EMSI American Origins Seminar with Peter C. Mancall, USC, and Richard White, Stanford

Event details Date: Saturday, October 24, 2026 Time: 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM Location: Huntington - Smith Board Room - 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino, CA Cost: Free Type: Lecture / Talk / Workshop Campus: Other Location Department: Early Modern Studies Institute (EMSI), USC-Huntington Early Modern Studies Institute Audience: Students, Alumni, Faculty/Staff About this event The USC-Huntington Early Modern Studies Institute American Origins Seminar will meet with Peter C. Mancall, Distinguished Professor, Andrew W. Mellon Professor of the Humanities, Linda and Harlan Martens Director of the Early Modern Studies Institute, and Professor of History, Anthropology, and Economics, and Richard White, Margaret Byrne Professor History, Emeritus, Stanford University, on Saturday, October 24, 2026. Professor Mancall and Professor White will discuss the experience and complications of writing historical master narratives in this day and age. Register by October 17 to attend. Copies of Contested Continent, Professor Mancall's new book, will be available on a first-come, first-serve basis. All EMSI events are free and open to the public. Official event details: https://calendar.usc.edu/event/emsi-american-origins-seminar-with-peter-c-mancall-usc-and-richard-white-stanford