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January 2023
31
January
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Tuesday, January 31, 2023 - 12:00pm
Questions of Gender and Sexuality in Interviewer Trainings and Holocaust Survivor Testimonies
Start: Tuesday, January 31, 2023 - 12:00pm
End: Tuesday, January 31, 2023 - 1:30pm
cost: Free Event. RSVP Required.
where: Taper Hall (THH), Room 309K , Los Angeles
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
(Join us in person for this lecture or attend virtually on Zoom)

Organized by the USC Dornsife Center for Advanced Genocide Research and the USC Shoah Foundation
31
January
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Tuesday, January 31, 2023 - 12:00pm
Questions of Gender and Sexuality in Interviewer Trainings and Holocaust Survivor Testimonies
Start: Tuesday, January 31, 2023 - 12:00pm
End: Tuesday, January 31, 2023 - 1:30pm
cost: Free Event. RSVP Required.
where: Taper Hall (THH), Room 309K , Los Angeles
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
(Join us in person for this lecture or attend virtually on Zoom)

Organized by the USC Dornsife Center for Advanced Genocide Research and the USC Shoah Foundation
27
January
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Friday, January 27, 2023 - 4:00pm
Morale on the Home Front from Europe to Japan: Its Transnational Construction and Deconstruction, 1914-1945
Start: Friday, January 27, 2023 - 4:00pm
End: Friday, January 27, 2023 - 5:30pm
cost: Free Event. RSVP Required.
where: Social Sciences Building, Room 250 , Los Angeles
A public lecture by Sheldon Garon (Princeton University, History)
(Join us in person for this lecture)
27
January
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Friday, January 27, 2023 - 5:00am
Saving the World Entire: Rescuers During the Holocaust
Start: Friday, January 27, 2023 - 5:00am
End: Friday, January 27, 2023 - 5:00am
where:
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
20
January
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Friday, January 20, 2023 - 12:00pm
International Crimes in Ukraine: is Justice Possible?
Start: Friday, January 20, 2023 - 12:00pm
End: Friday, January 20, 2023 - 12:00pm
where:
AMBASSADOR STEPHEN J. RAPP, former US Ambassador-at-Large, Office of Global Criminal Justice, and former Chief Prosecutor at the Special Court for Sierra Leone and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, will discuss ongoing global efforts in national courts as well as before the International Criminal Court for prosecution of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide being perpetrated in Ukraine and their impact.
09
January
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Monday, January 9, 2023 - 1:00pm
Recognizing and Responding to Antisemitism in Schools
Start: Monday, January 9, 2023 - 1:00pm
End: Monday, January 9, 2023 - 1:00pm
where:
Monday, January 9, 2023, 1:00 PM PST / 4:00 EST
December 2022
01
December
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Thursday, December 1, 2022 - 12:00pm
The Use of Alcohol During and After the Holocaust
Start: Thursday, December 1, 2022 - 12:00pm
End: Thursday, December 1, 2022 - 1:30pm
cost: Free Event. RSVP Required.
where: Social Sciences Building, Room 250 , Los Angeles
A public lecture by Sina Fabian (Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany, History)USC Dornsife Center for Advanced Genocide Research Visiting Scholar
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Organized by the USC Dornsife Center for Advanced Genocide Research
November 2022
16
November
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Wednesday, November 16, 2022 - 1:30pm
Antisemitism and Religion
Start: Wednesday, November 16, 2022 - 1:30pm
End: Wednesday, November 16, 2022 - 1:30pm
where:
“Why the Jews?” Join us as we explore this question again in the final event of USC Shoah Foundation’s Scholar Lab on Antisemitism event series. This moderated discussion will feature Dr. Mehnaz Afridi of Manhattan College and Dr. Sara Lipton of Stonybrook University, who are members of USC Shoah Foundation’s Scholar Lab on Antisemitism program. As part of the discussion, Dr. Afridi and Dr.
09
November
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Wednesday, November 9, 2022 - 3:00pm
Public Launch of the New Visual History Archive
Start: Wednesday, November 9, 2022 - 3:00pm
End: Wednesday, November 9, 2022 - 3:00pm
cost: Free Admission. RSVP Required.
where: USC Shoah Foundation , Los Angeles
November 9, 2022
3:00 PM PST / 6:00 PM EST / 10:00 AM AEDT (+1)

Join us on campus or on Zoom for the public launch of USC Shoah Foundation’s new Visual History Archive (VHA) platform. With advanced new search functions and robust project management tools, the new VHA enables scholars, researchers and educators to connect with the 55,000 testimonies of Holocaust and genocide survivors and witnesses in a way that has never been possible until now.
08
November
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Tuesday, November 8, 2022 - 1:00pm
Towards recommendations for working with Holocaust testimony in the digital age
Start: Tuesday, November 8, 2022 - 1:00pm
End: Tuesday, November 8, 2022 - 1:00pm
cost: Free to the public
where:
Testimony has always posed challenges for educators: for example, whether to treat it as historical source or personal memory; how testimony transform over time; the trauma-literacy of recipients and the well-being of testimony-givers. Nevertheless, digital technologies introduce further complications, especially concerning access, provenance, ownership, and agency.
October 2022
25
October
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Tuesday, October 25, 2022 - 10:30am
Stewards of Trauma
Start: Tuesday, October 25, 2022 - 10:30am
End: Tuesday, October 25, 2022 - 2:00pm
cost: Free to the Public
where: USC Dornsife Institute for Armenian Studies , Los Angeles
Join us for this in-person event at the Institute for Armenian Studies on oral history and its implications. Organized in conjunction with the USC Dornsife Institute for Armenian Studies, the day will offer two panel discussions on the evolving place and role of oral history in the field of Armenian Studies.

The panel discussions will also be recorded and available on Institute’s YouTube channel after the event.
24
October
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Monday, October 24, 2022 - 10:30am
Visualizing the Past, a Lesson of Today
Start: Monday, October 24, 2022 - 10:30am
End: Monday, October 24, 2022 - 10:30am
where:
MONDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2022, 10:30 AM PT / 1:30 PM ET

Dr. Kori Street will lead a dialogue between film producers and scholars related to two short films, both of which will be shown during the presentation. The films are: “CARRY ON,” to give voice to those silenced, Shoah artists, enabling them to be heard today; “SHOES,” a short film on the Holocaust, or in fact, any Genocide, and any dramatic acts of Hate.

 
22
October
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Saturday, October 22, 2022 - 7:30pm
International conference "Mass Violence and Its Lasting Impact on Indigenous Peoples – The Case of the Americas and Australia/Pacific Region"
Start: Saturday, October 22, 2022 - 7:30pm
End: Wednesday, October 26, 2022 - 2:30pm
where: University of Southern California, Vineyard Room , Los Angeles
October 22-26, 2022 at the University of Southern California, University Park Campus
Vineyard Room (USC Davidson Continuing Education Center, Lower Level)
3409 South Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, CA, 90007
On the ancestral and unceded territory of the Tongva and Kizh Nation peoples and their neighbors
Join us in person or online.
The cover of 'Réflexions sur la question juive' (called in English 'Anti-Semite and Jew') by Jean-Paul Sartre in French.
12
October
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Wednesday, October 12, 2022 - 1:00pm
Antisemitism
Start: Wednesday, October 12, 2022 - 1:00pm
End: Wednesday, October 12, 2022 - 1:00pm
cost: Free to the public
where:
“Why the Jews?” Join us for another exploration of this question in the second event of USC Shoah Foundation’s Scholar Lab on Antisemitism event series. This moderated discussion will feature Dr. Jonathan Judaken of Rhodes College and Dr. Jeffrey Veidlinger of the University of Michigan, both the members of the Scholar Lab on Antisemitism program. As part of the discussion, Dr. Judaken and Dr.
06
October
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Thursday, October 6, 2022 - 1:00pm
Trojan Family Weekend
Start: Thursday, October 6, 2022 - 1:00pm
End: Friday, October 7, 2022 - 4:00pm
where: Leavey Library , Los Angeles
At USC for Trojan Family Weekend? Come visit us!
06
October
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Thursday, October 6, 2022 - 12:00pm
The Holocaust as a Global Archetype? The Position of the Jewish Genocide in Rwanda’s National Memory Culture
Start: Thursday, October 6, 2022 - 12:00pm
End: Thursday, October 6, 2022 - 1:30pm
cost: Free Event. RSVP Required.
where: Social Sciences Building, Room 250 , Los Angeles
A public lecture by Charlotte Kiechel (Williams College)2021-2022 USC Shoah Foundation Robert J. Katz Research Fellow in Genocide Studies
(Join us in person for this lecture or attend virtually on Zoom)

Organized by the USC Dornsife Center for Advanced Genocide Research and the USC Shoah Foundation
06
October
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Thursday, October 6, 2022 - 12:00pm
The Holocaust as a global archetype?
Start: Thursday, October 6, 2022 - 12:00pm
End: Thursday, October 6, 2022 - 12:00pm
cost: Free to the public
where: University of Southern California , Los Angeles
In the wake of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsis in Rwanda, government officials, memory workers, and human rights activists have all deployed a litany of Holocaust references — from discussions of “Never Again” to allusions to Primo Levi’s “grey zone.” Drawing upon research conducted with testimonies from the USC Shoah Foundation Visual History Archive, Charlotte Kiechel (Visiting Assistant Professor, Williams College) will illuminate the global uses of Holocaust memory by examining Rwand
September 2022
Event image copyright by United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Anonymous Donor. Photograph Number: 34768.
14
September
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Wednesday, September 14, 2022 - 1:00pm
Antisemitism Through Survivor Narratives and Perpetrator Music
Start: Wednesday, September 14, 2022 - 1:00pm
End: Wednesday, September 14, 2022 - 1:00pm
where:
For the last year, six scholars from diverse fields have been collaborating in USC Shoah Foundation's inaugural Scholar Lab to address the question, “Why the Jews?” This fall, in a series of three events, scholars will discuss what they have learned and present individual research projects.  
08
September
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Thursday, September 8, 2022 - 12:00pm
(In-)Voluntary Body Alterations During and After Mass Violence and Genocide
Start: Thursday, September 8, 2022 - 12:00pm
End: Thursday, September 8, 2022 - 1:30pm
cost: Free Event. RSVP Required.
where: Social Sciences Building, Room 250 , Los Angeles
A public lecture by the 2022-2023 Interdisciplinary Research Week team
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01
September
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Thursday, September 1, 2022 - 7:00pm
Quo Vadis, Aida?
Start: Thursday, September 1, 2022 - 7:00pm
End: Thursday, September 1, 2022 - 7:00pm
cost: Free Admission. RSVP Required.
where: The Ray Stark Family Theatre, SCA 108 , Los Angeles
The European Parliament Liaison Office in Washington, D.C. and Outside the Box [Office], in cooperation with the USC Schwarzenegger Institute and USC Shoah Foundation, invite you and a guest to attend a screening of Quo Vadis, Aida? written & directed by Jasmila Zbanic, and produced by Damir Ibrahimovich and Jasmila Zbanic.
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