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Symposium, "The Future of Memory: Voices of Social Change?"

Scholars from around the world to discuss testimony, memorialization, genocide preventionOn January 4 and 5, the USC Shoah Foundation Institute will host 16 scholars from USC and other institutions…

Friday, December 23, 2011

A Soá Intézet az OktaTÁRS – Holokauszt-oktatási Szakértőképzési Programon

A budapesti Holokauszt Emlékközpont programjának keretében a résztvevők Intézetünk Vizuális Történelmi Archívumával, illetve nemzetközi pedagógiai munkánkkal ismerkedtekA USC Soá Intézet idén immár…

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Cuba’s First Permanent Holocaust Exhibit Opens at the Sephardic Center

The first permanent exhibit about the Holocaust displayed in Cuba opened on December 18 at the Centro Sephardi (Sephardic Center) in Havana. The exhibit, We Remember–The Holocaust and the…

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Institute Participating in Hungarian Holocaust Education Fellowship Program

Holocaust Memorial Center’s program includes training on the Institute’s Visual History ArchiveFor the second year, the USC Shoah Foundation Institute is participating in the International Fellowship…

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Institute Staff Introduces IWitness at 100th Annual NCTE Conference

Late November 2011–Staff members Sherry Bard, Project Director for Educational Programs, and Sheila Hansen, Senior Trainer and Content Specialist for Educational Programs, represented the USC Shoah…

Friday, December 9, 2011

When the Past is Present

Staff from the Kigali Genocide Memorial Center discuss their work documenting the genocide in RwandaWednesday, November 30, 2011–Staff members from the Kigali Genocide Memorial Center (KGMC) held a…

Monday, December 5, 2011

Institute Staff Attend International Task Force

The semi-annual conference of the Task Force for International Cooperation on Holocaust Education, Remembrance, and Research (ITF) convened on November 27-28, 2011 in The Hague, Netherlands. The…

Monday, November 28, 2011

Institute’s Archive Now in the Cloud

The USC Shoah Foundation Institute will have a copy of the entire archive saved in an additional location outside of the earthquake zone of Southern California. The copy will preserve the…

Monday, November 21, 2011

Institute Welcomes New Director of Programs, Dr. Kori Street

The USC Shoah Foundation Institute is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Kori Street as Director of Programs. Renowned for her work in Holocaust education, testimony-based learning, and…

Monday, November 14, 2011

University of Athens, in Partnership With Freie Universität Berlin, Gains Access to the Institute's Visual History Archive

The University of Athens now provides access to the Institute’s Visual History Archive. Access has been made possible in cooperation with Freie Universität Berlin’s Center for…

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

The Museum of Jewish Heritage–A Living Memorial to the Holocaust to Offer Public Access to 2,500 Testimony Videos From the USC Shoah Foundation Institute

Public opening coincides with 73rd anniversary of KristallnachtFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContacts:Betsy Aldredge(646) [email protected] R. Spilka(646) [email protected] York, NY…

Monday, November 7, 2011

IWitness at National Council of Teachers of English Annual Convention

USC Shoah Foundation – The Institute for Visual History and Education will present its Web application IWitness, now in beta, at the 2012 National Council of Teachers of English Annual…

Monday, November 7, 2011

Anti-Defamation League, USC Shoah Foundation Institute Workshop for Teachers

November 4 program will include training on multimedia resources, presentation on Holocaust denialOn November 4 the USC Shoah Foundation Institute and the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) will host a…

Thursday, November 3, 2011

McMaster University Becomes First Site in Canada With Access to the Institute's Visual History Archive

Hamilton, Ontario–November 2, 2011–McMaster University has become the first Canadian institution to offer full access to videotaped testimonies of Holocaust survivors and other witnesses,…

Thursday, November 3, 2011

Alan Rosen Lecture: Early Holocaust Testimonies Taken at Displaced Persons Camps

Dr. Alan Rosen, an expert on Holocaust literature who studied under Elie Wiesel, will speak at USC on November 10. His lecture will focus on the work of David Boder, who recorded the…

Thursday, October 27, 2011

Museum Education Directors Trained on Echoes and Reflections

Seminar at Holocaust Memorial & Tolerance Center of Nassau County introduces new training modelIn September, more than a dozen education directors of Holocaust museums and memorial centers from…

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Researching Dutch Resistance: Institute Welcomes Visiting Scholar

Atje Gercama becomes first scholar in residence of College 2020 research clusterAtje Gercama, a Ph.D. candidate in International Peace Studies at the Irish School of Ecumenics, Trinity College Dublin…

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

HBO-Sponsored Filmmaking Workshop Draws Dozens of Students

Academy Award® winners discuss ethics of using genocide survivor testimony in documentary filmsDozens of students at USC attended the HBO-sponsored Student Voices Master Class, an event…

Friday, October 21, 2011

Seminár v Komárne

Národnostný magazín venovaný Komárňanskej židovskej obci, vysielaný 18. 10. 2011, opisuje aj seminár pre učitelov, na ktorom Martin Šmok predstavil archív interview USC Shoah Foundation Institute,…

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Teachers in Komárno are Introduced to USC Shoah Foundation Institute Testimonies

Slovak TV broadcast dedicated to the Jewish Community of Komárno / Komárom featured a teacher seminar held in the city. During the seminar, Institute Senior International Program Consultant…

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Interns arrive from Kigali Genocide Memorial Center

Program will support the preservation and dissemination of Rwandan Tutsi genocide survivor and rescuer testimonyFrom mid-October through mid-December, four staff members from the Kigali Genocide…

Monday, October 17, 2011

Stephen D. Smith to Moderate Panel at USC Global Conference in Hong Kong

On Saturday, October 15, 2011, the Institute's Executive Director, Stephen D. Smith, will moderate the panel discussion, "A Revolution of Conscience—Can Holocaust and Genocide…

Thursday, October 13, 2011

McMaster University Becomes First Canadian Repository of the Visual History Archive

McMaster University has become the first Canadian repository of the USC Shoah Foundation Institute's Visual History Archive, providing access to its nearly 52,000 testimonies from Holocaust survivors…

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Award-Winning Filmmaker Michael Apted to Give Keynote Address at USC Shoah Foundation Institute’s Student Voices Master Class Presented by HBO

LOS ANGELES–October 5, 2011–Michael Apted, prolific British film director and former President of the Director’s Guild of America, will be speaking to the public about testimonies and documentary…

Wednesday, October 5, 2011