The USC Dornsife Center for Advanced Genocide Research and USC Shoah Foundation present the Annual Sara and Asa Shapiro Scholar Lecture by Jan Grabowski (Professor of History at University of Ottawa, Canada)
2022-2023 Sara and Asa Shapiro Scholar in Residence
(Join us in person for this lecture or attend virtually on Zoom)

Organized by the USC Dornsife Center for Advanced Genocide Research and USC Shoah Foundation

In this distinguished lecture, Professor Jan Grabowski will focus on his recent scholarship dealing with the history of the Holocaust in Poland. The new research - based on new archival evidence - brings to light the unknown aspects of the Jewish catastrophe, sheds more light on German genocidal policies, places more weight on the agency of the Jewish victims, and raises fundamental question about the attitudes of the Polish "bystanders". Professor Grabowski will also address the issue of the reactions of the Polish state to the findings of independent historians.

This lecture will be followed by a lunch hosted by USC Shoah Foundation. Advanced RSVP for the lunch is required. Space is limited.

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Jan Grabowski is the 2022-2023 Sara and Asa Shapiro Scholar in Residence at the USC Dornsife Center for Advanced Genocide Research and USC Shoah Foundation. He is Professor of History at University of Ottawa in Canada and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. He has authored, co-authored, or edited 20 books and published more than 80 articles in many languages, including the award-winning Hunt for the Jews: Betrayal and Murder in German-Occupied Poland (Indiana University Press, 2013) and the two-volume 2000-page Dalej jest noc (Night Without End) (published in Polish in 2018 and in English by Indiana University Press in 2022). Professor Grabowski has earned prizes, distinctions, and fellowships from many institutions, including Lund University (Sweden), Leiden University (Netherlands), Institut für Zeitgeschichte (Germany), USHMM (US), and Yad Vashem (Israel). In December 2022, he was awarded the the 2022 Canadian SSHRC Impact Award for research. Read more about Jan Grabowski here.

COVID-19 protocols:

• All attendees must conduct a self-health screening prior to attending. If you have any symptoms or are currently in an isolation period due to a recent infection, you may not attend.
• While masks are not required for this event, we strongly recommend that attendees, vaccinated or unvaccinated, consider wearing them for their own protection and the protection of others.
• Attendees with a recent close contact exposure (in the last 10 days) are required to wear a well-fitting mask at all times.
• Please note that protocols are subject to change.
• If you are feeling unwell day-of, please join us online! All attendees will be emailed the Zoom link upon registration.