Professor of History Kenneth Marcus talked about a European Jewish composer who fled Nazi Germany and settled in Los Angeles during his presentation “Schoenberg and Hollywood Modernism,” at noon Tuesday in the President’s Dining Room as part of the faculty lecture series.
Dr. Kamol Somvichian, political science professor emeritus died Feb. 8 at the age of 80.
Jason Neidleman, chairman of the history and political science department and professor of political science, shows no signs of slowing down. Besides being professor and department chairman, Neidleman has just published his latest book, “Rousseau’s Ethics of Truth: A Sublime Science of Simple Souls.”
Assistant Professor of History Allyson Brantley has only lived in Los Angeles for a month. And although the Southern Californian cartopia has given her some culture shock, she is excited to live in a city that she had studied as part of her dissertation.
Steve Sayles, professor emeritus of history, delivered his last lecture Tuesday in the President’s Dining Room, after teaching at the University for 32 years.
Professor of Political Science Richard Gelm explored trends in political views and behavior during his lecture “Making American Politics Work: Coping with Fear and Anger, AKA: A Political Self-Help Guide.”
Global democratic regimes were the topic of discussion in professor Juli Minoves-Triquell’s speech, “No End of History: Democracy, Latin America and the State of the World” on May 1.
Kenneth Marcus, professor of history, discussed “Migration and Modernism in Los Angeles, 1900-1960” Monday in the President’s Dining Room.
Inspired by a former student and a book that left more questions then answers, History Professor Stephen Sayles set out to explain the Symbionese Liberation Army in a book he is co-authoring.
Gitty Amini, assistant professor of political science, will replace Kenneth Marcus, professor of history, as director of the International Studies Institute starting in September.
