News By Year and Month
USC Shoah Foundation Delegation Attends USC Global Conference in China
Left-right: Cecilia Chan (standing), Stephen Smith, Ron Meyer, Xu Xin, Ming Hsieh, Zhi Qiang Chang, translator Cao Xiachong USC Shoah Foundation…
Friday, October 30, 2015
Singing in the Lion's Mouth: Music as Resistance to Genocide (A Reflection)
During the weekend of October 10-11, the University of Southern California gathered international academics, musicians and members of the Los Angeles community for a symposium and series of events,…
Friday, October 30, 2015
Guidelines for Using Visual History Testimony in the Classroom Available on IWitness
Educators looking for strategies and best practices for teaching using testimonies from the Visual History Archive can refer to a new guide published on the IWitness website.Guidelines for Using…
Wednesday, October 28, 2015
Call for Applications: 2016-2017 Center Fellowship
Call for Applications:The 2016-2017 Center FellowshipDeadline Extended: January 31st, 2016The USC Shoah Foundation Center for Advanced Genocide Research invites applications from…
Wednesday, October 28, 2015
History of USC Shoah Foundation Comes to Life in New Timeline
Ever wonder what date USC Shoah Foundation held its first teacher-training workshop, or who was the first recipient of the Ambassadors for…
Monday, October 26, 2015
Teachers Attend Training on “Ukrainian Famine of 1932-1933” Multimedia Guide in Kyiv
USC Shoah Foundation regional consultant Anna Lenchovska and education expert Oleksandr Voitenko hosted an educational seminar for teachers in Kyiv on Oct. 20. The seminar introduced the participants…
Friday, October 23, 2015
Explore the Visual History Archive at Trojan Family Weekend
Families exploring USC at Trojan Family Weekend are invited to visit the USC Shoah Foundation exhibit to learn more about the…
Thursday, October 22, 2015
Did Haj Amin al-Husseini Influence Hitler?
There is a current controversy about the allegation that the great mufti of Jerusalem instigated the final solution of the Nazis. While there is no doubt that Haj Amin al-Husseini, was a virulent…
Thursday, October 22, 2015
New IWitness Activity Published: Kristallnacht Information Quest
IWitness has published a new activity about Kristallnacht just in time for its 77th anniversary this November.On November 9 and 10, 1938, the Nazis unleashed acts of terror and violence across…
Wednesday, October 21, 2015
«Голодомор 1932-1933: людський вимір трагедії» - освітній семінар для київських педагогів
«Якщо у вас є цікава історія про шкільну дружбу, яка відбувалася у 1932-1933 роках, попрацюйте з нею. Діти точно її запам’ятають, а разом з нею і особливості періоду Голодомору стануть більш…
Wednesday, October 21, 2015
“Auschwitz: The Past is Present” Teacher Presents IWitness at Virginia English Teachers Conference
Laura Pritchard Dobrin, an IWitness Teaching Fellow and educator who participated in Auschwitz: The Past is Present, gave a presentation about IWitness at the Virginia Association of Teachers of…
Tuesday, October 20, 2015
Hatred and intolerance is rarely limited to one group
A few weeks ago, USC Student Body President Rini Sampath posted on her Facebook page about incidents of hatred and intolerance on campus. A Saturday night after a USC football game, Sampath had been…
Monday, October 19, 2015
IWitness Partners with Facing History and Ourselves
USC Shoah Foundation and Facing History and Ourselves have established a partnership in order to develop meaningful and engaging learning resources centered on Holocaust survivor testimonies.Facing…
Monday, October 19, 2015
Behind the Music: Matt Lawson Reflects on “Singing in the Lion’s Mouth: Music as Resistance to Genocide”
Musicologist Matt Lawson came to “Singing in the Lion’s Mouth: Music as Resistance to Genocide” conference hoping for feedback on one of his newest research ideas, and he wasn’t disappointed.Lawson…
Friday, October 16, 2015
"Singing in the Lion’s Mouth: Music as Resistance to Genocide" Conference Sparks Debate and Inspiration
USC Shoah Foundation Center for Advanced Genocide Research invited scholars from around the world to its academic conference Singing in the Lion’s Mouth: Music as Resistance to Genocide at USC Oct…
Thursday, October 15, 2015
New Testimony Clips Added to IWitness Watch Page
Forty-eight testimony clips have been added to the popular “Watch” page on IWitness.The clips are derived from the latest projects and activities…
Wednesday, October 14, 2015
“Past is Present” in Action: Ingrid Alexovics
This year-long series will catch up with teachers and staff who participated in the Auschwitz: The Past is Present professional development program led by USC Shoah Foundation and Discovery Education…
Tuesday, October 13, 2015
POLIN “Museum on Wheels” Brings Testimony Across Poland
Not everyone in Poland has made it to Warsaw to visit POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews. But this summer, the museum came to them.This was the second annual tour of the “Museum on Wheels,” a…
Monday, October 12, 2015
USC Shoah Foundation to Lead Panel at USC Global Conference in Shanghai
USC Shoah Foundation will return to China, where it has collected some of its newest testimonies, to participate in University of Southern California’s Global Conference 2015.
Leaders of the USC…
Friday, October 9, 2015
Behind the Music: Music as Resistance in Indonesia
This series will introduce the scholars and musicians who will participate in USC Shoah Foundation Center for Advanced Genocide Research’s international workshop Singing in the Lion’s Mouth: Music as…
Thursday, October 8, 2015
Film Music, Testimony and the Holocaust
When I commenced my PhD journey three years ago at Edge Hill University in northern England, I had little idea of where the journey would take me, both literally and figuratively. It is therefore…
Thursday, October 8, 2015
USC Neuroscientists Use Testimony in Groundbreaking Study of Gratitude
When someone gives you a gift or does you a favor, what’s happening in your brain?
That’s what researchers from USC’s Department of Psychology and Brain and Creativity Institute have just…
Wednesday, October 7, 2015
In Memory of Johnny Strange
USC Shoah Foundation is saddened to learn of the passing of Johnny Strange, a record-holding adventurer and supporter of USC Shoah Foundation.
At 17, Strange became the youngest person to summit…
Wednesday, October 7, 2015
What is the Story? Two Sonderkommando Interviews in the USC Shoah Foundation Archive
By Dawn SkorczewskiStulberg: Were you ever in the gas chamber? Did you see the gas chamber?Venezia: Of course I was every day over there.Stulberg: Can you describe to us what it looked like…
Tuesday, October 6, 2015
French Contest on Resistance and Deportation Incorporates Testimony for Fourth Year
View 2015-2016 CNRD exhibitThe annual French National Contest on Resistance and Deportation (CNRD) includes an online exhibit of testimony clips curated by USC Shoah Foundation for the fourth…
Monday, October 5, 2015
Concours national de la Résistance et de la Déportation - année 2015-1016
Pour la quatrième année, l'USC Shoah Foundation propose aux élèves et aux enseignants participant au Concours national de la Résistance et de la Déportation, une sélection de témoignages. Pour l…
Monday, October 5, 2015
Behind the Music: "Forbidden Songs" in Warsaw
This series will introduce the scholars and musicians who will participate in USC Shoah Foundation Center for Advanced Genocide Research’s international workshop Singing in the Lion’s Mouth: Music as…
Friday, October 2, 2015
Expanded Junior Intern Program Kicks Off at USC Shoah Foundation
A few familiar faces and many more new students attended the first session of the 2015-16 Junior Intern program at USC Shoah Foundation this weekend.The USC Shoah Foundation Junior Intern program is…
Thursday, October 1, 2015
10 MORE Unique Facts about the Visual History Archive
The Visual History Archive contains 53,000 eyewitness testimonies to genocide and mass atrocities. What you might not know is that each testimony is indexed to the minute with over 62,000 keys words…
Thursday, October 1, 2015