This Juneteenth, Stronger Than Hate resources on IWitness

June 19, also known as Juneteenth, commemorates the day in 1865 when slavery ended in America - more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued by President Lincoln. It is a day of commemoration and celebration of African American history and heritage, but also a day of reflection.

The Power of Testimony in the Digital Age

Hosted by USC Shoah Foundation Executive Committee member Trudy Elbaum Gottesman, join moderator Finci-Viterbi Executive Director Stephen D. Smith in an intimate conversation with journalist Rachael Cerrotti, whose grandmother Hana, a Holocaust survivor, is the subject of her podcast series We Share The Same Sky, recognized by the Huffington Post as one of the top recommended podcasts of 2019.

27 May 6:00PM EDT | 3:00PM PDT | 8:00AM AEST 28 May

In this graduate seminar in psychology, students learned how to apply the theories and research from social and personality psychology to real world situations in order to gain a better understanding about how otherwise psychologically healthy individuals cope with psychological problems and distress caused by uncontrollable situations. In addition, they learned how social and personality processes impact clinical and social problems, such as depression and genocide.

USC Shoah Foundation Mourns the Passing of Filmmaker and Friend Luke Holland

By: USC Shoah Foundation

USC Shoah Foundation mourns the loss of Luke Holland who passed away this week, a transformative figure in the field of historical documentation and a dear friend of the Institute. “Luke guided us all to face our pasts—to face our fears—as pathway to living a more informed, peaceful life,” said Stephen Smith, Finci-Viterbi Executive Director of USC Shoah Foundation.

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Holocaust XR: How Technology is Enabling Survivors to Tell Their Stories in New Ways

The Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre invites you to a webinar on Holocaust XR: How Technology is Enabling Survivors to Tell Their Stories in New Ways. Dr. Stephen D. Smith, Finci-Viterbi Executive Director of USC Shoah Foundation and UNESCO Chair on Genocide Education, will present.

Two USC Students Will Share the 2020 Beth and Arthur Lev Student Research Fellowship

By: Martha Stroud

Two promising USC scholars – undergraduate student Lucy Sun and graduate student Rachel Zaretsky -- will share the Beth and Arthur Lev Student Research Fellowship for Summer 2020.

The Beth and Arthur Lev Student Research Fellowship provides support for USC students at any academic level and from any discipline to conduct a month of research in residence at the USC Shoah Foundation Center for Advanced Genocide Research focusing on testimonies of the USC Shoah Foundation Visual History Archive (VHA) and/or other related USC resources and collections.

Martha Stroud
Martha Stroud manages the day-to-day operations of the USC Dornsife Center for Advanced Genocide Research, which advances innovative interdisciplinary research on the Holocaust and other genocides and promotes use of the Visual History Archive in research and teaching.
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