SCVN is collaborating with project partners the Fortunoff Video Archive, Yale Macmillan Center Genocide Studies Program, and the Sam & Frances Holocaust and Genocide Academy (UNO) to host on a two-day conference at Yale University from Sunday April 26 to Monday April 27.  The conference explores the use of testimony from the Holocaust and other […]

SCVN graphic artist Miriam Libicki and Holocaust Research Cluster Co-Lead Mark Celinscak attended the Jewish America & Holocaust Literature Symposium’s 30th annual conference from February 1 – 3, 2026 at Tulane University in New Orleans. On February 2, they presented in a panel titled “Two Roses: Utilizing Holocaust Survivor Testimony in Graphic Art Narratives,” moderated […]

From left to right: Jared Muralt, Franziska Zaugg, Sabine Rutar, Mirjam Janett, Béatrice Gysin, and Athena Grandis. The Yugoslav Wars Research Cluster’s Drs. Franziska Zaugg and Sabine Rutar, with graphic artist Jared Muralt, are organizing a panel ‘Images as bridges: Graphic novels as a means of visualizing historical experiences of violence’ on July 9, 2025. […]

Registration closes February 1! https://www.vhec.org/professional-development/shafran-teachers-conference/ On February 14, the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre(VHEC) is hosting the one-day ’12th Biennial Shafran Teachers’ Conference’. This year’s conference, entitled ‘Teaching the Holocaust: Multiple Perspectives and Best Practices in Holocaust Education’, focuses on providing teachers in various disciplines with new teaching resources to support Holocaust education in the classroom. […]