New Mickey Shapiro Academic Chair to Deepen, Expand Study of Holocaust Education

Wed, 03/29/2023 - 3:27pm

USC Shoah Foundation and USC Rossier School of Education and its Centers EDGE and CANDLES yesterday held a special public convening to recognize the Mickey Shapiro Endowed Chair in Holocaust Education Research.

At a time of surging antisemitism in the United States and around the world, the new research chair will ensure the continuation of groundbreaking academic research into how testimony-based education can deepen and expand the study of Holocaust education worldwide.

Partnership Brings Survivor Voices to Hearts and Homes

This Yom HaShoah, USC Shoah Foundation and Zikaron BaSalon are expanding a grassroots revolution that is changing how the Holocaust is commemorated.

Tue, 03/28/2023 - 2:00pm
People gather in Tel Aviv to listen to the testimony of Holocaust survivor and artist Joseph Bau. Photo by Yuval Winer
People gather in Tel Aviv to listen to the testimony of Holocaust survivor and artist Joseph Bau. Photo by Yuval Winer

They have gathered on living room sofas, on university lawns, in synagogue sanctuaries, in public squares, and even in embassy conference rooms for intimate conversations that have a resounding global impact. Since 2011, more than 2 million people have met with Holocaust survivors to learn about their experiences and to help carry their histories and their hopes into the future.

Learn more about our effort to collect new Holocaust survivor testimonies

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Dr. Mary Helen Immordino-Yang speaking at the 2022 relaunch of the Visual History Archive
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(Re)Framing Gender: Representations of Women's Bodies in Holocaust Photographs

Free Event. RSVP Required. 
April 25, 2023 @ 12:00 pm - April 25, 2023 @ 1:30 pm | Free Event. RSVP Required.
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Start: April 25, 2023 / 12:00 PM
End: April 25, 2023 / 1:30 PM
Cost: Free Event. RSVP Required.
Where: Social Science Building (SOS), Room 250, Los Angeles, CA
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3502 Trousdale Parkway, Los Angeles, CA 90089, United States
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My Name Is Sara Film Screening and Panel Discussion at USC

In partnership with USC School of Cinematic Arts

March 30, 2023 @ 11:00 am
In partnership with USC School of Cinematic Arts, we invite you to a screening and special panel discussion of the award-winning feature film My Name Is Sara.
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Start: March 30, 2023 / 11:00 AM
Where: Tutor Campus Center 227, Los Angeles,
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Tutor Campus Center 227
University Park Campus, Los Angeles, United States

Call for Papers: INoGS 2024 Conference on Genocide and Survivor Communities

Wed, 03/15/2023 - 11:30am

 

 

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Call for Papers

INoGS 9th International Conference

Genocide and Survivor Communities: Agency, Resistance, Recognition

June 23-26, 2024
University of Southern California Los Angeles

On the ancestral and unceded territory of the Tongva and Kizh Nation peoples

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The Testimony of the Multitude: Computational Analysis of the USC Shoah Foundation Archive

May 10, 2023 @ 11:00 am
Modern methods of analyzing thousands of Holocaust survivor testimonies contained in collections such as the Visual History Archive present a challenge that is at once ethical and technological: how to listen to thousands of testimonies of Holocaust survivors as an integral body of voices and stories rather than a collection of fragmentary items in a database. In this talk, Hebrew University Researchers Renana Keydar and Eitan Wagner will examine the meeting point between testimony and computation, the new possibilities inherent in such an encounter, and the challenges and risks involved.
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Start: May 10, 2023 / 11:00 AM
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How Neuroscience Can Help Us Reimagine Learning About the Holocaust

Free to the public 
March 28, 2023 @ 4:30 pm | Free to the public
Join us on campus or on Zoom for this special public convening featuring a keynote by distinguished scholar Mary Helen Immordino-Yang, in recognition of the Mickey Shapiro Endowed Chair in Holocaust Education Research at the University of Southern California. The event will be moderated by Dr. Ishwar K. Puri.
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Start: March 28, 2023 / 4:30 PM
Cost: Free to the public
price: Free to the public

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