Holocaust survivor Celina Biniaz, Cambodian Genocide survivor Sara Pol-Lim, and Rwandan Genocide survivor Edith Umugiraneza will speak together on a panel about women in genocide, to be moderated by USC Shoah Foundation Executive Director Stephen Smith. Syuzanna Petrosyan, a USC graduate student and third-generation descendant of Armenian Genocide survivors, will introduce the event.TCC 205 (Tutor Campus Center Office of Admissions Classroom), 6:30 – 8pm.

Academic panel: USC Doheny Memorial Library 240, 4—5 p.m.Grand Opening and Reception: USC Doheny Memorial Library main lobby, 5 —6 p.m.

Join the USC Armenian Student Association, SFISA, and USC Shoah Foundation as they commemorate the 1.5 million victims of the Armenian Genocide.Tommy Trojan 12-2 PM

Summary:
Free and open to the public, monthly Institute visits give guests a chance to explore the life stories of survivors and witnesses of the Holocaust and other genocides and to discover how their memories are being used to overcome prejudice, intolerance, and bigotry.
Description:

A commemorative vigil to the Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, titled and structured around the three central themes of the Kwibuka20 movement. Testimony transcripts will be read aloud, photos of victims will be shared, an original student piano piece will be performed, attendees will record and send messages to Rwanda as part of Kwibuka20’s “A Million Voices” program, and a traditional Rwandan dance will conclude.

 

Survivor of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda and youth activist Yannick Tona will speak on his experiences during the genocide and relate them to concerns of the modern day, including the need for continued genocide education and for social responsibility in the media.

 

ASC 207 (Annenberg Geoffrey Cowan Forum), 6:30 – 7:30pm, with a reception to follow.

Ronald Tutor Campus Center (TCC) Forum, Room 450USC Shoah Foundation's 2013-2014 Institute Scholar, Dr. Douglas Greenberg, will looks at the lives of Jews before, during, and after the Holocaust in the Wolyn district of modern Ukraine.

Summary:
Free and open to the public, monthly Institute visits give guests a chance to explore the life stories of survivors and witnesses of the Holocaust and other genocides and to discover how their memories are being used to overcome prejudice, intolerance, and bigotry.
Description:

Outside the Box [Office] ScreeningFinding HillywoodFollowed by a discussion with filmmakers Eric Kabera and Ni’coel StarkUSC School of Cinematic Arts, The Ray Stark Family Theater (SCA 108)

Screening of Keepers of Memory
Survivors’ Accounts of the Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda

Followed by a Q&A session with Eric Kabera, Director

Friday, March 7, Leavey Auditorium

USC School of Cinematic Arts (SCA) Room 106
Awards for the Institute’s annual Student Voices Film Contest will be announced. The evening will include screenings of the winning films as well as a panel discussion with honorees and the distinguished jury.  
Independent filmmakers Eric Kabera and Sam Kadi will serve on the Student Voices Film Contest jury for the first time.

USC Doheny Memorial Library (DML), Room G28

USC Doheny Memorial Library (DML), Room 240.

USC Doheny Memorial Library (DML), Room 240
How Many Bytes does it Take to Get to the Center?
Finding the Human in Digital Humanities

Summary:
Free and open to the public, monthly Institute visits give guests a chance to explore the life stories of survivors and witnesses of the Holocaust and other genocides and to discover how their memories are being used to overcome prejudice, intolerance, and bigotry.
Description:

  USC University Club at King Stoops Hall Michael Ignatieff, the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs Centennial Chair, will then give a public talk at USC, “In Search of a Global Ethic: Lessons from the Big Cities” from 4-6 PM on the 21

 This event has been cancelled. Please contact lrogers@usc.edu or kiahays@usc.edu with any questions.  

Summary:
Free and open to the public, monthly Institute visits give guests a chance to explore the life stories of survivors and witnesses of the Holocaust and other genocides and to discover how their memories are being used to overcome prejudice, intolerance, and bigotry.
Description:

Summary:
Free and open to the public, monthly Institute visits give guests a chance to explore the life stories of survivors and witnesses of the Holocaust and other genocides and to discover how their memories are being used to overcome prejudice, intolerance, and bigotry.
Description:

USC Shoah Foundation, Outside the Box [Office], and Cohen Media Group invite you to a special preview screening of The Last of the Unjust.
Directed by Claude Lanzmann
Produced by David Frenkel, Jean Labadie, and Danny Krausz
The event will begin with a 30-minute discussion with Claude Lanzmann, hosted by Stephen Smith, Executive Director of the USC Shoah Foundation.