Levan Institute for the Humanities

Conversations celebrating new books by USC scholars in the humanities and humanistic social sciences. Each event features the author and guests in conversation about a recently completed publication.

Practical workshops where humanists discuss how to do the things we do. Each workshop consists of brief comments from three experienced presenters and a longer Q&A session.

Interdisciplinary working groups that foster intellectual exchange and advance research on topics in the humanities (broadly construed) not already addressed by an existing department or program.

The Levan Institute provides modest grants and promotion for public events in the humanities at USC.

The Levan Institute aims to foster and facilitate collaborations with scholars and institutions around the globe.

Congratulations to USC scholars on their recent publications!

September 18, 2025, 12pm–1pm  | More

The author will be joined in conversation by CJ Pascoe (University of Oregon) and Jeffrey Montez de Oca (University of Colorado, Colorado Springs), moderated by Alice Echols (USC). Organized in partnership with the Department of Sociology and the Department of Gender and Sexuality Studies. Registration is required.

September 29, 2025, 12pm–1pm  | More

The author will be joined in conversation by Maris Curran (independent filmmaker) and Saleem Holbrook (Abolitionist Law Center), moderated by Hajar Yazdiha (USC). Organized in partnership with the Department of Sociology. Registration is required.