News By Year and Month
Institute celebrates three events in Europe
Members of USC Shoah Foundation's leadership spent the last week of October celebrating the Institute’s reach, appearing at three events across Europe.
In Poland, Executive Director Stephen Smith…
Wednesday, October 31, 2018
IWitness Spotlight: Educational Resources on Antisemitism
Our thoughts are with the families and community of those who were murdered at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh – the most deadly antisemitic attack in U.S. history.
Students will look to…
Wednesday, October 31, 2018
Call for Applications: 2019-2020 PhD Candidate Fellowships
Call for Applications from PhD Candidates
Greenberg Research Fellowship
Katz Research Fellowship in Genocide Studies
Breslauer, Rutman, and Anderson Research…
Wednesday, October 31, 2018
Geoffrey Robinson Lecture Summary
Geoffrey Robinson (University of California, Los Angeles)
“The Killing Season: A History of the Indonesian Massacres, 1965-66”
October 4, 2018
Geoffrey Robinson, Professor of History at…
Wednesday, October 31, 2018
Kimberly Cheng lectures about Jewish refugees' experiences in war-time Shanghai
Kimberly Cheng (PhD candidate in Hebrew & Judaic Studies and History, New York University)
2018-2019 Breslauer, Rutman & Anderson Research Fellow
“American Dreams: Jewish Refugees and…
Wednesday, October 31, 2018
Words that Kill: The Genocidal Nature of Antisemitism
Let’s say a young man sprays "John loves Sally" onto a wall to celebrate his new love. It may be a misdemeanor because it damages property, but otherwise is harmless graffiti. So too when John…
Monday, October 29, 2018
‘We are not making progress!’ A Holocaust survivor reflects on the Pittsburgh massacre
A letter from Stephen Smith, Finci-Viterbi Executive Director of USC Shoah Foundation.
Anita Lasker-Wallfisch lights up a Dunhill. "I hate these notices, 'Smoking Kills!'," she pauses…
Monday, October 29, 2018
We must mourn. We must reflect. We must act.
Our hearts ache and our minds reel. A deadly antisemitic attack has been perpetrated on American soil. Innocent lives have been lost at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh where a celebration of…
Sunday, October 28, 2018
IWitness Spotlight: My Story Matters: The Power of Story
The Stronger Than Hate initiative is publishing stories on a regular basis that will each highlight a separate learning activity in IWitness, tackling some of today’s toughest subjects for students…
Friday, October 26, 2018
Attention teachers: A new series of stories will spotlight education resources that develop empathy, understanding and respect
“It’s hard to hate anyone whose story you know.”
In fewer than 10 words, children’s author Roslyn Bresnick-Perry spoke volumes about the power of the human story.
The quote also captures the…
Friday, October 26, 2018
Short play by USC student who drew inspiration from Visual History Archive earns recognition
Last spring, a playwriting class at USC had its students try an experiment: Use the Visual History Archive as an inspiration for developing characters and creating a fictional story. On the first day…
Thursday, October 25, 2018
'The Girl and The Picture' nominated for International Documentary Association Award
The Girl and The Picture, a film by USC Shoah Foundation that centers on a survivor of the 1937 Nanjing Massacre in China, has been nominated for a 2018 International Documentary Association Award,…
Wednesday, October 24, 2018
Newly expanded Holocaust memorial plaza in Philadelphia features testimony via IWalk
An expanded public plaza dedicated to Holocaust remembrance opened today in Philadelphia, marking the debut of not only a set of historical and interpretive elements at the site, but also the first U…
Monday, October 22, 2018
USC Shoah Foundation staff share Institute resources on Armenian Genocide with L.A. educators
Two USC Shoah Foundation staff members recently shared the Institute’s work related to the Armenian Genocide with Armenian school educators in the Los Angeles area.
Education and…
Thursday, October 18, 2018
Bearing witness on a city sidewalk
This blog post first appeared in The New York Jewish Week.
As promised, he appeared promptly at 10:35 a.m. A man on a mission. Wearing his signature large-brimmed khaki hat, German artist Gunter…
Wednesday, October 17, 2018
First Visual History Archive site in Africa opens in Rwanda along with the launch of the world's first IWitness classroom
A decade-long alliance between USC Shoah Foundation and Aegis Trust grew even stronger on Tuesday with two important milestones at the Kigali Genocide Memorial: It became to first location on the…
Wednesday, October 10, 2018
Eighth-grade class inspired by IWitness to highlight good deeds
A cluttered bulletin board in educator Lisa Farese’s eighth-grade language-arts classroom shows how deeply she has engaged with USC Shoah Foundation lesson plans to teach her students about respect.
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Monday, October 8, 2018
Hungarian professor to use Visual History Archive to counter rampant xenophobia
Hungarian professor Ildikó Barna has a difficult job: teaching tolerance in a country where xenophobic policies are a reflection of popular opinion.
Now, the associate professor of sociology…
Wednesday, October 3, 2018
Jewish Refugees and American Dreams in Shanghai
New insights into Jewish life in World War II-era Shanghai were revealed Thursday by Kimberly Cheng during her public lecture as the Center for Advance Genocide Research’s 2018-2019 Breslauer, Rutman…
Tuesday, October 2, 2018
Applications for Institute’s upcoming Junior Intern Program coming due
Applications for USC Shoah Foundation’s upcoming William P. Lauder Junior Intern Program are due next week.
Southern California students in the seventh grade and above are welcome to apply to the…
Monday, October 1, 2018