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UC Berkeley Linguist Awarded $470K Grant to Analyze Yiddish-Language Testimonies in Visual History Archive

A University of California linguist has been awarded a $470,000 National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to analyze Yiddish-language testimonies contained in USC Shoah Foundation’s Visual History…
Thursday, July 28, 2022

USC Shoah Foundation Testimonies to Feature in Hebrew University Study on Survivor Narratives

USC Shoah Foundation has partnered with a group of scholars from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem to provide them with 1,000 transcripts from the Visual History Archive for a study that will…
Monday, June 6, 2022

Visiting Scholar from Spain Exploring Roma, Sinti Testimonies in Visual History Archive

Annabel Carballo-Mesa is a PhD candidate at the University of Barcelona. Since January 17 she has been in Los Angeles conducting research with Visual History Archive (VHA) testimonies for a…
Thursday, January 27, 2022

Visiting Scholar from Spain Exploring Roma, Sinti Testimonies in Visual History Archive

Annabel Carballo-Mesa is a PhD candidate at the University of Barcelona. Since January 17 she has been in Los Angeles conducting research with Visual History Archive (VHA) testimonies for a…
Thursday, January 27, 2022

Visiting Scholar from Spain Exploring Roma, Sinti Testimonies in Visual History Archive

Annabel Carballo-Mesa is a PhD candidate at the University of Barcelona. Since January 17 she has been in Los Angeles conducting research with Visual History Archive (VHA) testimonies for a…
Thursday, January 27, 2022

Scholar Lab Experiments with Novel Approach to Exploring Antisemitism

Dr. Josh Kun, who won a 2016 MacArthur "genius” grant for his unbounded thinking and artistry, doesn’t like to compartmentalize. A scholar of culture, social politics, history and communications, he…
Tuesday, January 18, 2022

Scholar Lab Experiments with Novel Approach to Exploring Antisemitism

Dr. Josh Kun, who won a 2016 MacArthur "genius” grant for his unbounded thinking and artistry, doesn’t like to compartmentalize. A scholar of culture, social politics, history and communications, he…
Tuesday, January 18, 2022

Scholar Lab Experiments with Novel Approach to Exploring Antisemitism

Dr. Josh Kun, who won a 2016 MacArthur "genius” grant for his unbounded thinking and artistry, doesn’t like to compartmentalize. A scholar of culture, social politics, history and communications, he…
Tuesday, January 18, 2022

Scholar Lab Experiments with Novel Approach to Exploring Antisemitism

Dr. Josh Kun, who won a 2016 MacArthur "genius” grant for his unbounded thinking and artistry, doesn’t like to compartmentalize. A scholar of culture, social politics, history and communications, he…
Tuesday, January 18, 2022

Mickey Shapiro Provides Major Gift to Endow Inaugural Academic Chair

Longtime USC Shoah Foundation Executive Committee and Board of Councilors member Mickey Shapiro has provided a major endowed gift to create an inaugural academic chair at the Institute that will be…
Monday, November 29, 2021