News By Year and Month
Psychology Professionals and Students Use IWitness in Hungary
Psychology students and professionals in Hungary attended two seminars this fall that inspired them to use IWitness in their teaching and learning.
First, Andrea Szőnyi, USC Shoah Foundation…
Wednesday, November 30, 2016
Holocaust Geographies Collaborative November 2016 Visit (Summary)
Holocaust Geographies Collaborative Makes A Return Visit to the USC Shoah Foundation Center for Advanced Genocide Research
After the Lessons and Legacies conference in November, the Holocaust…
Wednesday, November 30, 2016
Reconceptualizing Nazi Camps (Summary)
Reconceptualizing Nazi Camps: Changing Categories, Shifting Purposes, and Evolving Contexts
November 7, 2016
At this public panel organized by the USC Shoah Foundation Center for Advanced…
Wednesday, November 30, 2016
Facebook Live Broadcast for Giving Tuesday Features Holocaust Survivor Paula Lebovics and Junior Intern Gabriel Hackel
Two years since they first met, Holocaust survivor Paula Lebovics and USC Shoah Foundation Junior Intern Gabriel Hackel talked about visiting Poland together, the importance of remembering the…
Tuesday, November 29, 2016
Call for Papers: Digital Approaches to Genocide Studies
Call for Papers:
International Conference: "Digital Approaches to Genocide Studies"
Co-sponsored by the USC Mellon Digital Humanities Program
October 23-24, 2017 at the University of…
Tuesday, November 29, 2016
Promoting Tolerance and Combating Hate Through the Inspiration of Genocide Survivor Testimony
“Try to understand each other and if you cannot love each other, then at least respect each other” -- Holocaust survivor Coenraad Rood
Doing the right thing isn’t always easy. Not only does…
Monday, November 28, 2016
Teaching respect #BeginsWithMe
In the aftermath of the brutal 2016 election season, educators are dealing with some familiar and some unprecedented challenges in our classrooms. Stereotyping, bullying and discrimination are sadly…
Monday, November 28, 2016
Finding Gratitude in the In-between
As fall meets winter, we find ourselves in the seasonal in-between – summer is gone and winter is not yet biting. Yet it is in the in-between that we find moments for appreciation with friends and…
Wednesday, November 23, 2016
Armenian Collection Subtitling Nearing Completion
A little over three months after staff finished indexing the Armenian Genocide Collection, work on creating English-language subtitles for the collection is progressing quickly, with subtitles for…
Tuesday, November 22, 2016
IWitness to Be Presented at Terezín’s Annual Education Conference
USC Shoah Foundation Czech regional consultant Martin Šmok will give a presentation about IWitness at the Terezín Memorial’s annual international seminar for educations Nov. 21-27, 2016.
The…
Monday, November 21, 2016
New Dimensions in Testimony Begins Three-Month Installation at CANDLES Museum in Indiana
Eva Kor "talks" with Pinchas Gutter at CANDLES Museum
The fourth museum installation of New Dimensions in Testimony kicked…
Friday, November 18, 2016
#BeginsWithMe - Teaching about the consequences of Political Rhetoric
Several months ago in my former senior high school class, students were introduced to the ideas of illiberalism. When discussing this issue, students are faced with how governments will apply…
Friday, November 18, 2016
IWitness Provides Testimony Clips for French Contest on Resistance and Deportation
For the fifth consecutive year, testimony clips from the Visual history Archive are part of the annual “Concours national de la Résistance et de la Déportation (CNRD)” (National Contest on Resistance…
Thursday, November 17, 2016
Central European University and Duke University Collaborate on Course Using Visual History Archive
Students in Budapest, Hungary, and Durham, North Carolina, are taking a joint online course this semester on archives, memory and human rights. And last month, that included an introductory session…
Wednesday, November 16, 2016
IWitness Detroit: The Roots of a Lasting Relationship
James Taylor played his iconic hits. Steve Carell told edgy jokes. Halle Berry gave a heartfelt speech. Ford Motor Company Executive Director Bill Ford, Jr. accepted his Ambassador for Humanity Award…
Tuesday, November 15, 2016
New on IWitness: Language Filters for Activity Library and Watch Page
The IWitness Activity Library Spanish language filter
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IWitness now offers so many testimony clips and…
Thursday, November 10, 2016
"Finding Oscar" to Play Ojai Film Festival and DOC NYC This Weekend
The Finding Oscar screening at USC Shoah Foundation. From left: Wolf Gruner, Stephen Smith, Ryan Suffern, Frank Marshall, Scott greathead, Fredy…
Wednesday, November 9, 2016
Three Fellowships for Ph.D. Candidates Accepting Applications
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USC Shoah Foundation is calling for applications to fill three fellowships, open to advanced standing Ph.D. candidates, in the Center for Advanced Genocide Research. The…
Tuesday, November 8, 2016
My Keynote at the UNESCO Latin American Convening on Teaching with Testimony
En español
In 1993, filmmaker Steven Spielberg was shooting Schindler’s List. The Cold War had recently ended and Spielberg was shooting in Poland—a former Soviet bloc nation. Now that the…
Tuesday, November 8, 2016
En español: My Keynote at the UNESCO Latin American Convening on Teaching with Testimony
English
En 1993, cineasta Steven Spielberg estaba rodando la película Schindler’s List. La Guerra Fría había terminado recientemente y Steven estaba dirigiendo en Polonia—una ex nación soviética…
Tuesday, November 8, 2016
Giving Tuesday Campaign Launches Tuesday, November 15
On last year’s Giving Tuesday, the USC Shoah Foundation community raised $7,000 to support programs and initiatives to help the Institute change the world through testimony. This November 29, USC…
Monday, November 7, 2016
New Dimensions in Testimony Films First Hebrew Interview
On the heels of filming its first-ever Mandarin-language testimony last week, New Dimensions in Testimony added another language to its repertoire of genocide survivor interviews: Holocaust survivor…
Friday, November 4, 2016
2016 Ambassadors for Humanity Gala to Honor Mellody Hobson and George Lucas
USC School of Cinematic Arts alum and patron George Lucas and his wife Mellody Hobson will be honored December 8 at the 2016 Ambassadors for Humanity Gala in Los Angeles, with the USC Shoah…
Thursday, November 3, 2016
New Genocide Prevention Research Fellowship Accepting Applications
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USC Shoah Foundation Center for Advanced Genocide Research is calling for applications from advanced-standing Ph.D. candidates for its Spring 2017 Genocide…
Wednesday, November 2, 2016
Five Resources to Teach Kristallnacht with Testimony
This past October, I hosted the bimonthly #IWitnessChat Twitter chat with middle school and high school teachers to discuss ways they use testimony to teach students about Kristallnacht…
Wednesday, November 2, 2016
A Conflict? Genocide and Resistance in Guatemala (Summary)
A Conflict? Genocide and Resistance in Guatemala
September 11-14, 2016
At this first international conference on genocide and resistance in Guatemala, each one of the 23 scholarly…
Tuesday, November 1, 2016
New IWitness Activity Published: “Skittles, Deplorables and ‘All Lives Matter’
Inspired by the United States’ 2016 presidential campaign, IWitness has just published a new activity that draws on current events to enhance students’ skills in leadership, media literacy and using…
Tuesday, November 1, 2016