Filmmaker Steven Spielberg is establishing a Center for Advanced
Genocide Research at the University of Southern California.
The formation of the new center was announced in a press conference
Friday. Its primary goals will be to
investigate the
conditions leading
to
genocides and how to intervene in time to prevent such mass
violence and slaughter.
Spielberg founded what is now the USC Shoah Foundation 20 years ago
following release of his Oscar-winning movie,
“Schindler’s List.”
“The USC Shoah Foundation has made tremendous progress during its
first 20 years, but its work is far from finished,” Spielberg said in a
statement, noting the
52,000 testimonies it has gathered and the
educational programs it has launched.
“Now comes the next significant chapter, one that establishes the
Institute as one of the leading academic centers of excellence for the
study of the
Holocaust and genocides,” he said. “The potential is there
for
groundbreaking research.”
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