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Call for Applications: 2017-2018 International Teaching Fellowship

February 1, 2017

The USC Shoah Foundation Center for Advanced Genocide Research invites proposals for its 2017-2018 International Teaching Fellowship that will provide support for university and college faculty to integrate testimonies from the USC Shoah Foundation Visual History Archive (VHA) into new or existing courses. This fellowship is only available to faculty at universities and colleges that subscribe to the VHA, either directly or through ProQuest.
Call for Applications: Third Workshop for Advanced PhD Candidates (with Yad Vashem)

January 31, 2017

The USC Shoah Foundation Center for Advanced Genocide Research and the International Institute for Holocaust Research, Yad Vashem wish to announce the third joint workshop for advanced PhD candidates working on Holocaust topics.
2017-2018 Center Fellowship Goes to Utrecht University's Geraldien von Frijtag Drabbe Künzel

January 23, 2017

Personal relationships between Jews and non-Jews in Europe before and during World War II will be brought to light during Geraldien von Frijtag Drabbe Künzel’s semester in residence at USC Shoah Foundation Center for Advanced Genocide Research this fall.
Rare Collection of World War II Artifacts Donated to USC Libraries

January 18, 2017

A rare collection containing hundreds of artifacts and written material brought back from Nazi Germany by an American Jewish soldier has been acquired by the USC Libraries as part of a longstanding collaboration with the USC Shoah Foundation’s Center for Advanced Genocide Research.
Wolf Gruner to Speak on Panel About “Triumph of the Will” at USC School of Cinematic Arts

January 17, 2017

USC Shoah Foundation Center for Advanced Genocide Research Director Wolf Gruner will speak on a panel about the seminal Nazi propaganda film Triumph of the Will at a screening of the film at USC School of Cinematic Arts on Thursday, Jan. 19 at 7 p.m.
Texas A&M Teaching Fellow Tommy Curry Researches Sexual Violence in Visual History Archive

January 13, 2017

Though the topic of sexual violence against women during genocide is notoriously under-researched, sexual violence against men is even more so. And that’s what USC Shoah Foundation’s 2016-2017 A.I. and Manet Schepps Foundation Teaching Fellow at Texas A&M Tommy Curry hopes to change.
Center for Advanced Genocide Research to Co-Sponsor Symposium on German-Jewish Activists

January 11, 2017

Director of USC Shoah Foundation’s Center for Advanced Genocide Research Wolf Gruner will moderate a panel at UCLA exploring the historical and cultural contexts of the works of Rabbi Joachim Prinz and composer Kurt Weill right before World War II.
Apply for 2017 Conference at Center for Advanced Genocide Research: “Digital Approaches to Genocide Research”

December 13, 2016

The two-day international conference “Digital Approaches to Genocide Studies” will be held on October 23-24, 2017 at the University of Southern California.
Holocaust Geographies Collaborative November 2016 Visit (Summary)

November 30, 2016

The Holocaust Geographies Collaborative made a return visit to the USC Shoah Foundation Center for Advanced Genocide Research in November 2016 for two days to work together, present their continuing research that they shared at the conference, meet with Center staff, and plan next steps in their collaborative project.
Reconceptualizing Nazi Camps (Summary)

November 30, 2016

At this public panel organized by the USC Shoah Foundation Center for Advanced Genocide Research, three international scholars presented about the evolution of Nazi camps, illuminating different types of camps and how the functions and purposes of camps changed, often serving multiple functions as external and internal conditions changed over time.