Featured Lecture: SS Photographs from Concentration Camps - Perpetrator sources and Counter Narratives of Victims
Lukas Meissel (PhD candidate, Haifa University, and 2018-2019 Greenberg Research Fellow)
In this lecture, Lukas Meissel (PhD candidate, Haifa University, and 2018-2019 Greenberg Research Fellow) presents the preliminary findings of his dissertation research about photographic practices in concentration camps, specifically photos taken by SS men, to argue that the SS photographs were used to create a specific visual narrative of the concentration camps that excludes significant aspects of the camps’ reality.
August 31, 2020
Testimonies and the Socioeconomic Aspects of the Armenian Genocide: Reflections from 2019-2020 Junior Postdoctoral Research Fellow Mehmet Polatel
As a postdoctoral research fellow at the USC Shoah Foundation Center for Advanced Genocide Research in the 2019-2020 academic year, I carried out a research project focusing on the long-term impact of Hamidian Massacres of 1894-97 and the experiences of genocide survivors with regards to extortio
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August 31, 2020
Beyond words: Reflections from 2020 Lev Student Research Fellow Rachel Zaretsky
I had the opportunity to research the USC Shoah Foundation's Visual History Archive this past summer thanks to the Beth and Arthur Lev Student Research Fellowship. I was initially introduced to the archive through a course taught by Dr.
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August 10, 2020
Women's resistance in Nanjing: Reflections from 2020 Lev Student Research Fellow Lucy Sun
From visiting family in China during summer breaks growing up, I became acutely aware of the devastation and suffering that occurred during the Japanese occupation of our hometown of Nanjing.
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April 1, 2020
What testimonies teach us: Reflections from 2019-2020 Shapiro Scholar Peter Hayes
I much enjoyed my stay at the USC Shoah Foundation Center for Advanced Genocide Research in early March, just before the pandemic turned all of our lives upside down.
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By the numbers
53
Academic Disciplines
41
Research and Teaching Fellows
48
Lectures and Screenings
23
Countries
4
International Conferences
39
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upcoming event
On Indigenous Peoples' Day, three members of the organizing committee will discuss goals and plans for the international conference “Mass Violence and Its Lasting Impact on Indigenous Peoples - The Case of the Americas and Australia/Pacific Region.”
Date & Time:
Monday, October 12, 2020 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm
