Public Programs
FUTURE DIALOGUESPlease mark your calendar for our spring Dialogue event at USC which brings Institute speakers and their expertise to university students. On Monday, March 29, we will sponsor Joystick Nation: Theater, Film and Interactive Gaming in 2020. Moderated by LAIH Fellow Marty Kaplan, this discussion features LAIH Fellow Richard Schickel, REDCAT executive director Mark Murphy and Tracy Fullerton, director of USC’s Electronic Arts Game Innovation Lab. The event will be held at USC in Doheny Library’s Intellectual Commons from 4 to 6 pm.
Seeing Los Angeles: Exploring the InVisible City
Sponsored by Visions & Voices: The USC Arts and Humanities Initiative
Monday, March 30, 2009
4-6pm
USC Doheny Library, Intellectual Commons
In the latest installment of the Dialogues series our distinguised panelists spoke at Doheny Library on the topic: "Seeing Los Angeles: Exploring the InVisible City." The panelists offered new ways of looking at our city featured LAIH Fellows D.J. Waldie, George Sanchez, Teresa Chavez and moderator Aaron Paley. In the vast geography of Southern California, whole communities disappear between freeway exits. As these neighborhoods and histories are rendered invisible, we must ask how many Angelenos actually see the city in which they live. The panelists addressed aspects of the city that remain largely unknown even to many longtime residents. The Dialogues series is sponsored by the Los Angeles Institute for the Humanities and the USC Libraries.
Visions and Voices: The Arts and Humanities Initiative
Does the Modern World Still Work? (And If Not, Is Religion the Ånswer?)
Sponsored by Visions & Voices: The USC Arts and Humanities Initiative
Monday, March 31, 2008
4-6pm
USC Doheny Library, Intellectual Commons
The Dialogues series continued with a panel on March 7, 2007 at Doheny Library discussing the topic: "Does he Modern World Still Work? (And If Not, Is Religion the Answer?)." Moderated by Kevin Starr, the panel featured Jack Miles and Julia Sweeney. The Dialogues series is sponsored by the Los Angeles Institute for the Humanities and the USC Libraries.
Hip Hop America
Sponsored by Visions & Voices: The USC Arts and Humanities Initiative
Monday, October 8, 2007
4-6pm
USC Doheny Library, Intellectual Commons
The Dialogues series continued with a panel on March 7, 2007 at Doheny Library discussing the topic: "Hip Hop America." Moderated by Ann Powers, the panel included Josh Kun, Todd Boyd and Imani Kai Johnson. The Dialogues series is sponsored by the Los Angeles Institute for the Humanities and the USC Libraries.
The Moral Morass of Contemporary Life
Sponsored by Visions & Voices: The USC Arts and Humanities Initiative
Wednesday, March 7, 2007
3-5pm
USC Doheny Library, Intellectual Commons
The Dialogues series continue with a panel on March 7, 2007 at Doheny Library discussing the topic: "The Moral Morass of Contemporary Life." Moderated by Jack Miles, the panel included Rabbi Leonard Beerman and Rev. George Regas. The Dialogues series is sponsored by the Los Angeles Institute for the Humanities and the USC Libraries.
Pop, Politics and Propaganda
Sponsored by Visions & Voices: The USC Arts and Humanities Initiative
Wednesday, November 1, 2006
3-5pm
USC Doheny Library, Intellectual Commons
"Pop, Politics and Propaganda,” was a lively panel discussion on how political parties have used art and popular culture for political ends. Moderated by Marty Kaplan, associate dean of the USC Annenberg School for Communication and director of the Norman Lear Center, the panel included journalist Marc Cooper, artist Robbie Conal and Carol A. Wells, founder and executive director of the Center for the Study of Political Graphics.
The event, which was held in partnership with the Lear Center, is one in a series of continuing Dialogues programs sponsored by the Los Angeles Institute for the Humanities and the USC Libraries.
Have Blogs Replaced Newspapers and Should We Care?
Wednesday, March 22, 2006
Are newspapers yesterday's news? As readership declines, classifieds go online and bloggers proliferate, corporate-minded newspaper owners seek ever-larger profits from diminishing markets. Reporters and editors are laid off, news bureaus closed, and editorial pages reduced. While the bloggers respond more nimbly than traditional news-gathering agencies and newspapers, they may not do so with the same accuracy and reliability.
Our panel took up the discussion of who is delivering the news and what is the price tag. A Pew Internet study estimates that about 11% of Internet users are regular blog readers, and what is the responsibility of these unfiltered voices? Can independent newspapers continue to serve the public with relevant reporting, or will they soon be replaced by the Internet? How can we be assured that trustworthy journalism remains vital in our society?
Read Martin Kaplan's blog on the event
Read Kevin Roderick's blog on the event
Read Kevin Drum's blog on the event
Read transcript of the panel discussion