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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
USC Shoah Foundation Introduces Next Generation Council
USC Shoah Foundation has created a new leadership group to help bolster its strategic goals, programs, and activities. The Next Generation Council will be composed of community and business leaders,…
Thursday, June 27, 2013
IWitness Rolls Out in Canada
The Sarah and Chaim Neuberger Holocaust Education Centre in Toronto has introduced USC Shoah Foundation’s online educational tool, IWitness, to Canadian teachers and students, marking the…
Wednesday, June 26, 2013
Steven Spielberg and USC Shoah Foundation Institute honor Robert A. Iger, Chairman and CEO of the Walt Disney Company
On June 6, Steven Spielberg, Founder of the USC Shoah Foundation Institute, presented Robert A. Iger, Chairman and CEO of The Walt Disney Company, with the Institute’s highest honor, the…
Tuesday, June 25, 2013
USC Shoah Foundation joins peace-building initiative in Rwanda
The inaugural meeting of the Rwandan Peace Education Program brought together survivors of the Rwandan Tutsi Genocide and the Holocaust, along with other activists from around the world. From left:…
Tuesday, June 25, 2013
Association of Holocaust Organizations convenes at the Institute
Winter seminar focuses on future of survivor testimonyRepresentatives from more than 30 Holocaust museums and centers in the United States and Canada came to Los Angeles this week for the 2013…
Tuesday, June 25, 2013
‘Lost Music of the Holocaust’ Performed by Survivor’s Grandson
June 18 saw the U.S. premiere of a set of piano variations on a Polish patriotic theme composed in the Dachau concentration camp by prisoner of war Leon Kaczmarek (1903–1973). Kaczmarek’s…
Tuesday, June 25, 2013
Rwandan Testimonies Add 500 New Terms to Visual History Archive’s Thesaurus
Testimonies of survivors and witnesses of the 1994 Rwandan Tutsi Genocide added to USC Shoah Foundation’s Visual History Archive have resulted in 500 new search terms for the archive’s…
Thursday, June 20, 2013
Armenian Genocide Testimonies to be Incorporated into USC Shoah Foundation Visual History Archive
USC Shoah Foundation and the Armenian Film Foundation have announced a new joint goal: By the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide in 2015, they will integrate into the USC Shoah Foundation’s…
Wednesday, June 19, 2013
President Promotes USC Shoah Foundation Partner in Increasing Internet Access
A key USC Shoah Foundation partner’s mission of upgrading public school access to broadband Internet has earned a boost from President Obama. The nonprofit organization EducationSuperHighway…
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Sweden to fund $6.8m three-year peace-building program in Rwanda
The Swedish Embassy today announced funding for an ambitious new Rwanda-wide peace-building program. The Rwanda Peace Education Programme is designed to counter behavioral risk factors for…
Monday, June 17, 2013
Institute participates in IHRA Plenary Meetings in Berlin, Germany
The International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) held its semiannual Plenary meetings in Berlin, Germany from 11-14 June 2013 under the Canadian Chairmanship.
For four days this week,…
Friday, June 14, 2013
Jews in Arab Countries During the Shoah
USC Shoah Foundation is partnering with the American Sephardi Federation and other organizations to undertake the Sephardi and Mizrahi Jewish Testimony Collection, a new initiative to document the…
Thursday, June 13, 2013
Street Addresses Holocaust Teacher Institute
Kori Street, PhD, director of education for USC Shoah Foundation, will deliver a presentation about its IWitness Program at the University of Miami’s 12th annual Holocaust Teacher Summer Institute on…
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
June Schindler’s List Screenings Benefit USC Shoah Foundation
Cinemark will hold special screenings of Schindler’s List, with all proceeds benefiting the USC Shoah Foundation—the Institute for Visual History and Education that the film inspired. The screenings…
Tuesday, June 11, 2013
Bay Area Holocaust Survivors Honored
Holocaust survivors from the Bay Area of California who have shared their experiences on video, and in numerous in-person appearances, were recognized for their contributions at a ceremony in San…
Monday, June 10, 2013
Italian Institute Joins Visual History Archive Access Sites
USC Shoah Foundation has granted the Istituto Centrale per i beni sonori ed audiovisivi headquarters in Rome full remote access to its Visual History Archive. The partnership establishes the 43rd…
Friday, June 7, 2013