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The School of Religion Welcomes Karen Smid

We are delighted to welcome Karen Smid, a Mellon Post-Doctoral Instructor in Islamic Studies to the School of Religion. She received her Ph.D in Anthropology from the University of Michigan this August. She graduated magna cum laude from Carleton College, with her B.A. in Music. She has conducted, transcribed, and analyzed individual and family interviews about language use and ideologies among Senegalese immigrants to southeastern Michigan.

Posted Tuesday, August 19, 2008 | read more

McHugh to Join Religion Faculty

We are delighted to welcome Professor James McHugh to the USC School of Religion. Prof. McHugh comes to us from Harvard University where he completed his Ph.D. in the Department of Sanskrit and Indian Studies.

Posted Thursday, August 7, 2008 | read more

USC Office of Religious Life Proposes New Multi-Faith Center

USC is making plans to create a setting unparalleled in any other instutution of higher education -- a center dedicated to interfaith learning and particular practice side by side with the religious studies research.

Posted Tuesday, March 11, 2008 | read more

The True Wealth of Nations Conference to be held June 2008

The Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies at the University of Southern California is hosting a conference, June 18-22, 2008. The conference's theme will be: The True Wealth of Nations: Developing an Architecture for Analysis.

Posted Tuesday, March 11, 2008 | read more

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