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The Art and Science of Foxtrot with Bill Amend
Join Academic Culture Assembly as we listen to Bill Amend, author of the acclaimed Foxtrot comic strip, talk about his background as a physics major, how he got into cartoons, the history of the comic strip, and the way he defies common sense and injects math and academia into the funny pages.
Tuesday April 19, 7-10pm; THH 101
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Subalternity and the Latin American Archive
The College Commons and the Department of Spanish and Portuguese invite you to a public lecture:
“Subalternity and the Latin American Archive”
Prof. Horacio Legrás
U.C. Irvine
Wednesday, February 23, 2011; 2:00 p.m. - THH 217
Horacio Legrás received his PhD from Duke University in 1999. He has taught at Georgetown University, Johns Hopkins University and since 2005 at the Spanish and Portuguese department at U.C. Irvine. He has published one book, Literature and Subjection, and a series of articles on Latin American literature and culture, film and critical theory. He is currently working in a book on the relationship between the Mexican revolution and the cultural reconstitution of state authority in Mexico in the 1920s.
The Russian Impact on Japan
Place: Doheny Library, Intellectual Commons, Rm. 233/ Book Exhibit: East Asian Library Seminar Room, on Doheny Library’s main floor
RSVP here by February 14
Join us for a reception recognizing the work Professor Peter Berton and his colleagues, Rodger Swearingen and Paul Langer, conducted in the 1950s on the Soviet influence on Japanese left-wing movements, especially the Japanese Communist Party. The grant support they received also covered the acquisition of primary Japanese-language materials, which became the nucleus of the Japanese collections at USC.
Professor Berton will share his recollections of researching Japan early in the Cold War. The program will be available on the internet through a live webcast, in anticipation of broad international interest. An exhibit of items in the Library’s collections relevant to the development of contact between Russia and Japan, focusing especially on the areas of Professor Berton’s postwar studies will accompany the event.
If you have trouble viewing or submitting the RSVP form, please contact Ken Klein (213-740-1772) or Tomoko Bialock (213-740-8025).
For information on accessing the live webcast and chat for this event, visit: https://college.usc.edu/peterberton/.
