Filter by content type:

Filter by date:

The role of teaching critical thinking in the days of post-truth

What are the pillars of modern democracy and how can democracy be defended in days of crisis?

These questions keep coming to me these days, when Poland faces a really serious crisis that so far has caused a huge polarization in Polish society that divides neighbors, colleagues, friends, even families.

Being an educator for almost 30 years, teaching first young students, then teenagers and finally teachers about history, civil rights and human rights, I have realized what a huge setback the Polish educational system has suffered.

Testimonies Train Teachers to Conduct Cultural Sensitivity Workshops in Ukraine

Educators learned how Holocaust survivor testimonies from the Visual History Archive can help them teach early conflict prevention and cultural sensitivity at a workshop led by USC Shoah Foundation’s Ukrainian regional consultant, Anna Lenchovska.

International Teaching Fellow and Texas A&M Teaching Fellow Discuss Teaching with Testimony in Facebook Live Interview

Daniel Conway, Texas A&M University, and Nancy Sinkoff, Rutgers University, have both been in residence at the Center for Advanced Genocide Research this week.

Third Workshop for Advanced PhD Candidates Summary

The ‘Third Workshop for Advanced PhD Candidates from North American Universities and Israel who are working on the Holocaust’, co-sponsored by the USC Shoah Foundation Center For Advanced Genocide Research and Yad Vashem, took place from June 25 to June 29, 2017 at the International Institute for Holocaust Research in Yad Vashem.

Center for Advanced Genocide Research to Co-Sponsor “Filming the Camps” Exhibit at LA Museum of the Holocaust

“Filming the Camps” explores the World War II experiences of Hollywood directors John Ford, George Stevens and Samuel Fuller.

Highlighting Indigenous Populations in Research and Testimony

After a long period of neglect, the study of genocides against Indigenous populations is becoming an increasingly larger part of the field of genocide studies.

Former Greenberg Fellow Jared McBride to Present Visual History Archive at Appalachian State University

McBride will first give a lunchtime workshop on how to use the Visual History Archive in research and teaching. At 7 p.m., he will give a lecture "Of course, they were Neighbors": Testimony, Archives and the Holocaust in Ukraine.” Both will be held at Belk Library and Information Commons room 114.

Back to School With IWitness 2018: Contemporary Antisemitism Testimonies

Testimonies from the Visual History Archive’s newest collection have been added to IWitness in time for the upcoming school year along with a Mini Quest multimedia activity.

Former Research Fellow Jeffrey Shandler Publishes New Book on Visual History Archive: “Holocaust Memory in the Digital Age”

​Four years after completing a visiting fellowship at USC Shoah Foundation, Professor Jeffrey Shandler’s extensive research into the Visual History Archive has culminated in a new book.

Chief Technology Officer Sam Gustman to Speak at Future of Storytelling Summit