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October 18, 2017
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Digital Approaches to Genocide Studies Conference Preview: “Social Media, Genocide and Augmented Reality”
From the Visual History Archive
Alice Craig on the Deportation to Auschwitz
Impact in Profile
Meet Eric Le Bourhis
Headline
Digital Approaches to Genocide Studies Conference Preview: “Social Media, Genocide and Augmented Reality”
The panel is about how social media and augmented reality technology have changed the way we commemorate genocide and experience genocide memorials and museums.
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From the Visual History Archive
Alice Craig on the Deportation to Auschwitz
Alice Craig recalls her family’s deportation to Auschwitz. She remembers how her father prepared for the deportation by burying important family documents and how he knew that they wouldn’t be returning.
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Impact in Profile
Meet Eric Le Bourhis
Le Bourhis will present his team’s findings based on a geographical information system they developed in October at USC Shoah Foundation’s 2017 International Conference “Digital Approaches to Genocide Studies."
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Tuesday, October 17, 2017
In the immediate aftermath of the Armenian genocide, thousands of Armenian survivors recorded testimonies detailing the atrocities they witnessed at the hands of the Ottoman Turks during World War I. And yet it wouldn’t be until the 1990s before historians would begin taking these oral histories seriously.
Monday, October 16, 2017
The panel is about how social media and augmented reality technology have changed the way we commemorate genocide and experience genocide memorials and museums.
Thursday, October 12, 2017
Two dozen student body leaders from across the country will descend on USC Shoah Foundation on Friday and Saturday to take part in the Institute’s first-ever convening of the Intercollegiate Diversity Congress Summit.
Wednesday, October 11, 2017
USC Shoah Foundation Center for Advanced Genocide Research and the USC Institute of Armenian Studies will co-host a public lecture by Boris Adjemian, director of Paris’s AGBU Nubar Library, on Monday, Oct. 16.
Tuesday, October 10, 2017 
Hungarian Officer for Educational Rights Dr Lajos Aáry-Tamás was so inspired by the artwork created by students for USC Shoah Foundation’s annual art project that he became the first to host a traveling exhibition of selected artworks in his own office at the Ministry of Human Capacities.
Friday, October 6, 2017
A new Video Building Activity, “The Power of Propaganda,” and a Mini Quest, “The Rights of Children,” have been published on IWitness. Each activity is also aligned with the Echoes & Reflections units on Antisemitism and The Children and Legacies Beyond the Holocaust, respectively.
Thursday, October 5, 2017
As news continues to develop about the fate of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, educators can draw on resources from USC Shoah Foundation to help humanize the struggles faced by young immigrants throughout history.
Wednesday, October 4, 2017
USC Shoah Foundation Chief Technology Officer Sam Gustman will speak about his work at the University of Michigan School of Information’s Bicentennial Symposium on Friday, Oct. 6.
Tuesday, October 3, 2017
The Future of Storytelling (FOST) Festival and Summit in Snug Harbor, New York City this week will include a talk by USC Shoah Foundation Chief Technology Officer Sam Gustman as well as exhibits of New Dimensions in Testimony, The Last Goodbye and Lala.
Monday, October 2, 2017
USC Shoah Foundation is announcing the release of Lala, a virtual reality film and educational resource that tells the true story of a dog that brightened the lives of a family interned by the Nazis in a ghetto in Poland during the Holocaust.
Upcoming Events
Teach About Kristallnacht Through Testimony
- IWitness Webinar
- October 19, 2017
Digital Approaches to Genocide Studies
- An International Conference
- October 23, 2017 to October 24, 2017
- Doheny Memorial Library, Room 240
Man or Monster? The Trial of a Khmer Rouge Torturer
- November 2, 2017
- Social Sciences Building, Room 250
Teaching about the Holocaust with English Language Learners
- IWitness Webinar
- November 7, 2017
An American Genocide: The United States and the California Indian Catastrophe 1846-1873
- November 7, 2017
- Taper Hall, Room 301
Blog: Through Testimony
September 14, 2017
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