About
The CRCC Interdisciplinary Research Group is led by a committee of scholars from diverse academic disciplines who work to advance the investigation of religions and religion-related topics at USC. With funding support from the Dean of the Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences, we
- fund Research Fellowships for faculty and doctoral students
- organize interdisciplinary Annual Research Seminars on issues related to religions
- host a public Annual Lecture by a distinguished visiting speaker
- support informal working groups of USC scholars who collaborate on research, publications, and external grants
- sponsor lectures, workshops, conferences, and other events aimed at educating the USC community and the larger world about the operations of religions around the globe and across time.
For more information, contact Lisa Bitel
Lisa Marie Bitel
Lisa M. Bitel is professor of history and religion at the University of Southern California. She chairs the CRCC Interdisciplinary Research Group. She studies the history of Christianity, particularly in medieval Europe. She has written four books about religion and/or…
Lynn Swartz Dodd
Lynn Swartz Dodd was awarded a Ph.D. in Near Eastern Languages and Cultures at UCLA in 2002. She currently is a faculty member in Religion at the University of Southern California and directs the Archaeology Research Center. Her archaeological projects…
Richard Flory
Richard Flory (Ph.D.,University of Chicago) is associate research professor of sociology and director of research in the Center for Religion and Civic Culture and at the University of Southern California. He is the author and/or editor of Spirit and Power:…
Janet Hoskins
Janet Hoskins is professor of anthropology at the University of Southern California. Her first book The Play of Time: Kodi Perspectives on Calendars, History and Exchange (winner of the 1996 Benda Prize in Southeast Asian Studies) was both an ethnographic…
Brie Loskota
Brie Loskota is the managing director of the Center for Religion and Civic Culture at the University of Southern California. In this capacity, she oversees the strategic planning and daily operations of an interdisciplinary research center that conducts 25…
Lori Meeks
Lori Meeks is associate professor of religion and East Asian languages and cultures. Her current research is centered on the social and cultural history of Buddhism in Japanese history. Much of her work has focused on clarifying the roles of…
Duncan Ryûken Williams
Duncan Ryûken Williams was born in Tokyo, Japan to a Japanese mother and British father. After growing up in Japan and England until age 17, he moved to the U.S. to attend college (Reed College) and graduate school (Harvard University,…