Problems Without Passports

The USC Shoah Foundation Institute participated in “Conflict Resolution and Peace Research: Cambodia,” a summer undergraduate course offered through the Problems Without Passports program, where students conducted their own interviews with survivors of Cambodian Genocide.

A New Generation of Learning: Holocaust Education and the Internet

In May, the USC Shoah Foundation Institute convened a workshop entitled “A New Generation of Learning: Holocaust Education and the Internet,” at Central European University in Budapest, Hungary, bringing together participants engaged in Holocaust education.

Enemies of the People

On October 20, 2010, USC Shoah Foundation Institute hosted a screening of ENEMIES OF THE PEOPLE, followed by a discussion with Director/Producer Rob Lemkin and Cambodian Genocide survivor Kosal Path.

Відеосвідчення долають кордони: українські, грузинські та вірменські вчителі обговорюють ідеї

1 жовтня 2010

 

У липні Анна Ленчовська, регіональний консультант Інституту в Україні, та Олександр Войтенко, вчитель історії та освітній тренер, і партнер Інституту Фонду Шоа, провели воркшоп під назвою „Сила відеосвідчень у формуванні історичної пам’яті” для тридцяти двох вчителів з Грузії та Вірменії. Воркшоп був частиною міжнародного міжетнічного семінару „Джерела толерантності”, спрямованого на формування толерантності серед дітей і молоді, який відбувся 1-5 липня у Бакуріані, Грузія. 

Master Teacher Follow-Up Workshop

In July 2010, the USC Shoah Foundation Institute conducted a follow-up workshop with graduates of the 2009 Master Teacher Workshop.  During the two-day workshop, each teacher presented his or her testimony-based lesson, which was developed as a result of the workshop, and discussed opportunities for continued involvement in the program.  Funding for the Teacher Innovation Network is provided by the Leichtag Family Foundation.

Album posted on:  September 3, 2010

 

Rwanda: Confronting a Painful Past

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.

Institute Among Select Group to Take Part in NSF-funded RIPS Program

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.

2010 Teaching with Testimony Workshop

From July 26-30, 2010, 18 educators, representing grades 4 through 12, attended the second annual Teaching with Testimony workshop, part of the Institute’s Master Teacher Program.  The workshop provided participants with training on how to develop testimony-based classroom projects and integrate testimony from the Institute’s archive into existing curricula.  Participants are members of the Institute's Teacher Innovation Network.  To learn more about the Master Teacher Program and the Teacher Innovation Network,

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