News By Year

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

Back to School with IWitness 2018: “Lala”

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. Those who attended the International Society for Technology in…

Friday, June 30, 2017

USC Shoah Foundation Impact By the Numbers

Take a look at USC Shoah Foundation's impact by the numbers as of summer 2017.

Thursday, June 29, 2017

What The Fourth of July Means to Me

The Fourth of July has become an annual norm for me - filled with hot dogs and hamburgers, red white and blue. However, this year is a bit different for me. Working at USC Shoah Foundation has opened…

Thursday, June 29, 2017

Two Schools Collaborate on IWalk in Czech Republic

Marcel Mahdal, a graduate of the USC Shoah Foundation Master Teacher program in Czech Republic (formerly called “Teaching with Testimony in the 21st Century”) launched a project last week in which…

Wednesday, June 28, 2017

Visual History Archive Presentation at European Holocaust Research Infrastructure (EHRI) Workshop in Venice, Italy

The Visual History Archive will be featured in a presentation at the European Holocaust Research Infrastructure (EHRI) summer workshop July 29-30 in Venice, Italy. Martha Stroud, USC Shoah…

Tuesday, June 27, 2017

USC Shoah Foundation Donors and Holocaust Survivor Knighted By Queen Elizabeth II

Two supporters of USC Shoah Foundation, Leonard Blavatnik and Trevor Pears, and Holocaust survivor Frank Lowy were awarded knighthoods on Queen Elizabeth II’s 2017 Birthday Honors List. The Queen…

Monday, June 26, 2017

USC Shoah Foundation Unveils IWitness 2018 in Preparation for New School Year

While students across America enjoy their summer vacation, the education department at USC Shoah Foundation is busily making major new features to its award-winning IWitness educational website for…

Friday, June 23, 2017

Watch CTO Sam Gustman’s Talk at American Libraries Association Conference on Saturday

USC Shoah Foundation Chief Technology Officer Sam Gustman will give a talk at the annual American Libraries Association conference this Saturday in Chicago. If you’re not going to the conference,…

Thursday, June 22, 2017

Martha Stroud of Center for Advanced Genocide Research to Present Research on Indonesia at Kean University

One of USC Shoah Foundation Center for Advanced Genocide Research’s own staff, Research Program Officer Martha Stroud, will present her own research on the 1965-66 mass killings in Indonesia at a…

Wednesday, June 21, 2017

IWitness To Be Presented at Teacher Workshop on the Holocaust at Cal State Long Beach

IWitness will be one of several educational resources demonstrated to teachers at the Eva and Eugene Schlesinger Teacher Training Endowed Workshop July 10-14, 2017, at California State University…

Tuesday, June 20, 2017

Progress on Nanjing Testimonies and Mandarin-Language New Dimensions in Testimony

USC Shoah Foundation’s newest testimonies of Nanjing Massacre survivors and its New Dimensions in Testimony interview of Nanjing Massacre survivor Xia Shuqin are drawing closer to being made…

Monday, June 19, 2017

IWitness Helps Park Avenue Synagogue Prepare for Trip to Poland

When Park Avenue Synagogue began preparing for its women’s trip to Poland, they turned to IWitness to help travelers prepare for the historical context of the trip. Kori Street, USC Shoah…

Friday, June 16, 2017

In Memory of Asa Shapiro

The staff at USC Shoah Foundation is saddened to learn about recent the passing of Asa Shapiro, father of board member Mickey Shapiro and Holocaust survivor. When Asa Shapiro was 14, he was sent…

Friday, June 16, 2017

Apply For Holocaust Educators Network Summer Seminar at Cal State San Marcos

There are still spots available for educators to participate in the Holocaust Educators Network Summer Seminar on Holocaust education and social justice, to be held July 23-29, 2017, at California…

Thursday, June 15, 2017

10 Reasons to Participate in Echoes and Reflections Online Professional Development

Summer might be a break for students, but as an educator, I know teachers are busy enhancing their skills and knowledge to improve their curriculum and students’ overall experience in their…

Thursday, June 15, 2017

Wolf Gruner to Give Keynote and Present New Book in Europe

Wolf Gruner, director of USC Shoah Foundation Center for Advanced Genocide Research, is in Oxford, Frankfurt and Berlin this week speaking about his research and his latest book on the persecution of…

Wednesday, June 14, 2017

Chicago High School Students Win 2017 IWitness Video Challenge

From left: Matt Silvia, Alana Chandler, Yu Jing Chen, Natalia Wang A group of students from Chicago who inspired their fellow students to embrace each other’s unique identity has won the 2017…

Monday, June 12, 2017

Looking Back on Two Years of IWitness Detroit

As it nears two years of official programming, the IWitness Detroit program has changed the face of testimony-based education in Michigan. IWitness teacher trainings are still being held regularly…

Friday, June 9, 2017

Students Showcase Artwork Based on Testimony in Annual Hungarian Exhibition

The art is black and white and full color; impressionistic and starkly realistic; hopeful for the future and filled with sorrow for the past. And it was all inspired by testimony from the Visual…

Thursday, June 8, 2017

Jewish Motorcyclists Alliance Features New Dimensions in Testimony at Ride 2 Remember

After hundreds of motorcyclists ride through Rhode Island on June 9, they will sit down to a Shabbat dinner and learn about USC Shoah Foundation’s New Dimensions in Testimony. This unique event is…

Wednesday, June 7, 2017

“Destination Unknown” Documentary Reveals New Interviews of Holocaust Survivors

At screenings throughout the UK this summer, audiences will see a film 14 years in the making. Destination Unknown is the product of producer Llion Roberts’s years spent traveling the world to…

Tuesday, June 6, 2017

USC Shoah Foundation to Launch Intercollegiate Diversity Congress at National Campus Leadership Council’s Presidential Leadership Summit

USC Shoah Foundation Senior Director of Programs and Operations Kori Street will give a keynote presentation about fostering inclusivity and preventing hate on college campuses and announce a new…

Friday, June 2, 2017