In July, Anna Lenchovska and Oleksandr Voitenko conducted a workshop entitled "The Power of Video Testimonies in the Formation of Historical Memory," for 32 teachers from Georgia and Armenia. The workshop was part of Sources of Tolerance.
/ Friday, October 1, 2010
On September 2, 2010, the USC Shoah Foundation Institute hosted a panel discussion that addressed the role of testimony in the process of national mourning, transitional justice, and memorialization, in the 16 years since the Rwandan genocide.
/ Thursday, September 2, 2010
Speaking at USC on Feb. 20, Zainab Hawa Bangura, the United Nations Undersecretary-General and Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict, said that sexual assault is a deliberate tactic used to demoralize not only women – its most frequent targets – but also destroy families and tear apart communities.
/ Tuesday, February 25, 2014
The USC Shoah Foundation Institute is one of a select group of organizations invited to take part in UCLA's IPAM RIPS 2010 Program, providing an opportunity for high-achieving undergraduate students to work in teams on a real-world research project.
/ Monday, August 9, 2010
The Leichtag Family Foundation has a made a major gift that will enable the USC Shoah Foundation Institute to expand its Teacher Innovation Network, making possible this training for many educators over the next three years.
/ Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Nottingham Trent University will award honorary doctorates to Marina Smith and sons James Smith and Stephen D. Smith, USC Shoah Foundation Institute Executive Director, for establishing the Holocaust Centre, the United Kingdom's first dedicated Holocaust education and memorial institution.
/ Thursday, July 22, 2010
Videotapes containing master recordings of 15,000 testimonies arrived at the USC Shoah Foundation Institute on July 12, 2010.
/ Friday, July 16, 2010
Tonight the law firm of Holland & Knight and the Holland & Knight Charitable Foundation presented its awards and scholarships to the 10 first-place winners of the firm's Holocaust Remembrance Project, an annual national essay contest for high school students.
/ Thursday, July 15, 2010
Public exhibit gave Brazilians an opportunity to explore Holocaust history through local survivors' memories.
/ Thursday, July 8, 2010
What's Your Issue honors the USC Shoah Foundation Institute.
/ Friday, July 2, 2010
The USC Shoah Foundation Institute participated in two major gatherings: Confererence and Plenary meeting.
/ Friday, June 18, 2010
Thirty-one teachers from 22 regions of Ukraine attended a national teacher training seminar.
/ Thursday, June 17, 2010
Teacher Steve Richardson uses USC Shoah Foundation Institute testimony.
/ Thursday, May 13, 2010
Central European University (CEU) to host an international workshop, bringing together participants engaged in Holocaust education.
/ Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Howard Gillman, Dean of USC College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, announces newly appointed leadership positions of the USC Shoah Foundation Institute’s Board of Councilors.
/ Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Colin Keaveny, assistant professor in the department of French and Italian at the University of Southern California, wins Provost’s Prize.
/ Monday, May 10, 2010
Hill-Murray High School teacher receives 2010 Top Teacher Award.
/ Tuesday, April 27, 2010
The USC Shoah Foundation Institute and the Armenian Film Foundation sign historic agreement.
/ Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Dr. Stephen Smith, Executive Director of the USC Shoah Foundation Institute, to host discussion.
/ Wednesday, April 7, 2010
USC Shoah Foundation Institute for Visual History and Education to host its first International Digital Access, Outreach, and Research Conference.
/ Friday, March 19, 2010
Professor Omer Bartov to give a public lecture.
/ Friday, March 19, 2010
USC Shoah Foundation’s work in Poland has come a long way since filming of founder Steven Spielberg’s Schindler’s List began in Krakow in 1993. Today, it is an important site for USC Shoah Foundation's testimony-based educational programs and resources.
poland, Monika Koszynska, museum of the history of polish jews / Tuesday, February 25, 2014
Echoes and Reflections reaches 10,000th educator.
/ Friday, February 26, 2010
Reception hosted at the USC Shoah Foundation Institute, at the United Nations.
/ Friday, January 29, 2010
Malach Visual History Center to provide local access to the USC Shoah Foundation Institute’s Visual History Archive.
/ Thursday, January 28, 2010
Kosal Path and Karen Jungblut taught Conflict Resolution and Peace Research course.
/ Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Anti-Defamation League Award presented to Stephen Spielberg.
/ Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Over 3,000 teachers trained and equipped with a new tolerance education resource.
/ Friday, October 16, 2009
USC Shoah Foundation Institute launches Teacher Innovation Network.
/ Friday, October 9, 2009
USC Shoah Foundation Institute receives significant grant.
/ Monday, September 21, 2009

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