News By Year and Month
Director of International School for Holocaust Studies of Yad Vashem Visits USC Shoah Foundation
USC Shoah Foundation – The Institute for Visual History and Education welcomed Eyal Kaminka, the newly-appointed director of the International School for Holocaust Studies (ISHS) of Yad Vashem,…
Wednesday, July 31, 2013
Schindler’s List Will Mark 20th Anniversary With Special Screenings To Benefit USC Shoah Foundation
Screenings Will Debut In Philadelphia, Highlighting The Re-Opening Of City’s Iconic Prince Music TheaterPhiladelphia, PA – July 25, 2013 - The 20th anniversary of Steven Spielberg’s epic film…
Monday, July 29, 2013
Claudia Ramirez Wiedeman Joins as Educational Program Designer
Claudia Ramirez Wiedeman, PhD, has joined USC Shoah Foundation as Associate Director for Educational Technologies and Training. Her duties include strategic, content, and professional development…
Wednesday, July 24, 2013
Problems Without Passports in Rwanda: A Student's Perspective
By Nora SnyderOn a sunny LA day just like any other, ten fellow Trojans and myself boarded a plane with two employees of the USC Shoah Foundation and headed to Kigali, Rwanda. Our purpose? To conduct…
Wednesday, July 24, 2013
New Dimensions in Testimony
USC Shoah Foundation is currently fundraising for New Dimensions in Testimony, a new project being developed in concert with USC Institute for Creative Technologies and Conscience Display. The…
Monday, July 22, 2013
Teaching with Testimony Unites Hungary and Rwanda
Teachers from all over Hungary gathered in Budapest this month for the six-day introductory seminar to the USC Shoah Foundation’s 2013 Teaching with Testimony for the 21st Century program. But there…
Friday, July 19, 2013
Videóinterjúk a 21. század oktatásában 2012 – a USC Soá Alapítvány magyarországi tanárképzési programja első évfolyamának programzáró és projektbemutató találkozója
2O13. július 5-7-g tartottuk a Videóinterjúk a 21. század oktatásában című tanárképzés első évfolyamának (2O12) programzáró találkozóját a budapesti Közép-európai Egyetemen.A program részeként a…
Friday, July 19, 2013
Videóinterjúk a 21. század oktatásában – Tanárképzési program Magyarországon
Június 3O-a és július 5-e között rendezte a USC Soá Alapítvány a Videóinterjúk a 21. század oktatásában című, magyarországi tanárképzési programjának második évfolyamát.A program segítségével a…
Friday, July 19, 2013
UCLA Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics Teams Up With USC Shoah Foundation
Four applied mathematics undergraduate students are dedicating their summer to a major research project for the USC Shoah Foundation – The Institute for Visual History and Education.They are…
Thursday, July 18, 2013
Visual History Archive Featured in New Book
Professor Andrea Pető of Central European University in Budapest has written an article about how to use USC Shoah Foundation’s Visual History Archive in teaching students at the graduate level…
Wednesday, July 17, 2013
Teacher Trainings on the Rise
USC Shoah Foundation educator workshops continue increasing in number and reach. This summer, the program Teaching with Testimony in the 21st Century convened new seminars in Budapest and Prague. In…
Monday, July 15, 2013
Brooks Presents on Holocaust Testimonies at University of Michigan–Flint
Crispin Brooks, curator of USC Shoah Foundation’s Visual History Archive, will deliver a presentation at the Teaching and Working with Holocaust Testimonies Summer 2013 Workshop, to be held…
Friday, July 12, 2013
Echoes and Reflections Training Goes to Alaska
Echoes and Reflections, a professional teacher development program on the Holocaust, has now expanded to Alaska. In April, middle and high school educators from across the state journeyed to Kodiak…
Thursday, July 11, 2013
Portugal's Unforgettable Forgotten Hero
Aristides de Sousa Mendes may not be a familiar name, but several people, along with their descendants, who owe their lives to him, are working to change that. A Portuguese diplomat stationed in…
Wednesday, July 10, 2013
Jungblut Joins Netherlands Conference on Digital Testimonies
Karen Jungblut, USC Shoah Foundation director of research and documentation, participated in the “Digital Testimonies on War and Trauma” conference in June. Held at Erasmus University…
Tuesday, July 9, 2013
Jewish Federation Executives Visit USC Shoah Foundation
USC Shoah Foundation recently hosted a number of eminent guests from the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles. They included: Jerry Coben, a member of the federation’s board of directors in…
Monday, July 1, 2013