News By Year
IWitness endorsed by ISTE, TeachersFirst: Award-winning website gains traction in education world
After being honored as one of this year’s “Best Websites for Teaching and Learning” by the American Association of School Librarians (AASL), the Institute’s IWitness website…
Thursday, December 20, 2012
Institute, Anti-Defamation League train Southern California teachers: Workshop on Echoes and Reflections, IWitness
USC Shoah Foundation – The Institute for Visual History and Education and the Anti-Defamation League held a workshop in November where nearly 50 Southern California teachers learned to use…
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
"London Calling": Czech online resource focuses on government-in-exile during WWII
Holocaust survivor testimony has made possible a Czech-language resource for education that illuminates the wartime history of the Czech government-in-exile."Volá Londýn" ("London…
Thursday, December 6, 2012
Institute honored by Arpa International Film Festival
USC Shoah Foundation – The Institute for Visual History and Education received the Arpa Foundation Award of the 2012 Arpa International Film Festival. The Institute was recognized for "its…
Monday, December 3, 2012
Seminar for activist-teachers in Slovakia: Focus on Holocaust education, testimony in the classroom
The Institute and Yad Vashem are reaching out to teachers in Slovakia who have shown a commitment to Holocaust documentation and tolerance education. On November 18, Martin Šmok, the Institute&rsquo…
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
USC Dornsife's smartphone-interactive feature on the Institute: Augmented Reality app takes readers beyond the printed page
The Institute is featured in the Fall 2012/Winter 2013 issue of USC Dornsife Magazine ("The Memory Issue"), which includes content accessible through smartphones using the Dornsife Augment…
Monday, November 19, 2012
Polish teachers train to use Holocaust survivor interviews in the classroom: With workshop at Central European University, Institute completes inaugural year of new education initiative in Europe
Teachers across Poland traveled to Hungary last week to attend a workshop organized by USC Shoah Foundation – The Institute for Visual History and Education (the Institute). The workshop, part…
Monday, November 19, 2012
POLSCY NAUCZYCIELE UCZĄ SIĘ JAK UŻYWAĆ RELACJE OCALAŁYCH Z HOLOKAUSTU W KLASIE
Podczas warsztatu odbywającego się na Uniwersytecie Środkowoeuropejskim Fundacja Shoah Uniwersytetu Południowej Kalifornii dopełnia pierwszy rok realizacji nowego projektu edukacyjnego w Europie
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Saturday, November 17, 2012
Jane Fonda urges remembrance of sexual violence during the Holocaust
Actress, activist speaks at international symposium convened by USC Shoah Foundation and Remember the Women InstituteLOS ANGELES, California (November 13, 2012) - A historic international symposium…
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
“There your memory runs like a camera back”: Oral history in post-apartheid South Africa
The Institute invites you to a lecture by Dr. Sean Field, Director of the University of Cape Town’s Centre for Popular Memory, which documents the oral histories of refugees, victims of…
Monday, November 12, 2012
Master Teachers to introduce IWitness at national educator conference
Graduates of the Institute’s Master Teacher Program will debut IWitness next week at the 2012 National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) Annual Conference, demonstrating how the award…
Thursday, November 8, 2012
Haiti Jewish Refugee Legacy Project honors Institute’s Director of Education
Kori Street receives Tikkun Olam AwardDr. Kori Street, Director of Education for USC Shoah Foundation – The Institute for Visual History and Education, is a recipient of the Haiti Jewish…
Monday, November 5, 2012
IWitness in Australia
When the Institute sent teams around the world to gather video testimony from survivors and eyewitnesses of the Holocaust, more than 2,500 Australians came forward. Nearly 20 years later, the…
Monday, October 29, 2012
LA Weekly names Tree of Testimony "Best Video Art Exhibit" of 2012
Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust installation features all of the Institute's 51,696 testimoniesLA Weekly's annual Best of LA 2012 honored the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust's…
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Remembering the Soviet Gulag
Holocaust survivor testimony to enhance education initiative in the Czech RepublicIn the Czech Republic, Holocaust survivors’ eyewitness testimonies will soon be used to teach a different…
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Túlélők fala. Az USC Soá Alapítvány 13 videó-interjúját is tartalmazó interaktív installáció a budapesti Holokauszt Emlékközpontban
Az összesen 20 videó-interjúból álló felületen a látogatók az egyes túlélők élettörténeteit láthatják. A vetített felület két szélén érzékelő kamerákat helyeztek el, melyek az indítási pontra álló…
Friday, August 24, 2012
«Навчання через відеосвідчення у XXI сторіччі»
Семінар професійного розвитку освітян з УкраїниПРАГА – 24 серпня, 2012 – п'ятнадцять учителів з України завершили навчання на першому експертному курсі «Навчання через відеосвідчення у XXI сторіччі» …
Friday, August 24, 2012
Teaching with Testimony in the Twenty-First Century
Professional development seminar for Ukrainian teachers in PraguePrague―August 24, 2012―Fifteen teachers from Ukraine completed the first master teacher course of Teaching with Testimony in the…
Friday, August 24, 2012
"Wall of Survivors" at the Holocaust Memorial Center in Budapest
Twenty Holocaust survivor interviews recorded in the Hungarian language, including 13 from the USC Shoah Foundation Institute's Visual History Archive, will be displayed in a new, interactive…
Friday, August 24, 2012
"Svědectví pamětníků ve výuce pro 21. století" – expertní vzdělávací program USC Shoah Foundation pro učitele v České republice
USC Shoah Foundation - Institut pro vizuální historii a vzdělávání v létě zahájil první ročník expertního mezinárodního vzdělávacího programu pro učitele v Evropě, nazvaného "Svědectví pamětníků…
Monday, August 13, 2012
"Teaching with Testimony in the Twenty-First Century"
USC Shoah Foundation professional development program in Czech RepublicUSC Shoah Foundation – The Institute for Visual History and Education has launched Teaching with Testimony in the Twenty…
Monday, August 13, 2012
Learning from three years of "Teaching with Testimony"
Professional development program culminates in best practices workshop for teachersFrom August 1-3, the USC Shoah Foundation-The Institute for Visual History and Education held a best practices…
Monday, August 6, 2012
“Teaching with Testimony” Master Teacher Follow-Up Workshop
In July, the USC Shoah Foundation Institute held a follow-up workshop for graduates of the 2011 Master Teacher Program. Participants reconvened as a professional practice- and learning-community…
Monday, July 30, 2012
National Education Association adds survivor-testimony based classroom lessons to Lesson Plan Search Engine
The National Education Association (NEA) has added a selection of the Institute's classroom lessons to its Lesson Plan Search Engine. The lessons, which are available online, center on…
Monday, July 30, 2012
International symposium, “Teaching, Testimony, and Transformation”
Rwandan, South African educators join discourse on global perspectives in educationThe USC Shoah Foundation Institute has organized a symposium for educators and leaders of partner organizations in…
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Videó-interjúk a 21. század oktatásában
A USC Soá Intézet (Dél-Kaliforniai Egyetem) Nemzetközi Oktatási Programjaa Cseh Köztársaságban, Lengyelországban, Magyaroroszágon és Ukrajnában 2012Jelentkezési a magyarországi programra az online…
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Videó-interjúk a 21.század oktatásában
A budapesti tanár-továbképzési program új fejezet kezdetét jelenti a USC Soá Intézet európai oktatási munkájábanBUDAPEST — 2012. Július — Húsz oktató vett részt a USC Soá Intézet "Videó…
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Budapest workshop, "Teaching with Testimony for the 21st Century"
Last week, the USC Shoah Foundation Institute convened the inaugural workshop of “Teaching with Testimony for the 21st Century,” a professional development program for teachers in Europe centered on…
Thursday, July 12, 2012
USC Shoah Foundation Institute completes preservation of Holocaust testimonies
Nearly 52,000 video interviews archived digitally
LOS ANGELES—June 28, 2012—The USC Shoah Foundation Institute has completed a multiyear, multimillion-dollar project to digitally preserve the video…
Thursday, June 28, 2012
Task Force for International Cooperation on Holocaust Education, Remembrance, and Research convenes in Belgium
Institute senior staff among delegates from 28 member states
USC Shoah Foundation Institute Executive Director Stephen D. Smith, Managing Director Kim Simon, and Director of Programs Kori Street…
Wednesday, June 27, 2012