Non-Residential Colloquium: The LGBTQIA+ Community in the Holocaust
Mon, 04/29/2024 - 3:37pm
The Division of Academic Programs at the USC Shoah Foundation invites applications from PhD candidates and early-career scholars for the inaugural cohort of fellows in its non-residential colloquium “The LGBTQIA+ Community in the Holocaust.” We understand this topic broadly and are seeking applicants whose work touches on the members of any nation persecuted by the Nazis or their allies for their sexual identity, along with the long-term impact and legacies of this history.
Statement from our Executive Director on Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day
Wed, 04/24/2024 - 10:48am
On April 24, we call on the world to remember the genocide of the Armenian people.
109 years ago, during the First World War, Ottoman authorities arrested hundreds of Armenian intellectuals and community leaders in Constantinople (present-day Istanbul). At the time, the Ottoman Empire was under the control of the relatively new leadership of the Young Turks; a party that had sought to create an ethnically homogenous Turkish state – a state that would have little space for the millions of Armenians then living in that empire.
Concerns over antisemitism rise as Jews begin observing Passover
"I hope the Jewish diaspora realizes," says [USC Shoah Foundation executive director Dr. Robert] Williams, "that there are allies at this moment and there is always an opportunity to turn the tide."
Hagop Asadourian on Remembering the Armenian Genocide
Susanne Batzdorff on Passover
Event Details
Pasadena Armenian Genocide Commemoration
Resilience in the Face of Genocide — Then and Now
Free Event
April 21, 2024 @ 3:00 pm | Free Event
On April 21, the Pasadena Armenian Coalition will host a community-wide event at the Pasadena Armenian Genocide Memorial Monument to commemorate the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. The event will pay tribute to the enduring strength and resiliency of the survivors of the 1915 Armenian Genocide, while honoring the memory of the more than 1.5 Million victims who lost their lives 109 years ago.
The event will feature survivor testimonies from the Visual History Archive, followed by the keynote speaker, Sedda Antekelian, USC Shoah Foundation Senior Learning and Development Specialist, as well as remarks from Congresswoman Judy Chu. Students from local Armenian schools will recite poems and songs to conclude the event.
Details:
Start: April 21, 2024 / 3:00 PM
Cost: Free Event
Where:
Pasadena Armenian Genocide Memorial Monument, Pasadena, CA
Edith Coliver on Raphael Lemkin and the Term "Genocide"
Timeline: 30 Years of the Institute
Antoine Rutayisire on the Start of the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda
Originally published April 24, 2023
Recovered Testimony Brings Light, More Questions, to an Armenian Family
Thu, 04/04/2024 - 4:05pm
By:
Mary Antekelian, center, with daughter-in-law Sirvard, son Levon, and grandsons Hovannes and Andranik, the author’s father.
Sedda Antekelian, a member of USC Shoah Foundation’s education team, never knew her own great grandmother had recorded testimony about surviving the Armenian Genocide. Hearing her great grandmother’s voice for the first time has brought Sedda closer to family, filled in gaps about her own history, and opened even more questions.
