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Call for Applications: 2017-2018 Center Research Fellowship


The USC Shoah Foundation Center for Advanced Genocide Research invites applications from senior scholars for its 2017-2018 Center Research Fellowship. The fellowship provides $30,000 support and will be awarded to an outstanding senior scholar from any discipline who will advance genocide research through the use of the USC Shoah Foundation Visual History Archive and other USC resources. Read More

IWitness Back-to-School Updates Include 13 New Activities


Today IWitness launched its entire suite of new content and features to coincide with the new school year, including 13 new multimedia activities on a variety of languages and topics. Read More

Visual History Archive Updated with Guatemalan Genocide Collection, Canadian Collections and Interface Enhancements


The Visual History Archive added 1,302 new testimonies, 1,361 new interviewees, six new experience groups, one new historic event and 10 new collections in a single update over the weekend. Read More

Over 800 New Indexing Terms to be Added to Visual History Archive Thesaurus


A team of USC Shoah Foundation researchers has identified over 800 new indexing terms that will be added to the Visual History Archive when it undergoes its next big update in the coming weeks. Read More

Guatemala Conference Preview: "Repression and Resistance"


UCLA Latin American Studies Professor Bonnie Taub will moderate the panel “Repression and Resistance” on the first full day of the conference. Read More

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