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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.

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.
 

HCC 100: ASCEND Part 2

We know Oxy students have many interests and choosing a major at Oxy can be a bit overwhelming. In HCC 100: ASCEND (Part 2) students explore their personal interests and gain an understanding of which Oxy majors they should explore. Students will also start the process for exploring and planning their summer experiences.

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