News By Year and Month
Nanjing Massacre Collection Integrated into Visual History Archive
USC Shoah Foundation’s newest testimony collection, the Nanjing Massacre, is now fully integrated and viewable in the Visual History Archive.USC Shoah…
Friday, February 28, 2014
French Deportation Mapping Project Features Testimony
For help researching the deportation of Jews in France during the Holocaust, French scholars turned to the USC Shoah Foundation and its French liaison Emmanuel Debono.For their research project…
Thursday, February 27, 2014
First Zygo Lunchtime Roundtable to Examine Ethics of Holocaust Medical Experiments
The ethics of studying Holocaust medical experiments will be the topic of conversation at the first-ever Zygo Student Lunchtime Series panel Friday at 12:30 p.m in USC Doheny Memorial Library room…
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Spotlight on Poland
USC Shoah Foundation’s work in Poland has come a long way since filming of founder Steven Spielberg’s Schindler’s List began in Krakow in…
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
Zainab Hawa Bangura Urges Action Against Sexual Violence in War
Using sexual assault as a weapon of war is a deep-rooted problem that causes misery and pain long after the fighting stops.But…
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
USC Journalism Students Draw Inspiration from USC Shoah Foundation
Their focus is on Mexican-American youth activism of the 1930s and ‘40s, but the students in USC’s Echoes of the Mexican Voice…
Friday, February 21, 2014
Two New IWitness Activities Examine Racism in the 1936 Olympics and World War II
In time for February’s Olympic Games and Black History Month, two new activities have been published to IWitness, each dealing with racism in different contexts.The Information Quest Fighting in the…
Thursday, February 20, 2014
UN’s Zainab Hawa Bangura to Speak About Sexual Violence in War
Click here to watch a livestream of Ms. Bangura's talk from 6-7:30 p.m. PST.Zainab Hawa Bangura, the United Nations Undersecretary-General and Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict,…
Wednesday, February 19, 2014
Jelentkezés a magyarországi program harmadik évfolyamára MOST!
Videó-interjúk a 21. század oktatásábanA USC Soá Alapítvány (Dél-Kaliforniai Egyetem) Nemzetközi Oktatási ProgramjaMagyarországon és Lengyelországban 2014Jelentkezés a magyarországi program harmadik…
Wednesday, February 19, 2014
Humanities Faculty Debate Role of Technology in the Classroom
Three professors from across the University of Southern California took part in a thought-provoking conversation about technology’s place…
Wednesday, February 19, 2014
Student Voices Voting Now Open
The finalists have been chosen and now it’s up to the viewers to select their favorite entry from the Student Voices Short Film Contest.Watch the films and cast…
Tuesday, February 18, 2014
Educators Inspired at Second Polish Edition of Teaching with Testimony in the 21st Century
During six days of intensive training at the Museum of the History of Polish Jews (MHPJ) in Warsaw, Poland, 10 experienced Polish educators learned how to use USC Shoah Foundation’s Visual…
Friday, February 14, 2014
USC Shoah Foundation’s Work Robust in Czech Republic
Twenty years since its founding, the USC Shoah Foundation maintains a vibrant presence in the Czech Republic to educate the next generation about genocide and tolerance through the use of its…
Thursday, February 13, 2014
President of Rwanda Paul Kagame Visits USC Shoah Foundation
President Paul Kagame visited USC Shoah Foundation on Wednesday to learn more about the Institute’s work linking testimony, technology and education…
Wednesday, February 12, 2014
Feb. 21 Deadline for Fellowships and Undergraduate Rwanda Course at USC Shoah Foundation
Students and faculty have three unique and exciting opportunities to get involved with USC Shoah Foundation beginning this summer.Current USC undergraduates can apply to the Problems without…
Wednesday, February 12, 2014
W dniach 2-8 lutego w centrum edukacyjnym muzeum odbyło się szkolenie dla edukatorów p.t. Nauczanie z użyciem relacji w 21. wieku przygotowujące do użycia w projektach edukacyjnych zasobu Archiwum Historii Wizualnej USC Shoah Foundation Institute
Dziesięciu bardzo doświadczonych edukatorów, cześć z nich to Ambasadorzy Muzeum Historii Żydów Polskich, przez cały tydzień uczyło się jak przeszukiwać największy na świecie zbiór wideo relacji…
Wednesday, February 12, 2014
Truth Trumps Fiction
I did not sleep well last night. It was not the kind of sleeplessness brought on by jet lag, stress or workload. It is best described as a kind of numbness that leaves one physically discharged,…
Monday, February 10, 2014
Roundtable Hosted by USC Shoah Foundation to Discuss Role of Technology in Teaching the Humanities
Professors from across the University of Southern California will come together for a roundtable discussion about the effect of new technologies on humanities classrooms, organized by USC Shoah…
Monday, February 10, 2014
USC Shoah Foundation Welcomes Institute Fellow Douglas Greenberg
Former USC Shoah Foundation executive director Douglas Greenberg has begun a two-month residency at USC Shoah Foundation as part of his 2013-2014 Institute Fellowship.Greenberg, who served as…
Friday, February 7, 2014
Kagarama Secondary School Conducts Rwanda’s First Classroom IWitness Pilot
The first in-classroom pilot of IWitness in Rwanda will take place next week at Kagarama Secondary School in Kigali.The pilot is part of the second phase of the IWitness in Rwanda project, a joint…
Thursday, February 6, 2014
Born in the City that Became Auschwitz Exhibit Translated into 10 Languages and Counting
USC Shoah Foundation’s online exhibit Born in the City that Became Auschwitz is now available in French, Italian, Russian, Slovak, Hungarian, Spanish, Polish, Arabic and Czech. All versions are…
Wednesday, February 5, 2014
My Encounter with Helena Horowitz
I first learned about Helena Horowitz’s life history when I found her testimony as I searched through the archive in IWitness the Institute’s educational website featuring the testimonies of…
Wednesday, February 5, 2014
Second Polish Teaching with Testimony in the 21st Century Program Begins in Warsaw
A new group of educators will learn about testimony-based education and develop their own lessons using the Visual History Archive starting today as part the second Teaching with Testimony in the…
Tuesday, February 4, 2014
IWitness Featured in JFCS Manovill Holocaust History Fellowship
When a select group of eight high school students learn about the Holocaust and genocide each year as part of the Manovill Holocaust History Fellowship at Jewish Family and Children’s Services’ (JFCS…
Monday, February 3, 2014