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Rwanda Peace Education Program Moves Closer to Integration into National Curriculum

Rwanda Peace Education Program (RPEP) hosted the second Forum of Educational Stakeholders on Peace Education on Dec. 9, 2014. Member of Parliament Christine Muhongayire and Dr. Joyce Musabe,…
Wednesday, December 31, 2014

USC Shoah Foundation to Add Testimonies from Armenian Survivors to Commemorate 100th Anniversary of Armenian Genocide

View two full testimonies from the Armenian Genocide collection:Mihran AndonianHaroutune Aivazian In honor of the upcoming 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide that will be…
Monday, December 29, 2014

Teaching Fellow’s Course at Central European University Presented at Conference on Holocaust Education

The 5th International Conference on Holocaust Research has selected a course at Central European University, developed in part by Andrea Peto, 2013 Teaching Fellow at USC Shoah Foundation, as an…
Monday, December 29, 2014

Paula Lebovics and Olga Burkhardt Inspire People Around the World

(KTLA's Dave Mecham interviews Paula and Olga at USC)Paula Lebovics and Olga Burkhardt, a young German woman who watched Lebovics’…
Friday, December 26, 2014

Inside IWitness: "Information Quest: Howard Cwick"

Inside IWitness is an ongoing series that will profile each activity in IWitness, along with a clip featured in the activity and a teacher who uses IWitness in his or her classroom.Though Holocaust…
Thursday, December 25, 2014

IWitness Video Challenge Webinar for Educators on Jan. 15

Educators who are planning to assign the IWitness Video Challenge to their students this year are invited to attend a free webinar on Thurs., Jan. 15 at 4 p.m. PST. The webinar will provide…
Tuesday, December 23, 2014

USC Shoah Foundation Announces ‘Preserving the Legacy’ Initiative

USC Shoah Foundation – The Institute for Visual History and Education announces Preserving the Legacy, an initiative that will use the Institute’s state-of-the-art infrastructure to digitize, index…
Friday, December 19, 2014

Inside IWitness: “My Story Matters”

Inside IWitness is an ongoing series that will profile each activity in IWitness, along with a clip featured in the activity and a teacher who uses IWitness in his or her classroom.My Story Matters…
Thursday, December 18, 2014

Call for Proposals: Margee and Douglas Greenberg Research Fellowship 2015-16

USC Shoah Foundation Center for Advanced Genocide Research invites proposals from advanced standing Ph.D. candidates for its 2015-2016 Margee and Douglas Greenberg Research Fellowship. The fellowship…
Thursday, December 18, 2014

Teachers Invited to Host IWitness Pilot in San Francisco Bay Area

USC Shoah Foundation is planning its first IWitness classroom pilot in the San Francisco Bay Area and is looking for teachers who can help make it happen. Teachers in the area who are interested in…
Wednesday, December 17, 2014

Italian Ministry of Education to Implement Roma-Sinti Resource “Giving Memory a Future”

The Italian Ministry of Education has passed a decree that will pave the way for USC Shoah Foundation’s multimedia resource Giving Memory a Future to be used in schools across Italy to teach about…
Tuesday, December 16, 2014

Auschwitz: The Past is Present Announces Committee Members

Leading American and international businessmen and philanthropists are joining forces to support the commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau…
Tuesday, December 16, 2014

Rutgers Students Explore Visual History Archive in Douglas Greenberg’s Comparative Genocide Class

Just two years ago, professors who wanted to use the Visual History Archive to teach about genocide could only share Holocaust survivor testimonies with their students. Now, they can use the Visual…
Friday, December 12, 2014

Inside IWitness: “From the Mother Who Will Never Forget You: Understanding the Kindertransport”

Inside IWitness is an ongoing series that will profile each activity in IWitness, along with a clip featured in the activity and a teacher who uses IWitness in his or her classroom.Through a new…
Thursday, December 11, 2014

Educators Participating in Free Echoes and Reflections Webinar

Educators who have registered for December’s two-part Echoes and Reflections webinar have until Monday, Dec. 15 to complete Part II. The webinar provides in-depth instruction for educators about…
Wednesday, December 10, 2014

French Students Watch Testimony for National Contest on Resistance and Deportation

Watch 2014-15 CNRD clipsFor the third year, USC Shoah Foundation is providing testimony clips that French high school students can use in the essays and audiovisual works they submit to the National…
Tuesday, December 9, 2014

Submit Proposals for 2015-2016 Rutman Teaching Fellowship

USC Shoah Foundation – The Institute for Visual History and Education invites proposals for its 2015-16 Rutman Teaching Fellow program that will provide summer support for one member of the…
Monday, December 8, 2014

Third Polish “Teaching with Testimony in the 21st Century” Program Held at POLIN Museum

By Monika Koszyńska, USC Shoah Foundation Regional Consultant in PolandTeachers learned how to use testimony in their classroom activities at the third Teaching with Testimony in the 21st Century…
Friday, December 5, 2014

Intensywny kurs doskonalący p.t. „Nauczanie z użyciem relacji w XXI wieku” realizowany wspólnie przez USC Shoah Foundation Institute i Muzeum POLIN

Już po raz drugi w Centrum Edukacyjnym Muzeum Historii Żydów Polskich POLIN, a po raz trzeci dla polskich edukatorów, w dniach 9-14 listopada 2014, odbył intensywny kurs doskonalący p.t. …
Friday, December 5, 2014

Inside IWitness: "Personal Strength to Survive"

Inside IWitness is an ongoing series that will profile each activity in IWitness, along with a clip featured in the activity and a teacher who uses IWitness in his or her classroom.Secondary students…
Thursday, December 4, 2014

Understanding Modern Anti-Semitism through Memories of Propaganda

The Visual History Archive enables its users to observe the history of political utilization of anti-Jewish prejudice since the beginning of the 20th century until the century's end. Teaching about…
Thursday, December 4, 2014

Centre for Holocaust Education at University of London Hosts IWitness Workshop

Tony Cole, who teaches hard-to-reach students at CSS South Quadrant in Basildon, Essex, introduced educators to IWitness at a workshop at the University of London’s Centre for Holocaust Education in…
Wednesday, December 3, 2014

In Honor of Giving Tuesday, Support USC Shoah Foundation

Make a giftAfter Black Friday and Cyber Monday comes Giving Tuesday – a day devoted to donating to charities and nonprofits. Begin the holiday season by supporting the power of testimony and giving…
Tuesday, December 2, 2014

Call for Application: 2015 USC Student Research Fellows

USC Shoah Foundation Center for Advanced Genocide Research invites proposals from graduate and undergraduate students for its 2015 Student Research Fellow program. The fellowship provides support…
Monday, December 1, 2014

Author Barbara Winton, Daughter of Sir Nicholas Winton, Visits USC Shoah Foundation

Barbara Winton has been hearing incredible stories about her father all her life. So when she visited USC Shoah Foundation last week, it wasn’t just the testimonies that talk about how her father…
Friday, November 28, 2014

Inside IWitness: "Information Quest: Roman Kent"

Inside IWitness is an ongoing series that will profile each activity in IWitness, along with a clip featured in the activity and a teacher who uses IWitness in his or her classroom.Students are…
Thursday, November 27, 2014

Translating the Archive: The Czech Language Project

By Daryn EllerArchival AssistantOne of the unique features of USC Shoah Foundation’s Visual History Archive is a controlled vocabulary of over 62,000 keywords…
Wednesday, November 26, 2014

Dan Leshem, Associate Director of Research, to Teach Course on Holocaust in Literature and Arts

From Schindler’s List to the paintings of Samuel Bak (left), thousands of works of art and writing attempt to shed light on – and giving meaning to – the tragedies of genocide. The many artworks,…
Tuesday, November 25, 2014

Tempering Academics with Personal Stories

The academic conference hosted by USC Shoah Foundation last week was an excellent opportunity for me to hear the personal stories of survivors alongside academic analysis of modern-day events and…
Tuesday, November 25, 2014

IWitness Staff Give Presentation at National Council of Teachers of English

Educators from around the world had the opportunity to learn more about IWitness, USC Shoah Foundation’s interactive educational website, at the Annual Convention of the National Council of Teachers…
Monday, November 24, 2014