Free seminar for early-career Holocaust researchers

Yad Vashem and USC Shoah Foundation are partnering with the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance to offer a free seminar for early-career Holocaust researchers.

This seminar brings together PhD students and early-career researchers (PhD conferred 2021-2026) from IHRA member, observer, and liaison countries. Participants will deepen their subject expertise, strengthen their teaching and research skills, and expand their professional networks.

Antisemitism, an American Tradition

Antisemitism, an American Tradition

Please join us on December 4th for an evening with Dr. Pamela Nadell as we discuss her new book, Antisemitism, An American Tradition. Her latest work looks at the American legacy of antisemitism from the colonial period to today—and the uniquely American Jewish responses to prejudice and hate. 

Colloquium in Holocaust Studies Academic Year 2025-2026

The Division of Academic Programs at the USC Shoah Foundation invites applications from PhD candidates and early-career scholars for its Colloquium in Holocaust Studies. We welcome applications from scholars in any discipline whose research explores the histories and legacies of the Holocaust.

Colloquium on the Holocaust in the Balkans Academic Year 2025-2026

The Division of Academic Programs at the USC Shoah Foundation and the Shoah Lab at the University of Belgrade Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory invite applications from PhD candidates and early-career scholars for its Colloquium on the Holocaust in the Balkans. We welcome applications from scholars in any discipline whose research explores the histories and legacies Holocaust in this region.

Stitching the Fragmented

Stitching the Fragmented
For the inaugural event in the Stanley D. Ginsburg USC Shoah Foundation Lecture Series, Mélanie Péron will explore the work of Hélène Berr, a volunteer at the Union Générale des Israélites de France (UGIF) who sheltered four Jewish children during the occupation of France.

Global Partnership Takes Aim at Rising Antisemitism

The USC Shoah Foundation announced a partnership with the Berlin-based Kreuzberg Initiative against Anti-Semitism (KIgA), a collaboration that will increase European access to testimonies of survivors of the Holocaust and other genocides and create wide-reaching programming to counter antisemitism.

Samudaripen: Reflecting on the Holocaust of Roma and Sinti

Samudaripen: Reflecting on the Holocaust of Roma and Sinti
Dr. Justyna Matkowska, postdoctoral researcher at the Adam Mickiewicz University of Poland and adjunct faculty at SUNY, will uncover the stories and struggles of the Roma and Sinti people during World War II, bringing new perspectives to this lesser-known aspect of Holocaust history and informing modern approaches to remembrance

The Women on Stieve’s List

The Women on Stieve’s List
In Nazi Germany, the medical field was part of the larger effort to dehumanize anyone who did not conform to the idea of a “healthy German nation.” Dr. Sabine Hildebrandt, who teaches the history of anatomy at Harvard Medical School, scrutinizes the biographies of medical professionals during the Nazi era and restores the histories of victims subjected to coercive medical experimentation both before and after death. Dr. Hildebrandt also considers the legacies of this history for the present, including how to ethically approach work with human remains in historical collections at universities, museums, and historical institutions.

Professor Dan Stone Named the 2023-2024 Shapiro Scholar in Residence

Professor Dan Stone, a renowned historian of the Holocaust, will serve as the 2023-2024 Sara and Asa Shapiro Scholar in Residence at the USC Dornsife Center for Advanced Genocide Research and USC Shoah Foundation. He will spend a week in residence at the Center and USC Shoah Foundation in April and deliver the Annual Sara and Asa Shapiro Lecture entitled “The Holocaust: An Unfinished History” on April 8, 2024.

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