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Upcoming Events
28
Sep
'Entangled History': Jewish and Roma Families in French Internment Camps
USC Shoah Foundation Event
A public lecture by Clara Dijkstra (PhD candidate in History, University of Cambridge, Christ’s College)
2023-2024 USC Shoah Foundation Robert J. Katz Research Fellow in Genocide Studies
(Join us in person for this lecture or attend virtually on Zoom)…
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September 28, 2023
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Taper Hall (THH), Room 309K , 3501 Trousdale Parkway, Los Angeles, California, 90089, United States
11
Oct
On the History of Antisemitism: Antisemitism Lecture Series
USC Shoah Foundation Event
In this lecture, Dr. Robert J. Williams, Mark Weitzman, and Dr. James Wald will present on their recently-published edited volume, the Routledge History of Antisemitism.…
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October 11, 2023
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USC Shoah Foundation Headquarters, 650 W. McCarthy Way, Los Angeles, California, 90089, United States
Latest News
In early September, Clara Dijkstra, a Ph.D. Candidate in History at the University of Cambridge and the 2023-2024 USC Shoah Foundation Robert J. Katz Research Fellow in Genocide Studies, arrived for her monthlong residency at the USC Dornsife Center for Advanced Genocide Research (CAGR). In her doctoral research, she is exploring the experiences of Jewish and Roma families in the French internment camps of Drancy, Poitiers, and Montreuil-Bellay between 1940 and 1946, using mainly letters and oral testimonies as sources. Read More
Wednesday, September 20, 2023 - 2:25pm
With anti-Jewish violence and rhetoric on the rise around the world, the USC Shoah Foundation this fall launches a new Antisemitism Lecture Series where leading scholars will guide audiences through the latest research on this persistent and shapeshifting bigotry. Read More
Tuesday, August 29, 2023 - 3:45pm
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Stronger Than Hate, an initiative that draws on the power of eyewitness testimony to help students and the general public recognize and counter antisemitism, racism, xenophobia and other forms of hatred.
The Willesden Project
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Our education programs bring the voices of survivors into classrooms, impacting future generations to build a better world based on empathy, understanding and respect.