This event will be rescheduled for the Fall.

In recent decades, enormous efforts have been made to gather the testimonies of the last living Holocaust survivors. The challenge we face today is attending to all those thousands of human stories, which despite being safely stored in archives, may nevertheless disappear into oblivion. The challenge is at once ethical and technological: how to listen to thousands of testimonies as an integral body of voices and stories rather than a collection of fragmentary items in a database.

In this presentation, Elyse Semerdjian will outline the earliest Armenian pilgrimages to the killing fields of Dayr al-Zur in the Syrian Desert. It is there that Armenians interacted with the remains of Armenians murdered during the Armenian Genocide (1915-1918) in acts of remembrance. Semerdjian will discuss the origins of the now-destroyed Armenian Genocide Memorial in Dayr al-Zur and the ritual and collection habits of pilgrims that enact what she calls bone memory.

A public lecture by Dorota Glowacka (Professor of Humanities, University of King's College, Halifax, Canada)Center Visiting Scholar, April 2023
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Organized by the USC Dornsife Center for Advanced Genocide Research

Thursday, March 30, 2023 at 11:00AM PDT

In partnership with USC School of Cinematic Arts, we invite you to a screening and special panel discussion of the award-winning feature film My Name Is Sara. The film is based on the true story of 13-year-old Sara Góralnik, who, after escaping a Jewish Ghetto in Poland and losing her family at the outset of the Holocaust, hides in plain sight, passing as an Orthodox Christian, and ultimately survives against all odds.

The USC Dornsife Center for Advanced Genocide Research and USC Shoah Foundation present the Annual Sara and Asa Shapiro Scholar Lecture by Jan Grabowski (Professor of History at University of Ottawa, Canada)2022-2023 Sara and Asa Shapiro Scholar in Residence
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The USC Dornsife Center for Advanced Genocide Research and USC Shoah Foundation present the Annual Sara and Asa Shapiro Scholar Lecture by Jan Grabowski (Professor of History at University of Ottawa, Canada)2022-2023 Sara and Asa Shapiro Scholar in Residence
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Join us on campus or on Zoom on March 28, 2023 at 4:30 PM PST for this special public convening featuring a keynote by distinguished scholar Mary Helen Immordino-Yang, in recognition of the Mickey Shapiro Endowed Chair in Holocaust Education Research at the University of Southern California. The event will be moderated by Dr. Ishwar K. Puri.

A public lecture by Raíssa Alonso (PhD candidate in Social History, University of São Paulo, Brazil)2022-2023 Margee and Douglas Greenberg Research Fellow
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Organized by the USC Dornsife Center for Advanced Genocide Research

A public lecture by Ryan Cheuk Him Sun (PhD candidate in History, University of British Columbia, Canada)2022-2023 Breslauer, Rutman, and Anderson Research Fellow
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Organized by the USC Dornsife Center for Advanced Genocide Research

 

A public lecture by Ryan Cheuk Him Sun (PhD candidate in History, University of British Columbia, Canada)2022-2023 Breslauer, Rutman, and Anderson Research Fellow
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Organized by the USC Dornsife Center for Advanced Genocide Research

Tuesday, February 21, 2023 1:00 PM PST / 4:00 PM EST

Antisemitism poses a threat to the security of Jewish communities and individuals globally.

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM EST

One of the most moving stories of rescue during the Holocaust is the Kindertransport, the British-led effort to that transported 10,000 Jewish children to safety in the U.K. Today, Kindertransport refugees and their descendants share a legacy of survival, resilience, and responsibility.

A public lecture by Vaclav Masek (PhD student in Sociology, University of Southern California)2022 Beth and Arthur Lev Student Research Fellow
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Organized by the USC Dornsife Center for Advanced Genocide Research

A public lecture by Vaclav Masek (PhD student in Sociology, University of Southern California)2022 Beth and Arthur Lev Student Research Fellow
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Organized by the USC Dornsife Center for Advanced Genocide Research

4:00 PM / 5:00 PM EST

A public lecture by Carli Snyder (PhD candidate in History, City University of New York Graduate Center)2022-2023 USC Shoah Foundation Robert J. Katz Research Fellow in Genocide Studies
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Organized by the USC Dornsife Center for Advanced Genocide Research and the USC Shoah Foundation

A public lecture by Carli Snyder (PhD candidate in History, City University of New York Graduate Center)2022-2023 USC Shoah Foundation Robert J. Katz Research Fellow in Genocide Studies
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Organized by the USC Dornsife Center for Advanced Genocide Research and the USC Shoah Foundation

A public lecture by Sheldon Garon (Princeton University, History)
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A powerful testament to the courage of the Righteous Among the Nations who risked their lives to save Jews during the Holocaust.

Moving archival testimony - provided by the USC Shoah Foundation and March of the Living - focuses on four Polish rescuers whose stories have been shared with March of the Living students.

Director & Producer: Naomi Wise

Executive Producer: Dr. David Machlis

Special Thanks: Elkie Rosen Foundation