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  • Jewish Homegrown History: Immigration, Identity and Intermarriage

    Thu, Oct 20, 2011 @ 06:00 PM - 10:00 PM

    USC Viterbi School of Engineering

    Receptions & Special Events


    Admission is free.

    Event Schedule:

    6 to 10 p.m.: Jewish Homegrown History Exhibition, SCA Gallery
    6 to 10 p.m.: Reception, SCA Lobby
    7 to 8:30 p.m.: Panel: “Participatory History and the Value of Home Movies,” SCA 108

    Join us for Screening Homegrown History, a two-part series of events that will explore the cultural value of home movies and give the community an opportunity to participate in producing an archival cultural history. The first event will launch a one-week preview (October 21 through 27) of Jewish Homegrown History, a multimedia installation that will open at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles on May 3, 2012, and at the Magnes Museum in Berkeley in September 2012.

    Marsha Kinder, USC University Professor and founding director of the Labyrinth Project, will moderate a panel entitled “Participatory History and the Value of Home Movies.” Panelists will include documentary filmmaker Isaac Artenstein; Rosemary Comella, media artist and creative director of Jewish Homegrown History; William Deverell, professor of history at USC; Mark Jonathan Harris, documentary filmmaker and USC cinematic-arts professor; and George Sanchez, USC professor of American studies and ethnicity.

    Related Event:
    Home Movie Projections
    Friday, March 2, 6 to 10 p.m.
    School of Cinematic Arts 110
    For more info, click here.

    Organized by Marsha Kinder (Cinematic Arts).

    For further information on this event:
    visionsandvoices@usc.edu

    Location: School Of Cinematic Arts (SCA) -

    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.


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