108
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Daria Yudacufski
This event is open to all eligible individuals. USC Viterbi operates all of its activities consistent with the University's Notice of Non-Discrimination. Eligibility is not determined based on race, sex, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or any other prohibited factor. -
Next Year in Jerusalem: Artists Respond to Testimony from the Holocaust
Thu, Apr 14, 2011 @ 07:30 PM - 09:30 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Receptions & Special Events
Admission is free.
Reception to follow.
Is it true that there can be, as philosopher Theodor Adorno declared, âno poetry after Auschwitzâ? Or can artists hold up a lens to catastrophic experience in a way that invites us to move through the heartbreak of history into a new realm in which we can help transform the present? We will consider these questions during a powerful evening of performance and conversation that will explore how artists respond to unimaginable horrors. The event will feature a performance of Next Year in Jerusalem, a collaboration of two USC faculty artists, writer-performer Stacie Chaiken (Theatre) and playwright-dramaturg Brighde Mullins (Master of Professional Writing). Chaiken and Mullins were invited to create the piece based on materials from the USC Librariesâ newly acquired Holocaust-research collection, which includes journals, photographs and firsthand testimonies from survivors and witnesses of the World War II genocide. After the performance, an initial response will be offered by novelist and Holocaust scholar R. Clifton Spargo, followed by a panel discussion about the use of testimony and trauma for creative expression. Panelists will include Chaiken, Mullins and Spargo along with USC faculty members Brent Blair (Theatre), Wolf Gruner (Jewish Studies and History) and Gabor Kalman (Cinematic Arts), as well as Stephen Smith of the USC Shoah Foundation Institute.
Organized by Wolf Gruner (Jewish Studies and History) and Lynn Sipe (USC Libraries).
For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.edu
Location: The Ray Stark Family Theatre, School of Cinematic Arts 108
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Daria Yudacufski
This event is open to all eligible individuals. USC Viterbi operates all of its activities consistent with the University's Notice of Non-Discrimination. Eligibility is not determined based on race, sex, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or any other prohibited factor. -
Rhythms and Visions--Expanded and Live
Fri, Apr 22, 2011 @ 06:30 PM - 11:00 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Receptions & Special Events
The USC School of Cinematic Arts Complex will be transformed for a spectacular live-cinema event merging music, animation and video. Exciting and innovative UK audiovisual collective D-Fuse and Los Angeles artist Scott Pagano will perform live. Their cutting-edge performance will span experimental documentary, social commentary and abstract visual music. Additionally, giant 3-D stereoscopic animations will be projected onto the building facade, interacting with the audience and the architecture. 3-D glasses will be provided.
The evening will conclude with an engaging panel discussion exploring the way visual media is embedded in our daily lives through architecture, music, design and communication.
Organized by Mike Patterson (Animation), Candace Reckinger (Animation), Eric Hanson (Animation), Brian King (Scoring for Motion Pictures and Television) and Perry Hoberman (Cinematic Arts).
For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.edu
Location: School of Cinematic Arts Complex
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Daria Yudacufski
This event is open to all eligible individuals. USC Viterbi operates all of its activities consistent with the University's Notice of Non-Discrimination. Eligibility is not determined based on race, sex, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or any other prohibited factor. -
2011 International Students Graduation Reception & Awards Ceremony
Fri, Apr 29, 2011 @ 04:00 PM - 06:00 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Receptions & Special Events
Every spring OIS celebrates the achievements of our graduating international students and also recognizes those students, staff and faculty who illustrated their passion and commitment in supporting our international student community.
Join us for the 29th annual International Students Graduation Reception & Awards Ceremony! Please visit the program page at http://sait.usc.edu/ois/workshops-events/ois-programs/graduation.aspx to find additional information on this event.
Please contact the Office of International Services (OIS) at Intlgrad@usc.edu with any questions or concerns.Location: USC Radisson Hotel
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: MAPP Office
This event is open to all eligible individuals. USC Viterbi operates all of its activities consistent with the University's Notice of Non-Discrimination. Eligibility is not determined based on race, sex, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or any other prohibited factor.
