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Steven Spielberg and USC Shoah Foundation Institute Honor Jeffrey Katzenberg, Longtime Philanthropist and CEO of DreamWorks Animation
On Thursday, December 9, 2010, Steven Spielberg, Founder of the USC Shoah Foundation Institute, presented Jeffrey Katzenberg, CEO of DreamWorks Animation, and longtime philanthropist, with the USC…
Monday, December 13, 2010
USC Shoah Foundation Institute at OktaTARS – International Fellowship Program in Holocaust Education
The Holocaust Memorial Center in Budapest has launched a one-year long Fellowship Program in Holocaust Education for curriculum developers and teacher trainers.The Fellowship – a unique initiative in…
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
A Soá Intézet az OktaTÁRS – Holokauszt-oktatási Szakértőképzési Programon
A budapesti Holokauszt Emlékközpont egyéves Holokauszt-oktatási Szakértőképzési Programot indított oktatási szakértők, tanárképzésben dolgozók és tananyagírók számára.A budapesti Holokauszt…
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Steven Spielberg and USC Shoah Foundation Institute to Honor Jeffrey Katzenberg, Longtime Philanthropist and CEO of Dreamworks Animation
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Thursday, December 2, 2010
Számokba zárt sorsok
A budapesti Holokauszt Emlékközpont időszaki kiállításán videó-részletek láthatók az Intézet Vizuális Történelmi Archívumának interjúiból.2010. október 17 – 2011. február 27.1920. szeptember 21-én…
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Fates Closed in Numbers
Temporary exhibition at the Holocaust Memorial Center in Budapest, Hungary, features clips of testimonies from the Institute’s Visual History ArchiveOctober 17, 2010 – February 27, 2011On September…
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Podcast with Stephen D. Smith and the Holocaust Denial on Trial Project
USC Shoah Foundation Institute Executive Director Stephen D. Smith is featured in a podcast interview conducted by the Holocaust Denial on Trial website, and posted on iTunes U. Created by…
Monday, November 22, 2010
Problems Without Passports
Training at the Institute prepares USC undergrads for field research on the Cambodian GenocideFor the second year, the USC Shoah Foundation Institute participated in “Conflict Resolution and Peace…
Monday, November 15, 2010
Central European University Seminar – Testimonies and Teaching: New Sources and Methodologies for Jewish Studies
The Institute’s Visual History Archive (VHA) has been available at the Central European University (CEU) in Budapest, Hungary, since April 2009. For the second year in a row, CEU is organizing…
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
A New Generation of Learning: Holocaust Education and the Internet
Colleagues in Europe share their perspectives in post-workshop surveyIn May, the USC Shoah Foundation Institute convened a workshop entitled “A New Generation of Learning: Holocaust Education…
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Enemies of the People
OCTOBER 20, 2010—Yesterday the USC Shoah Foundation Institute hosted a screening of ENEMIES OF THE PEOPLE, an award-winning and critically acclaimed documentary about the Cambodian Genocide.A…
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Відеосвідчення долають кордони: українські, грузинські та вірменські вчителі обговорюють ідеї
1 жовтня 2010 У липні Анна Ленчовська, регіональний консультант Інституту в Україні, та Олександр Войтенко, вчитель історії та освітній тренер, і партнер Інституту Фонду Шоа, провели воркшоп під…
Friday, October 1, 2010
Video Testimony Beyond Borders: Ukrainian, Georgian, and Armenian Teachers Share Ideas
In July, Anna Lenchovska, the Institute’s Regional Consultant in Ukraine, and Oleksandr Voitenko, a history teacher, educational trainer, and Shoah Foundation Institute partner, conducted a workshop…
Friday, October 1, 2010
Rwanda: Confronting a Painful Past
SEPTEMBER 2, 2010—LOS ANGELES—In the 16 years since the genocide in Rwanda, a number of international, national, and communal measures have been implemented to construct a unified future for Rwanda…
Thursday, September 2, 2010
Institute Among Select Group to Take Part in NSF-funded RIPS Program
Institute working with top students in UCLA's IPAM RIPS programThe USC Shoah Foundation Institute is one of a select group of organizations invited to take part in UCLA's IPAM RIPS (Institute for…
Monday, August 9, 2010
USC Shoah Foundation Institute Trains Teachers at Intersection of Holocaust Education and Digital Literacy Studies
Major gift from Leichtag Family Foundation recognizes ingenuity and innovation in teachingLOS ANGELES, CA—(July 27, 2010)—The Leichtag Family Foundation has a made a major gift that will enable the…
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Nottingham Trent University Honors Smith Family For Founding UK Holocaust Centre
USC Shoah Foundation Institute Executive Director, mother, brother to receive honorary doctoratesNottingham Trent University will award honorary doctorates to Marina Smith and sons James Smith and…
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Preservation Update
Effort to create electronic master copies of the testimonies continues as new shipment of tapes arrives for duplicationA shipment of videotapes containing the master recordings of 15,000 testimonies…
Friday, July 16, 2010
Stephen D. Smith Keynote Speaker at Holland & Knight Student Essay Contest Awards Event
To read the Jewish Journal story about the event, click here.LOS ANGELES, CA – July 15, 2010 – Tonight, the law firm of Holland & Knight and the Holland & Knight Charitable Foundation will…
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Reflections For a More Tolerant World
Survivors' testimonies enhance Holocaust exhibit in BrazilA public exhibit in São Paulo gave Brazilians an opportunity to explore Holocaust history through the memories of local survivors.Shoá,…
Thursday, July 8, 2010
What's Your Issue
USC Shoah Foundation Institute Honored alongside Young FilmmakersWhat's Your Issue, a nonprofit organization that encourages young people to use creative media to share solutions to social challenges…
Friday, July 2, 2010
Task Force For International Cooperation on Holocaust Education, Remembrance, and Research
nstitute & Other ITF Partners Convene in IsraelThe USC Shoah Foundation Institute participated in two major gatherings of members of the Task Force for International Cooperation on Holocaust…
Friday, June 18, 2010
Human Dimension of the Ukrainian Famine
Teachers in Kyiv trained on groundbreaking new resource
Thirty-one teachers from 22 regions of Ukraine attended a national teacher training seminar on the use of a new multimedia…
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Students in UK Learn from Testimony
Watch this 8-minute video of classroom teacher Steve Richardson using testimony from the USC Shoah Foundation Institute's archive to study the topic of liberation. Richardson is teaching Year 9…
Thursday, May 13, 2010
New Leadership on the Institute's Board of Councilors
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Tuesday, May 11, 2010
A New Generation of Learning: Holocaust Education and the Internet
USC Shoah Foundation Institute Workshop at Central European UniversityFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Talia CohenPhone: 213.740.6036Fax: 213.740.6044Email: taliacoh@usc…
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
USC College Faculty Member Wins Prize for Teaching with Testimony
Colin Keaveny, assistant professor in the department of French and Italian at the University of Southern California, won the Provost’s Prize for Teaching with Technology for making educational use of…
Monday, May 10, 2010
LEZÁRULT A MAGYARORSZÁGI OKTATÁSI PROGRAM ELSŐ SZAKASZA
Április 17-én lezárult az a pályázati folyamat, amelynek során a Holokauszt Emlékközpont, az Oktatáskutató és Fejlesztő Intézet és a USC Soá Intézet együttműködésében középiskolai tanárok és…
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
First Phase of Educational Program in Hungary Completed
The first phase of the program in which educator teams developed multimedia lessons from the Hungarian-language testimonies of the Institute’s Visual History Archive ended on April 17, 2010 with an…
Wednesday, April 28, 2010