Institute News
Visiting scholars share their experiences using the Visual History ArchiveOctober 22, 2008See video of their presentations and interviews.
Erna and Andrew Viterbi’s Gift to USC Shoah Foundation Institute Heralds New Era of Online Educational OutreachOctober 21, 2008The Viterbi Family Foundation of the Jewish Community Foundation has made a $2 million gift to the USC College of Letters, Arts & Sciences’ Shoah Foundation Institute to endow the Institute’s website. This gift will permit the Institute to deliver state-of-the-art, online resources that represent the needs of educators and students around the world.
Corrie ten Boom Scholar Welcomed to USC CampusAugust 31, 2008Jacek Leociak, PhD, Historian of Literature, Assistant Professor in the Institute of Literary Research, Polish Academy of Sciences (IBL PAN), and Director of IBL PAN post-graduate studies, has devoted his life to communicating the importance of understanding, respecting, and appreciating the diversity derived from collaboration among individuals of numerous cultural and spiritual backgrounds. His presentation at the USC Institute for Genetic Medicine Art Gallery underscored these themes.
HOLOCAUST: The Events and Their Impact on Real People Wins Teachers' Choice AwardAugust 15, 2008HOLOCAUST: The Events and Their Impact on Real People, a book for students published by DK publishing in association with the USC Shoah Foundation Institute, has been selected as a 2009 Teachers' Choice Award winner in the Children's Books category.
USC Shoah Foundation Institute Begins Massive, State of the Art Preservation Effort to Save One of World’s Largest Video ArchiveAugust 15, 2008The preservation of one of the largest digital video archives in the world got underway this fall at the USC Shoah Foundation Institute, where staff began converting more than 100,000 hours of videotaped Holocaust testimonials to a new digital format.
National Training for Educators in Ukraine: Nazustrich pam'iati (Spell Your Name)August 1, 2008Hundreds of teachers and thousands of students are introduced to Encountering Memory
English | Українська
Kim Simon Named Interim Executive Director: Appointment Coincides with New Global InitiativesJuly 1, 2008Kim has been chiefly responsible for the Institute's international agenda and has been with the organization, in many capacities, since its inception. She brings to this assignment knowledge of the full range of Institute activities and a commitment to its mission. She is the ideal person to lead the organization through this transition, and she is perfectly suited to carry out the strategic plan that we have charted.
Das Vermächtnis (The Legacy)June 5, 2008On May 11, government officials, educators, historians, teachers, and students attended an event recognizing the release of Das Vermächtnis (The Legacy), a Holocaust education resource developed by erinnern.at. The Legacy is the first resource for teachers in Austria that uses testimony from the Institute’s Visual History Archive (view German-language news coverage of the launch event).
Institute Adopts New Strategic PlanMay 28, 2008The USC Shoah Foundation Institute has adopted a new strategic plan that aims to increase the educational and scholarly significance of the video testimonies in its Visual History Archive. The plan focuses on several key areas that are vital to the success of the Institute's mission: scholarship and research, education, access to the archive, new content, and preservation of current content.
Telling an Unfinished Story: During a forum hosted by the USC Shoah Foundation Institute, Los Angeles teachers compare a Holocaust survivor’s diary to his testimony a half-century later.April 15, 2008During a forum hosted by the USC Shoah Foundation Institute, Los Angeles teachers compare a Holocaust survivor’s diary to his testimony a half-century later.