Annual Sara and Asa Shapiro Scholar Lecture with Atina Grossmann
Event Details
Jewish Refugees in the Global South
New Approaches to Global Transit During the Holocaust
April 21, 2025 @ 11:00 am
Professor Atina Grossmann shares exciting new work by herself and a transnational cohort of Holocaust scholars on the ambivalent, paradoxical, and varied experiences, emotions, and memories of Jews who found refuge from National Socialism and the Holocaust in India and Iran after 1933.
Details:
Start: April 21, 2025 / 11:00 AM
Where:
Doheny Memorial Library, Room 240, Los Angeles, CA
Venue:
Doheny Memorial Library, Room 240
3550 Trousdale Parkway, Los Angeles, CA 90089, United States
Colleyville: A Story of Jewish Heroism and Triumph in the Face of Terror
April 27, 2025 @ 2:00 pm
This event will feature a screening of Colleyville, followed by a panel discussion with the heroic survivors of the terror incident, moderated by Brian Hughes, director of the USC Shoah Foundation Countering Antisemitism Laboratory.
We invite educators to engage with our testimony-based IWalk, “The Armenian Genocide Martyrs Monument: Community, Memorialization and Commemoration”, which contextualizes and humanizes the history of the Armenian Genocide and the establishment of Armenian Genocide Martyrs Monument at Bicknell Park in Montebello, California.
April 03, 2025 @ 6:30 pm - April 03, 2025 @ 8:30 pm
In honor of Armenian Heritage Month, join us for a conversation with grandchildren of Armenian Genocide survivors and grandchildren of Holocaust survivors.
Details:
Start: April 03, 2025 / 6:30 PM
End: April 03, 2025 / 8:30 PM
Where:
Holocaust Museum Los Angeles , Los Angeles , CA
Venue:
Holocaust Museum Los Angeles
100 The Grove Dr, Los Angeles , CA 90036, United States
March 12, 2025 @ 10:00 am - March 12, 2025 @ 1:00 pm
Join us in person for an exclusive screening of For the Living and a discussion with the USC Shoah Foundation Senior Director of Programs, Dr. Catherine Clark, and Executive Producer of the film, Melinda Goldrich.
For the Living is the story of 250 cyclists who travel to Poland and retrace the liberation path of Holocaust survivor Marcel Zielinski from Auschwitz-Birkenau to Kraków. Their 60-mile odyssey inspires an urgent examination of humanity's equally perilous journey from dehumanization to compassion.
Call for Applications: Azrieli Teaching Fellowship for Excellence in Testimony-Based Pedagogy, 2025-2026
Mon, 03/03/2025 - 4:26pm
The Education Division of the USC Shoah Foundation—The Institute for Visual History and Education invites applications for their inaugural Azrieli Teaching Fellowship for Excellence in Testimony-based Pedagogy for the 2025-2026 academic year.
We Remember György Kun
Wed, 02/12/2025 - 4:13pm
We are saddened to learn of the passing of György Kun, who gave his testimony in October 1999 in Budapest, Hungary. His daughter, Andrea Szonyis, an educator and former colleague at the USC Shoah Foundation, authored a story in the series "Voices from the Archive” about her father.
Event Details
When the Fragmented becomes the Stitched
Engaging Students through Research
March 27, 2025 @ 1:00 pm
In a follow up to her inaugural lecture series, Mélanie Péron will discuss how she and her students at the University of Pennsylvania drew upon a wealth of different sources such as diaries and archives to reconstruct the individual stories of Jewish children and their families in occupied France before they were reduced to a typed line on a deportation list and the importance of using sources such as diaries and video testimonies to teach about the Shoah despite the inexorable disappearance of the last remaining witnesses.
USC Shoah Foundation Appoints Inaugural Director of Countering Antisemitism Laboratory
Tue, 02/11/2025 - 10:39am
LOS ANGELES, CA (Feb. 11, 2025) — The USC Shoah Foundation announced the appointment of Dr. Brian Hughes as the inaugural Director of its Countering Antisemitism Laboratory, marking a significant expansion of the institute's mission to combat hatred through research, education and action.
