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Paula Cuellar Cuellar Lecture (Summary)

Paula Cuellar Cuellar (University of Minnesota) "A Tale of Two Genocides: Scorched Earth Operations as Genocidal Practices in El Salvador and Guatemala" September 22, 2016 Paula Cuellar…

Friday, September 30, 2016

Comcast Launches Third Annual USC Shoah Foundation PastFORWARD Broadcast

For the third year, Comcast will offer a slate of programming from USC Shoah Foundation. The broadcast, called PastFORWARD, is available to all Comcast subscribers via its X1 smart TV app and…

Friday, September 30, 2016

Thirty Days of Testimony from the Canadian Collections Begins Today

USC Shoah Foundation will honor the official launch of its Canadian collections in the Visual History Archive on September 29 with a 30-day series of clips highlighting the breadth and depth of the…

Thursday, September 29, 2016

In Hungary, ITeach Accredited and IWitness Integrated into National Textbook

USC Shoah Foundation’s ITeach seminars, which introduce educators to IWitness and teaching with testimony from the Visual History Archive, have been officially accredited by Hungary’s Ministry of…

Wednesday, September 28, 2016

Center Fellow Paula Cuellar Cuellar Speaks on Genocide and Scorched Earth in Guatemala and El Salvador

On the heels of USC Shoah Foundation Center for Advanced Genocide Research’s international…

Tuesday, September 27, 2016

USC Shoah Foundation Debuts IWalk and IWitness Activity for 75th Anniversary of Babi Yar

Coinciding with the 75th anniversary of the Babi Yar massacre in Ukraine, USC Shoah Foundation has published a new IWitness activity about Babi Yar and has begun leading a brand-new IWalk at the…

Monday, September 26, 2016

Apply For Center Fellowship and Interdisciplinary Research Week

USC Shoah Foundation Center for Advanced Genocide Research has two exciting opportunities for scholars that are currently accepting applications. The first is for Interdisciplinary Research Week,…

Thursday, September 22, 2016

Explore Sonderkommando IWitness Activity in Conjunction with “Son of Saul” on Hungarian TV

Sonderkommando survivor Dario Gabbai shows historical documents he donated to USC Shoah Foundation Hungarian TV station…

Tuesday, September 20, 2016

Jewish Interactive Museum of Chile Gains 100 Holocaust Testimonies from Visual History Archive

Expanding its reach in South America, USC Shoah Foundation has reached an agreement with a museum in Chile to house nearly 100 testimonies from Holocaust survivors. The testimonies were licensed…

Monday, September 19, 2016

Guatemala Conference Wraps up at Villa Aurora

Conference co-chairs Victoria Sanford and Wolf Gruner share their final thoughts on the conference USC Shoah Foundation Center for Advanced Genocide Research’s conference “A Conflict…

Friday, September 16, 2016

Guatemalan Genocide Conference Panels Cover Justice, Solidarity and Personal Stories

Susan Fitzpatrick-Behrens chairs the "Transnational Impacts of Genocide" panel Over the course of the USC Shoah Foundation…

Thursday, September 15, 2016

Rosalina Tuyuc Velasquez and Marvyn Perez Give Keynote at Guatemala Conference

Guatemalan Genocide activists Rosalina Tuyuc Velasquez and Marvyn Perez delivered impassioned…

Wednesday, September 14, 2016

Fredy Peccerelli Tells Story of FAFG’s Partnership with USC Shoah Foundation at Guatemala Conference

The conference “A ‘Conflict?’ Genocide and Resistance in Guatemala” hosted by USC Shoah Foundation Center for Advanced Genocide Research began in earnest Monday morning with a fascinating and at…

Tuesday, September 13, 2016

"Finding Oscar" Opens Guatemalan Genocide Conference

From left: Wolf Gruner, Stephen Smith, Ryan Suffern, Frank Marshall, Scott Greathead, Freddy Peccerelli Fresh…

Monday, September 12, 2016

UNESCO Latin American Delegation Learns About Teaching with Testimony

USC Shoah Foundation and the Latin American network of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) will convene for two days the weekend of Sept. 10-11 to discuss…

Friday, September 9, 2016

USC Shoah Foundation Hosts Third Meeting of UNESCO Latin American Network for Education on the Holocaust and Other Genocides

Representatives from twelve countries will participate in a one-day meeting Friday, Sept. 9 at USC Shoah Foundation to continue their work on developing regional and national activities within the…

Thursday, September 8, 2016