(Re)collections: Trauma, Collective Memory and the Archive Event

Shoah Information Technology Services representative, Leo Hsu, leads a tour of the USC Shoah Foundation archive.

USC Shoah staff member Dan Leshem discusses the Future Message segment of the testimonies in the archive.

USC Shoah staff member Dan Leshem presents the USC Shoah Foundation archive at the "(Re)collections: Trauma, Collective Memory, and the Archive" event in the Doheny Commons.

Panelists discuss the future of archival projects. From left to right: USC Associate Professor of English and American Studies and Ethnicity, Viet Thanh Nguyen; Director of The Popular Music Project at USC Annenberg's The Norman Lear Center, and co-editor of the book series "Refiguring American Music," for Duke University Press, Josh Kun; Senior lecturer in the Department of Communication, University of Haifa and a visiting Professor at the Jewish Studies Department, SDSU, Oren Meyers; and USC staff member Dan Leshem.

USC third-year doctoral student at the Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism, Neta Kligler-Vilenchik, moderates a panel on bridging individual and collective memory.

Director of The Popular Music Project at USC Annenberg's The Norman Lear Center and co-editor of the book series "Refiguring American Music," for Duke University Press, Josh Kun, addresses the audience.

Panelists and student organizers pose for a commemorative picture at the (Re)collections event. From left to right: Viet Thanh Nguyen, USC doctoral student in Comparative Literature; Ana Paulina Lee; Dan Leshem; Oren Meyers; Neta Kligler-Vilenchik; Josh Kun; and PhD Candidate in the USC Art History Department, Jennifer Reynolds-Kaye.

Panelists, student organizers, and performers at the (Re)collections event. From left to right: Jennifer Reynolds-Kaye, Neta Kligler-Vilenchik, Vietnamese/Irish/American artist Genevieve Erin O'Brien, award-winning performance artist, writer, and playwright Denise Uyehara, Ana Paulina Lee, and Dan Leshem.

On February 10-11, the USC Shoah Foundation hosted a two-day event devoted to a multi-faceted inquiry of memory and its manifestations in individual and public life. Sponsored by The Dornsife Commons, the event was led by USC Shoah staff member Dr. Dan Leshem.

The first day was devoted to the physical and digital aspects of the USC Shoah Foundation Institute's Visual History Archive. The second day included a panel presentation aligned with the theme of “Bridging Individual and Collective Memories,” and an interactive performance workshop entitled: Performing the Objects of Memory.

To access a full description of the two-day event, please go to:

Day I: http://dornsife.usc.edu/vhi/events/3453

Day II: http://dornsife.usc.edu/vhi/events/3454

Album posted on: March 5, 2012