The Media Arts and Culture Department Presents: The 2019 Critical Media Comprehensive Projects.
The following students will be presenting:
Interview Prep 101 Workshop
This workshop will help you prepare for a telephone, video or in-person interview. Learn how to conduct pre-interview research; handle different types of interviews; and effectively use the job description to make a great first impression.
Resume Writing Workshop
This workshop will help you develop a strong professional resume that’s ready for the job market. Learn how to effectively articulate your accomplishments and highlight your Oxy experiences.
Dr. Laura Mosqueda ’81, Dean of the Keck School of Medicine of USC
Learn how social justice and health care relate to each other and the role that a medical school can play in this relationship. All are welcome!
Overview
Laura Mosqueda, MD was appointed Dean of the Keck School of Medicine of USC on May 1, 2018. Prior to her appointment as Dean, Dr. Mosqueda, a Professor of Family Medicine and Geriatrics and a Professor at the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, served as Associate Dean of Primary Care and the Chair of Family Medicine.
Sterling Award Lecture: "Indigenous Memories of Iconoclasm and Violence in Colonial Mexico"
Indigenous writers and artists documented the destruction of sacred sites and objects that accompanied the Spanish invasion and evangelization of Mexico. This lecture examines the meanings that Nahuas (Aztecs) ascribed to ritual objects and sacred sites that were the targets of iconoclasm and shows how they linked the destruction of material culture with violence against indigenous bodies.
"How to Run a Progressive City" Talk Part 1
Gayle McLaughlin served as Mayor of Richmond, California from 2007-2014 and was on the City Council for another three years. Richmond -- a working class a city of 110,000 residents in the Bay Area, is perhaps the most progressive city in the United States.
Same Bed, Different Dreams: China-U.S. Relations in Global Context
Dr. Anthony J. Saich is Daewoo Professor of International Affairs and Director of the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation as well as Director of the Rajawali Foundation Institute for Asia, Asia Energy Leaders Program, and the Leadership Transformation in Indonesia Program at Kennedy Government School of Harvard University.
The Migrant Novel: Why the Migrant has Emerged as the Protagonist of Today’s Fiction
After rendering migrant populations all but invisible for nearly three centuries, novels have recently promoted the migrant to the protagonist of a world in which the traditional opposition between home and workplace has collapsed. Where most novels do so by reconciling a migrant population to the same social system that ruled it out of bounds, a distinct minority--J. M.
What is Free Enterprise? How a Contested Concept Became a Conservative Keyword
Although we tend to take the term for granted, Americans debated the meaning of the term “free enterprise” throughout the twentieth century. This talk, based on Glickman’s forthcoming book, Free Enterprise: An American History, examines some of those debates the concerns they engendered among those who saw “free enterprise” as a keyword in the battle against the New Deal. Notwithstanding continuing confusion the term, defined almost exclusively negatively, did emerge as an important element in the rise of conservatism in the post-WWII United States.