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Eternal Stereotypes: Satirical Performances of Antisemitism from the Middle Ages to the Present
USC Shoah Foundation Event
From the Middle Ages to the present-day, harmful manifestations of antisemitism have persisted through the visual and performing arts. What allows these damaging stereotypes to repeatedly resurface throughout history? Join us on November 13 as Sara Offenberg of the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev discusses the evolution of antisemitic imagery...
  • November 13, 2024

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Call for Papers: Azrieli Research Fellowship for Graduate Students, 2025-2026
The Division of Academic Programs at the USC Shoah Foundation invites applications for its Azrieli Research Fellowship for Graduate Students during the 2025-2026 academic year. Any person who is pursuing a Master’s degree (M.A., M.Ed., MMSt., MI, or other recognized Master’s-level program) or PhD may apply. Read More
Friday, November 8, 2024 - 4:12pm
Call for Applications: Azrieli Research Fellowship for PhD Candidates and Early-Career Scholars, 2025-2026
The Division of Academic Programs at the USC Shoah Foundation invites applications for its Azrieli Research Fellowship for PhD candidates and early-career scholars during the 2025-2026 academic year. Read More
Friday, November 8, 2024 - 4:08pm
XR Experience “Inside Kristallnacht” Takes Audiences Through Pivotal Moment in Holocaust History
The USC Shoah Foundation partnered with the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference) on the development and launch of Inside Kristallnacht, an innovative mixed-reality experience that presents audiences the events of Kristallnacht through the eyes of Holocaust survivor and activist Dr. Charlotte Knobloch. Read More
Thursday, November 7, 2024 - 5:16pm

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Dana Schwartz (left) with Holocaust survivor Helen Chalef in 2004
Holocaust Survivor Dana Schwartz, 89, Recorded Interviews with More Than 125 Survivors
Urgent Campaign Records Eyewitness Accounts of Antisemitic Terror Attacks in Israel: Interviews with October 7 Survivors Stir Haunting Echoes of the Holocaust

Research

Call for Papers: Azrieli Research Fellowship for Graduate Students, 2025-2026
Call for Applications: Azrieli Research Fellowship for PhD Candidates and Early-Career Scholars, 2025-2026

Technology

XR Experience “Inside Kristallnacht” Takes Audiences Through Pivotal Moment in Holocaust History
Dimensions in Testimony Education Releases Interview with Nuremberg Prosecutor Ben Ferencz

Education

Lea Zajac de Novera’s Dimensions in Testimony Brings Spanish-Language Holocaust Education to Classrooms
New Latin America Partnership Launches IWitness Page Featuring Spanish-Language Holocaust Testimonies
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