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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 Go to IWitness 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

View Calls for Application 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

Download the Call for Applications 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

Third Year of Junior Intern Program Kicks Off at USC Shoah Foundation

Every month, once a month, between October and June, a group of grade school students will meet at the USC Shoah Foundation Institute for Visual History and Education’s home at USC’s Leavey Library. …
Monday, October 31, 2016

Call for Applications: 2017-2018 Katz Research Fellowship in Genocide Studies

Call for Applications: 2017-2018 Katz Research Fellowship in Genocide Studies for PhD Candidates Extended Deadline: February 15, 2017…
Monday, October 31, 2016

Call for Applications: 2017-2018 Greenberg Research Fellowship

Call for Applications: 2017-2018 Greenberg Research Fellowship for PhD Candidates Extended Deadline: February 15, 2017 The USC Shoah Foundation…
Monday, October 31, 2016

Call for Applications: 2017-2018 Breslauer, Rutman, and Anderson Research Fellowship

Call for Applications: 2017-2018 Breslauer, Rutman, and Anderson Research Fellowship for PhD Candidates Extended Deadline: February…
Monday, October 31, 2016

Call for Applications: 2017-2018 Center Postdoctoral Research Fellowship

Call for Applications: 2017-2018 Center Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Deadline Extended: February 15, 2017 The USC Shoah Foundation…
Monday, October 31, 2016

Benjamin Madley Lecture (Summary)

Benjamin Madley, PhD (University of California, Los Angeles) “An American Genocide: The United States and the California Indian Catastrophe, 1846-1873​” October 11, 2016 Professor Benjamin…
Monday, October 31, 2016

Nanjing Massacre Survivor Films Interview for New Dimensions in Testimony

Madame Xia Shuqin, child survivor of the 1937 Nanjing Massacre, traveled from Nanjing, China, to Los Angeles this week to film an interview for USC Shoah Foundation’s New Dimensions in Testimony (NDT…
Friday, October 28, 2016

After School Matters Pilots New IWitness Activity in Chicago

USC Shoah Foundation partnered with After School Matters in Chicago for the first time to pilot a brand new IWitness activity “Skittles, Deplorables and ‘All Lives Matter’: Leadership and Media…
Thursday, October 27, 2016

Call for Applications: Spring 2017 Genocide Prevention Research Fellowship

Call for Applications: Genocide Prevention Research Fellowship for PhD Candidates Spring 2017 Deadline Extended: December 15, 2016 The USC Shoah…
Wednesday, October 26, 2016

Center for Advanced Genocide Research to Participate in Lessons and Legacies XIV Conference

The 14th biannual Lessons and Legacies Conference, a conference on Holocaust studies sponsored by Holocaust Educational Foundation of Northwestern University and Claremont McKenna College, will take…
Wednesday, October 26, 2016

Neuberger Centre’s Holocaust Education Week to Showcase New Dimensions in Testimony

Pinchas Gutter and his wife Dorothy at the New Dimensions in Testimony pilot at Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center in…
Tuesday, October 25, 2016

Echoes and Reflections Pilots New Self-Guided Online Professional Development Course

December 15 will mark the beginning of a pilot for a new professional development offering from Echoes and Reflections: a three-hour, self-guided course that teaches educators everything they…
Monday, October 24, 2016

Director of Education Kori Street Meets with Ukrainian Teens About IWalks and Making a Difference

The Ukrainian high school students who were trained to lead the new IWalk on Babi Yar last month met with USC Shoah Foundation Director of Education Kori Street to talk about their experience and how…
Friday, October 21, 2016

“Re-Imagining Indexing” Workshop Plans for Future of Indexing

The Rethinking Indexing Workshop group: Back row from left: Scott Spencer, Andrea van Noord, Crispin Brooks, Allan Shapiro. Front row from left:…
Thursday, October 20, 2016

New Dimensions in Testimony Stands out at Future of StoryTelling Festival

USC Shoah Foundation’s interactive New Dimensions in Testimony proved once again to be a popular and educational…
Wednesday, October 19, 2016

Students Respond to Testimony for Siegelbaum Literary & Visual Arts Competition

Testimony clips about immigration will serve as the inspiration for students entering this year’s Siegelbaum Literary and Visual Arts Competition at the Holocaust Museum & Center for Tolerance…
Tuesday, October 18, 2016

American University of Paris’s Schaeffer Center Hosts Inaugural Conference

USC Shoah Foundation Executive Director Stephen Smith will participate in the inaugural academic conference of the newly-established George and Irina Schaeffer Center for the Study of Genocide, Human…
Monday, October 17, 2016