Thu, March 24, 2005 from 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm
"Matter Out of Place: Pollution, Consumption, and Cultural Recovery in Miyazaki Hayao's Spirited Away": Professor Susan Napier, Mitsubishi Professor of Japanese Studies, University of Texas, Austin

Waite Phillips Hall (WPH)
Admission: Free

East Asian Visual Cultures Series

Thu, March 24, 2005 from 5:00 pm to 6:30 pm
Looking for Black History in Los Angeles: Challenges, Opportunities and the Future of Research

Doheny Memorial Library (DML)
Admission: Free

Moderated by history professor Bill Deverell, experts discuss the challenges researchers face when charting the Southern California African-American experience.

Fri, March 25, 2005 from 3:00 pm to 5:30 pm
'A Beautiful Mind': Teaching on the Screen Film Series

Eileen Norris Cinema Theatre (NCT)
Admission: Free

This 2001 film by Ron Howard has Russell Crowe star as brilliant researcher John Nash, whose lifelong struggle with mental illness did not keep him from winning the Nobel Prize for economics (134 min).

Fri, March 25, 2005 from 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm
Digital Library Round Table Lecture Series: Metadata and Information Visualization

Jefferson Building (JEF)
Admission: Free

Naomi Dushay will discuss how to improve the user experience of computer mediated information discovery by applying information visualization techniques to the digital library context while still retaining traditional information organization concepts.

Sun, March 27, 2005 from 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm
Indian Classical Fusion Music concert

Bovard Auditorium (ADM)
Admission: Free

AIS presents, Indian Classical Fusion Music concert on 27th March from 7-10pm at Bovard auditorium. Performed by our own USC students.

Every day from Mon, March 28, 2005 through Fri, April 1, 2005 all day.
Pridefest Celebration

Campus-wide
Admission: Free

Participants from the entire USC community, including students, faculty, staff and alumni, gather for some great food, entertainment and conversation to educate and introduce the campus to the LGBT community.

Mon, March 28, 2005 from 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm
Professor Shixian Huang Professor Emeritus, Beijing Film Academy

Leavey Library (LVL)
Admission: Free

"Playing Chess with Hollywood: the Reconfiguration of the Chinese Film Industry, based on an Analysis of the 'Three Blockbuster Films' of 2004: House of Flying Daggers, A World Without Thief, and Gung-fu Hustle"

Tue, March 29, 2005 from 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm
Architecture and Identity in the Southern Pacific: New Zealand Contemporaries of Greene and Greene 1885-1915

The Neighborhood Church
Admission: General, $20; Members, $15

Ian Lochhead examines the links and parallels with British and American architecture, independent development of the timber bungalow, use of indigenous flora and fauna motifs and attitudes towards the art traditions of the Maori.

Tue, March 29, 2005 at 8:00 pm
USC Thornton Contemporary Music Ensemble

Alfred Newman Recital Hall (AHF)
Admission: Free

Under direction of Donald Crockett, the Contemporary Music Ensemble performs an evening of the latest in classical music, including the world premiere of "Blue Sail," a work by Jeffrey Holmes.

Tue, March 29, 2005 from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm
USC Templeton Fellow Lecture #1

Seeley G. Mudd Building (SGM)
Admission: Free

Michael Ruse, a professor of philosophy at Florida State University and a scholar of the history and philosophy of Darwinian evolutionary theory, examines the ways in which science and religion can be viewed as modes of inquiry.