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Call for Applications: 2016-2017 A.I. and Manet Schepps Foundation Teaching Fellow Program at Texas A&M University


The USC Shoah Foundation Center for Advanced Genocide Research invites proposals for its 2016-2017 A.I. and Manet Schepps Foundation Teaching Fellow Program that will provide support for one member of the Texas A&M University faculty to integrate testimonies from the USC Shoah Foundation Visual History Archive (VHA) into a new or existing course. Read More

Call for Applications: 2016-2017 Rutman Fellowship for Research and Teaching at University of Pennsylvania


The USC Shoah Foundation Center for Advanced Genocide Research invites proposals for its 2016-2017 Rutman Fellowship for Research and Teaching that will provide summer support for one member of the University of Pennsylvania faculty to integrate testimonies from the USC Shoah Foundation Visual History Archive (VHA) into a new or existing course. . Read More

IWitness Teacher Trainings and Presentations in Chicago


USC Shoah Foundation's Chicago Regional Consultant Brandon Barr has been busy introducing IWitness to educators in the Midwest. Read More

“Auschwitz: The Past is Present”’s Educational Legacy in Poland


APIP has been a powerful force for Polish teachers over the past year, says Polish Regional Consultant Monika Koszynska. Read More

Visiting Auschwitz: How it changed my teaching


As the first anniversary of my life-changing trip to Poland is upon me, I take time to reflect on the impact that trip has made on me both personally and professionally.  I have learned so much from my experiences as a teacher in USC Shoah Foundation’s and Discovery Education’s Auschwitz: The Past is Present program. Read More

Inspired to Make a Difference


In January 2015, I had the incredible opportunity to travel to Poland with other students, as a junior intern, for USC Shoah Foundation’s and Discovery Education’s Auschwitz: Past is Present program, commemorating the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. Read More

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