News By Year and Month

Junior Interns Respond to Hungarian Prime Minister’s Praise of Hungary's Antisemitic Leader During WWII

USC Shoah Foundation’s Junior Interns witnessed a disturbing example of modern antisemitism firsthand during their trip to Budapest in June. And they have something to say about it. On June 21,…
Monday, July 31, 2017

Back to School with IWitness 2018: Updates to Video Editor WeVideo

In this series, we take a closer look at the new features and resources coming to IWitness in time for the 2017-2018 school year. IWitness is enhancing its cloud-based video-editing service…
Friday, July 28, 2017

Holocaust Educator Network Seminars Across America Feature IWitness

IWitness was a featured component of three training sessions hosted by the Holocaust Educators Network (HEN) this month. Supported by the Memorial Library, the Manhattan-based Holocaust…
Thursday, July 27, 2017

Lectures and Conferences at Center for Advanced Genocide Research This Fall

With the start of the fall semester just a month away, start marking your calendar for USC Shoah Foundation Center for Advanced Genocide Research’s exciting schedule of lectures, academic conference…
Wednesday, July 26, 2017

Deborah Lipstadt to Speak at USC Shoah Foundation Community Event in Aspen

Acclaimed writer and Holocaust historian Deborah Lipstadt will be a special guest at an evening of conversation with USC Shoah Foundation at Aspen Jewish Community Center Wednesday, August 9 at 5 p.m…
Tuesday, July 25, 2017

Inaugural “Teach for Ukraine” Training Program Includes IWitness Workshop

Teach for Ukraine – a two-year teaching program similar to Teach for America – began training its first cohort last week, and part of that training included a workshop on IWitness and constructivist…
Monday, July 24, 2017

Visual History Archive Update Includes Guest Login and New Testimonies

The Visual History Archive version 6.7.3.1 was released today, adding a new feature for users and testimonies from two new experience groups. Visitors to the Visual History Archive at full access…
Friday, July 21, 2017

Back to School with IWitness 2017: IWitness Student Leaders

In this series, we take a closer look at the new features and resources coming to IWitness in time for the 2017-2018 school year. IWitness launched a new portal, Student Leaders, in June,…
Thursday, July 20, 2017

How I learned not to underestimate young students

A friend asked me whether I could help her with something. She knew I work with testimonies of Holocaust survivors in education and thought I could help her. We met over a coffee in a hipster place…
Thursday, July 20, 2017

Renowned Armenian Genocide Scholar Richard Hovannisian Records Interview for Visual History Archive

After guiding USC Shoah Foundation through the process of integrating its first-ever Armenian Genocide testimonies into the Visual History Archive over the past five years, UCLA Professor Emeritus…
Wednesday, July 19, 2017

Introducing USC Shoah Foundation’s Armenian Genocide Collection to London Community

Frieda Kahn, back left, introduces USC Shoah Foundation to members of London's Armenian community Members of…
Tuesday, July 18, 2017

Two Thousand Testimonies Added to Visual History Archive, Thousands of New Students and Teachers Using IWitness in 2016-2017 Fiscal Year

A comparison of USC Shoah Foundation’s fiscal year-end stats from 2016 and 2017 reveals the Institute’s ever-increasing impact around the world. From July 2016 to July 2017, 2,000 testimonies were…
Monday, July 17, 2017

Sixth Annual Teaching with Testimony Master Teacher Program Kicks off in Budapest

With 21 participants and one observer, USC Shoah Foundation’s Teaching with Testimony in the 21st Century Master Teacher program in Budapest got off to its biggest start yet earlier this month. …
Thursday, July 13, 2017

Undergraduates to Develop Search Personalization for Visual History Archive in Annual UCLA Program

Fron left: Kira Parker, Rachel A. Lewis, Eric Gao, Lucia Li, Ehsan Ebrahimzadeh Four undergraduate students from…
Wednesday, July 12, 2017

Teachers Share New Testimony-Based Lessons at Master Teacher Hungary 2016 Follow Up

Following another arduous school year, 17 teachers who participated in the 2016 edition of USC Shoah Foundation’s Master Teacher program in Hungary returned to present the testimony-based lessons…
Tuesday, July 11, 2017

Back to School with IWitness 2018: Teaching with VR

In this series, we take a closer look at the new features and resources coming to IWitness in time for the 2017-2018 school year. For the first time this fall, IWitness will begin offering virtual…
Friday, July 7, 2017

USC Shoah Foundation Presents IWalks at Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum Education Conference

USC Shoah Foundation was invited to give a presentation about its IWalk program at Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum’s international education conference, “Awareness-Responsibility-Future,” earlier…
Thursday, July 6, 2017

Call for Applications: Postdoctoral Research Fellowship for the Study of Racial and Religious Biases on College Campuses

Call for Applications Postdoctoral Research Fellowship for the Study of Racial and Religious Biases on College Campuses Deadline Extended:…
Thursday, July 6, 2017

Center for Advanced Genocide Research Presents Visual History Archive Down Under

USC Shoah Foundation Center for Advanced Genocide Research staff are in Australia this month for several presentations and a workshop centered on the Visual History Archive and testimony-based…
Wednesday, July 5, 2017