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Shining a Light on Corruption: The Story of Two Journalists in the Republic of China
Fri, Oct 01, 2010 @ 12:00 PM - 01:30 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
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Tao and Vicky Lee are broadcast journalists and media personalities in Taiwan who have been pioneers in the field, leading the way in the practice of journalism in their country. Tao Lee studied journalism at the University of Missouri where his experiences gave him a solid footing in the professional practice that was at odds with the way journalism was traditionally practiced in China. Shortly after martial law was lifted in the early 1990s, he started pushing the boundaries of censorship on the radio, and then on TVBS, a nationwide cable television network in Taiwan. His news program investigated Chen Shui-bian, president of Taiwan, and exposed his corruption on the air before the station could be shut down. As a result of the charges against him, Chen was arrested In November 2008, and sentenced to prison for life. This insightful discussion by these two seasoned journalists will provide historical and current perspectives on the present state of media in the Republic of China. The program will be moderated by Geneva Overholser, director of journalism for the USC Annenberg School.
Admission is free. Reservations requested. To RSVP, go to annenberg.usc.edu/rsvp.
Organized by the USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism.
For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.edu
Location: Annenberg School For Communication (ASC) -
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. -
Feeling the Screen: Tactility and Emotion in the Digital Age
Mon, Oct 04, 2010 @ 04:00 AM - 06:00 AM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
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While pundits worry about the increasing amount of time young people spend online in dematerialized virtual spaces, we have also witnessed an explosion of practices and devices that return our attention to the hand. From the online craft vendor Etsy to the tactile interfaces of our iPhones, the body and the digital are deeply interlaced. âThe Touch of the Hand in the Digital Eraâ is a two-part series that will consider the particular roles that touch and the emotions play in our sense of self and the world.
In the first event of the series, explore the digital up close and hands on with internationally renowned artists Erik Loyer and Sharon Daniel. The event will include hands-on interaction with projects presented by Loyer and Daniel that will allow students to engage a variety of devices, including the iPhone and the Wii remote.
Loyer and Daniel have collaborated on the production of two interactive documentaries, Public Secrets and Blood Sugar. Public Secrets is a Webby Awards honoree that was originally published in Vectors journal and has been shown at arts festivals such as Transmediale in Berlin and Artefact in Belgium and in gallery exhibitions in San Francisco, Los Angeles and Sydney, Australia. Blood Sugar has been exhibited as a Wii remoteâoperated installation at UCLAâs Art|Sci gallery and at the USC School of Cinematic Arts.
Admission is free.
Reception to follow.
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The Lupton Sisters
Friday, March 25, 2 p.m.
Doheny Memorial Library, Friends Lecture Hall, Room 240
For more info, visit the event page http://web-app.usc.edu/ws/eo2/calendar/113/event/873374
Organized by Philip Ethington (History and Political Science) and Tara McPherson (Cinematic Arts). Co-sponsored by the Center for Transformative Scholarship.
For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.edu
Location: 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. -
Games in the Global Office: Insults, Compliments and the Edge of Violence
Wed, Oct 06, 2010 @ 05:00 PM - 07:00 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
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Join us for a fascinating conversation about the games people play in an increasingly global workplace. When people play well together, creativity ensues. But games in the workplace can also be divisive and disrespectful, leading to vandalism and even violence. A panel of experts will discuss games in the workplace, explore parallels between social interactions and digital games and look at exciting possibilities of using serious games to offer solutions. Serious-games innovator Maryalice Jordan-Marsh will moderate a panel including international diversity expert Michà lle Mor Barak and Kevin A. Brown, art-development manager for Sony Computer Entertainment America.
Kevin A. Brown, art-development manager at Sony Computer Entertainment America in Santa Monica, has been making games for sixteen years. At Sony, Kevin is responsible for managing the entire art department. Prior to joining Sony, Brown was director of content at Brash Entertainment in Hollywood and studio art director at Microsoft Game Studios.
Maryalice Jordan-Marsh is an associate professor in the USC School of Social Work, with a courtesy appointment at the Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism, and the director of the USC Nurse Social Work Practitioner program. She has collaborated with the USC School of Cinematic Arts on mobile social networking for health, including an intergenerational game to promote healthy behaviors.
Michà lle Mor Barak is a professor in the USC School of Social Work and the USC Marshall School of Business. She holds the Lenore Stein-Wood and William S. Wood Professorship in Social Work and Business in a Global Society and is the founder and director of the International Center for the Inclusive Workplace.
Reception to follow.
Organized by the USC School of Social Work.
For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.eduLocation: Gabilan Courtyard, School of Social Work
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 Afterglow: A Tribute to Robert Frost
Thu, Oct 07, 2010 @ 06:00 AM - 08:00 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
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Join us for a festival of music and films presented in conjunction with the exhibit Yousuf Karsh: Regarding Heroes,on display at the USC Fisher Museum of Art from August 19 through November 23. The exhibition celebrates the centenary of the birth of Yousuf Karsh, one of our greatest portrait photographers, whose portrait subjects include such political, social and literary figures as Nelson Mandela, Audrey Hepburn, Winston Churchill and Robert Frost.
The Afterglow: A Tribute to Robert Frost is a documentary narrated by Burgess Meredith that combines stunning visuals and literary criticism, breathing new life into Karshâs portrait of Frost, which will be on display. Following the screening, USC English professor and poet Mark Irwin will present a discussion and poetry reading. Irwin, a nationally acclaimed poet and four-time Pushcart Prize winner, has been described as a âdescendant of William Carlos Williams and Hart Crane.â He is the author of six collections of poetry, and he has also translated several French and Romanian works. Irwin teaches undergraduate and graduate poetry workshops at USC.
Admission is free.
Reception to follow.
For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.eduLocation: May Ormerod Harris Hall, Quinn Wing & Fisher Gallery (HAR) -
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. -
Get Your Hands Dirty with the Arts!
Sun, Oct 10, 2010
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
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The USC arts schools, including the School of Architecture, the School of Cinematic Arts, the Roski School of Fine Arts and the School of Theatre, will come together to present a dynamic daylong festival featuring unique opportunities to get your hands dirty with the arts. They will present a diverse array of hands-on workshops, from salsa dancing to ceramics to digital media-making. So get your hands dirty and experience the creativity and thrill of making art firsthand with USCâs distinguished faculty.
Please check our event page for festival schedule and RSVP information: http://web-app.usc.edu/ws/eo2/calendar/113/event/873321
Organized by the USC Arts Schools.
For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.eduLocation: University Park Campus
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. -
Ira Glass Radio Stories and Other Stories; A Visions and Voices Signature Event
Mon, Oct 11, 2010 @ 07:00 PM - 09:00 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
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Admission is free. Reservations required. To RSVP, visit our event page http://web-app.usc.edu/ws/eo2/calendar/113/event/873322 beginning Monday, September 13, at 9 a.m.
Reception to follow.
Ira Glass, host and producer of the award-winning public-radio program This American Life, returns to USC for a Visions and Voices signature event presented in celebration of the inauguration of USCâs eleventh president, C. L. Max Nikias. Glass spoke at USC in 2007, and to this day his presentation remains one of the most talked about and memorable events presented by Visions and Voices.
Ira Glass revitalized radio by sharing stories of ordinary people to create a program that is humorous, provocative and powerful. He will give a multimedia presentation modeled after his radio program that reflects the power of storytelling to lift the human spirit.
This American Life premiered on Chicagoâs public radio station WBEZ in 1995 and is now heard on more than 500 public radio stations each week by over 1.8 million listeners. Most weeks, the podcast of the program is the most popular podcast in America. Under Glassâs direction, This American Life has won the highest honors for broadcasting and journalistic excellence, including several Peabody and duPont-Columbia awards. The American Journalism Review declared that the show is âat the vanguard of a journalistic revolution.â It has won critical acclaim and attracted continuous national media attention over the years. In 2001, Glass was named by Time magazine as the âBest Radio Host in America,â and in 2009, he received the Edward R. Murrow Award for outstanding contributions to public radio. In 2007, the television adaptation of This American Life premiered on Showtime to great critical acclaim and has won several Emmy awards.
For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.eduLocation: George Finley Bovard Administration Building (ADM) -
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. -
Anna Deavere Smith Engaging the World: The Role of the Artist in Society
Tue, Oct 12, 2010 @ 07:00 PM - 09:00 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
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Admission is free. Reservations required. To RSVP, visit http://web-app.usc.edu/ws/eo2/calendar/113/event/873323 beginning Tuesday, September 14, at 9 a.m.
Reception to follow.
Anna Deavere Smith, hailed by Newsweek as âthe most exciting individual in American theatre,â will be at USC to celebrate the inauguration of USCâs eleventh president, C. L. Max Nikias. In a dynamic presentation, Smith will interweave performance and dialogue, stepping in and out of character to illuminate the impact of arts in society.
Anna Deavere Smith is a playwright, actor and professor who uses her singular brand of theatre to explore issues of community, character and diversity in America. She was awarded the prestigious MacArthur Foundation âgeniusâ grant for creating âa new form of theatreâa blend of theatrical art, social commentary, journalism and intimate reverie.â Smith has a recurring role on the new Showtime series Nurse Jackie, played National Security Advisor Nancy McNally on NBCâs The West Wing and has appeared in such films as Rachel Getting Married, Philadelphia and The American President. She is perhaps best known as the author and performer of two Obie Awardâwinning one-woman plays about racial tensions in AmericaâFires in the Mirror and Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992. Interviewing subjects from all walks of life, Smith recreates their words in performance, transforming herself into an astonishing number of characters. A tenured professor at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University, Smith founded the Institute on the Arts and Civic Dialogue at Harvard (now at NYU). Her latest book is Letters to a Young Artist: Straight-up Advice on Making a Life in the Arts, and her most recent play, Let Me Down Easy, explores the resilience and vulnerability of the human body.
For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.eduLocation: 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. -
L.A. Philharmonic: Dudamel Conducts Messiaen's Turangalîla
Sun, Oct 17, 2010 @ 12:30 PM - 04:30 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
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*This trip is for current USC students only. You must use the provided transportation to participate. Space is limited and advance registration is required. Due to limited space, tickets will be distributed on a lottery basis. To sign up for the lottery, visit the event page http://web-app.usc.edu/ws/eo2/calendar/113/event/873324 on Wednesday, September 22, between 7 a.m. and 2 p.m. Check-in for the event will begin at 11:45 a.m. on campus. Buses will depart at 12:30 p.m. and return to campus at 4:30 p.m. Lunch will be provided at check-in.
Gustavo Dudamel, the Los Angeles Philharmonicâs phenomenal conductor, will conduct Olivier Messiaenâs Turangalîla-Symphonie. Dudamelâs first season as music director was a universal success, due in large part to his unique ability to connect with both orchestra and audience. French composer Olivier Messiaen was one of the most important figures of twentieth-century music. His sprawling Turangalîla traverses themes of romantic love and death, and remains as vital today as it was at its premiere over 60 years ago.
For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.eduLocation: Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles
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. -
Writing about Patients: Truth and Consequences A Lecture by Jay Baruch, MD
Mon, Oct 18, 2010 @ 12:00 AM - 02:00 AM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
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Admission is free.
A reception will be held at 3 p.m. in Hoyt Gallery.
The recent era has seen a rise in writing about illness, including physician and patient memoirs, blogs about illness and the practice of medicine and fiction based on the experiences of patients. Such writing can be illuminating and healing and can foster important conversations about health and the nature of suffering. But at a time when information can be shared with a keystroke, issues of privacy and confidentiality demand our careful consideration and thoughtful reflection. Jay Baruch, MD, will discuss the moral and ethical implications of this kind of writing.
Dr. Baruch is an assistant professor of emergency medicine at the Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University. His collection of short fiction, Fourteen Stories: Doctors, Patients, and Other Strangers received an honorable mention in the short-story category in ForeWord magazineâs 2007 Book of the Year Awards. His fiction has also appeared in numerous print and online literary journals. In addition to his emergency-medicine practice, he serves as director of the medical-ethics curriculum and of the medical-ethics scholarly concentration at Brownâs medical school.
Organized by Pamela Schaff (Pediatrics and Keck Educational Affairs), Erin Quinn (Family Medicine and Keck Admissions) and Lyn M. Boyd-Judson (Levan Institute for Humanities and Ethics). Co-sponsored by the Keck School of Medicineâs Program in Medical Humanities, Arts and Ethics; the USC Pacific Center for Health Policy and Ethics; and the Levan Institute for Humanities and Ethics.
For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.edu
Location: Health Sciences Campus, Mayer Auditorium
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. -
Why Me?: Special Screening of the Pioneering Documentary on Breast Cancer
Thu, Oct 21, 2010 @ 06:30 PM - 08:00 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
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Admission is free. Reservations requested. To RSVP, go to annenberg.usc.edu/rsvp.
In 1974, Annenberg journalism professor Joe Saltzman produced Why Me?, a landmark documentary acknowledged to be the first television documentary on breast cancer. This groundbreaking documentary addressed a subject previously unseen on television. The program was viewed by one out of every three women in the Western world, and has been credited with saving thousands of lives. It is hard to imagine a time when women would not speak publicly about breast cancer, but in 1974, it was an act of courage for a woman to appear on television to talk about what was considered a deadly disease. In addition to a screening of the program, a panel of communication experts, moderated by Judy Muller, an Emmy Awardâwinning television correspondent and associate professor of journalism, will discuss the making of the award-winning documentary and how it paved the way for contemporary approaches to documentary making. The panel will also look at current television dramas and their portrayal of breast-cancer awareness and treatment.
Organized by the USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism.
For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.eduLocation: Annenberg School For Communication (ASC) -
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. -
Einstein's Cosmic Messengers
Fri, Oct 22, 2010 @ 08:00 PM - 10:00 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Receptions & Special Events
Admission is free.
Music and science coalesce in Einsteinâs Cosmic Messengers, a stunning multimedia concert created by composer Andrea Centazzo and NASA physicist Michele Vallisneri. Following this magnificent journey through the universe, science writer K.C. Cole will moderate a conversation with Centazzo, Vallisneri and USC cosmology professor Elena Pierpaoli.
Performed live by Centazzo, Einsteinâs Cosmic Messengers tells the story of gravitational wavesâthe ripples in the fabric of space and time produced by violent events in the distant universe. Albert Einstein predicted their existence in 1916; but only in the last two decades have we achieved the technology to detect them, enabling LIGO, the U.S. Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory, and its siblings, to develop a global network of observatories. LIGOâs measurements will illuminate the fundamental nature of gravity and throw open an entirely new window onto the universe, offering views of previously inaccessible phenomena such as the coalescence of black holes and neutron stars. They will complement the great discoveries of ground- and space-based astronomy and the investigations of missions such as Planck, which observes the radiation originating from the Big Bang itself.
In a career spanning more than 30 years, composer, conductor, percussionist and video artist Andrea Centazzo has performed in more than 1,500 concerts in Europe and the United States. Over the past twenty years, Centazzo has been creating multimedia experiences that combine live music with video images, blending traditional instrumentation with the latest digital technology.
K.C. Cole is a science writer for the Los Angeles Times and a professor at USC Annenbergâs School of Journalism. Cole is interested in the natural connections between science, art and politics, and she hosts Categorically Not!, an âirregularâ series of events exploring these intersections at Santa Monica Art Studios.
Cosmologist Elena Pierpaoliâs life work is to understand the universe in which we live, including its overall structure, composition, origins and evolution. She has done extensive work on dark matter and galaxy clusters, and is part of the science team for the mission Planck.
A theoretical physicist at NASAâs Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Michele Vallisneri received his PhD in physics from Caltech. He is a member of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration and the deputy mission scientist for LISA, the planned space-based gravitational-wave observatory.
For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.eduLocation: George Finley Bovard Administration Building (ADM) -
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. -
America Tropical
Sat, Oct 23, 2010 @ 03:00 PM - 05:00 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Receptions & Special Events
In 1932, Mexican muralist David Alfaro Siqueiros came to Los Angeles and painted the mural known as La América Tropical. Its subject matter was so controversial that its central image of a crucified Indian was painted out, effectively silenced. Join us for a performance of America Tropical, an opera by playwright Oliver Mayer and composer David Conte that was inspired by Siqueirosâs story. Exploring themes of economic and political inequality, the opera follows Siqueiros as he paints and tells the tumultuous tale of the history of Los Angeles, from its founding in 1781 to the 1992 insurrection. His creation also comes to life with its own voice, opinions and hopesâjust as the image in the actual mural has begun to ghost through, refusing to be silenced.
The opera will be directed by Nathan Singh and performed by USC students, with music by the Definiens Project.
Organized by Oliver Mayer (Theatre). Co-sponsored by the Chamber Opera of USC and Residential Education.
For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.eduLocation: Parkside Restaurant
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. -
"Enemy Number One": A Tour and Performance at the Villa Aurora
Tue, Oct 26, 2010 @ 12:00 PM - 05:00 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Receptions & Special Events
*This trip is for current USC students only. You must use the provided transportation to participate. Space is limited and advance registration is required. RSVP at the event page http://web-app.usc.edu/ws/eo2/calendar/113/event/873329 beginning Thursday, September 30, at 9 a.m. Check-in for the event will begin at 11:15 a.m. on campus. Buses will depart at 12 p.m. and return to campus at 5 p.m. Lunch will be provided at check-in.
The USC Libraries are home to the papers and library of historical novelist Lion Feuchtwanger, who escaped his native Germany after Adolf Hitler rose to power in 1933. Because he was an outspoken critic of the Nazi Party, the Nazis ordered his books burned and declared him âEnemy Number One.â The libraries recently published a new edition of Feuchtwangerâs The Devil in France, a memoir of his internment and escape from Nazi-occupied France. He wrote movingly about the political situation in Europe and his experiences as an exiled writer. He later escaped to Los Angeles, where Theodor Adorno, Bertolt Brecht, Fritz Lang, Thomas Mann and other German émigré artists and intellectuals gathered during World War II. Feuchtwangerâs story illuminates the struggles faced by artists who speak truth to power and endure exile from their native countries.
In conjunction with this new publication, USC students will have the opportunity to take an intimate look at Lion Feuchtwangerâs life in exile by visiting Villa Aurora, his former home in Pacific Palisades where he hosted figures like Charlie Chaplin, Thomas Mann and Billy Wilder. After a welcoming reception and tour, students will enjoy a staged reading of letters exchanged between Lion and his wife, Marta Feuchtwanger, from the 1930s and â40s. Acclaimed actor, producer and director Norman Lloyd and actress Nina Franoszek will play the parts of Lion and Marta.
For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.eduLocation: Villa Aurora, Pacific Palisades
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. -
Calendar Oddities
Wed, Oct 27, 2010 @ 07:00 PM - 09:00 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Receptions & Special Events
Admission is free.
Reception to follow.
When is it, anyway? Not easy to say when reckoning time has always been a strange mix of astronomy, culture, math and magic. K.C. Cole, science writer, Annenberg professor and creator of the art/science/whatnot series Categorically Not!, will lead a panel of experts in exploring the inevitable oddities that make calendars so unreasonably interesting.
University professor Solomon Wolf Golomb of the USC Viterbi School and math department will explain, among other things, how Shakespeare and Cervantes could both die on the same dateâyet also ten days apart. Noel Swerdlow, professor of the history of science and astronomy at Caltech, will share some cosmic thoughts on the astronomical origins of calendars and their creators. And âmathemagicianâ Arthur Benjamin, a professor of mathematics at Harvey Mudd College and a regular performer at Hollywoodâs famed Magic Castle (and on The Colbert Report), will work calendar magic to the amazement of the audience.
Organized by K.C. Cole (Journalism).
For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.eduLocation: Ronald Tutor Campus Center (TCC) - Forum Room
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 American Political and Social Landscape through Visual Communication
Thu, Oct 28, 2010 @ 06:30 PM - 08:00 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Receptions & Special Events
Admission is free. Reservations requested. To RSVP, go to annenberg.usc.edu/rsvp.
Visual communication plays a critical role in social change and has contributed to numerous social and political movements. Nina Berman and Jon Lowenstein, two photographers from Noor, the award-winning Amsterdam-based photojournalism collective, will present their work and discuss the power of communication through images. The program and discussion will be moderated by Larry Gross, director of the School of Communication at USC Annenberg.
Nina Berman will share work from her books Purple Hearts, an acclaimed series on wounded veterans from the Iraq War, and Homeland, which documents the militarization of American life and the fantasies we construct in pursuit of empire and security. Berman is the recipient of grants and awards in art and journalism from numerous organizations, including World Press Photo, the Open Society Institute and the New York Foundation for the Arts. She was an artist in residence at the Whitney Museum of American Art, and her work was included in the museumâs 2010 biennial.
Jon Lowenstein will show his award-winning work Shadow Lives USA, a ten-year journey documenting the world of undocumented Latino immigrants. His images present the daily reality of unauthorized existenceâdeportations, border crossings, fragmented familiesâin the context of increasing political concern over the integrity of Americaâs borders. Lowenstein was recently named the Joseph Patterson Albright Fellow by the Alicia Patterson Foundation and garnered a Getty Award for Editorial Images.
Organized by the USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism.
For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.eduLocation: Annenberg School For Communication (ASC) -
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.
