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Behind the Music: Challenging “Music as Resistance”


​At the academic symposium, scholars will discuss how music was used as resistance in a number of conflicts around the world. Tina Frühauf will instead focus on the very definition of “resistance” itself. Read More

USC Shoah Foundation Participates in #AskAnArchivist Day for Second Year


Thurs., Oct. 1 is your chance to interact live on Twitter with USC Shoah Foundation archivists Sandra Aguilar and Daryn Eller. Read More

"Past is Present" in Action: Charlotte Masters


Junior Intern Charlotte Masters made a very personal discovery during the trip to Poland and continues to share her experiences today. Read More

Anita Lasker Wallfisch Records Interview for New Dimensions in Testimony


New Dimensions in Testimony, USC Shoah Foundation’s project with Conscience Display to record three-dimensional, interactive testimonies of Holocaust survivors, is set to expand in a big way. Read More

Behind the Music: Resisting Apartheid with Music in South Africa


Musicologist Janie Cole will discuss how “freedom songs” provided an oppressed community with political expression, resistance, therapy, identity, memory and resilience to confront potential violence and death. Read More

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