The International Research Workshop Program advances Holocaust research through intensive, collaborative workshops that convene 10-12 scholars from diverse disciplines worldwide to present their work, conduct research, and engage in in-depth discussions that forge new networks and produce innovative scholarship in Holocaust studies.
Call for Proposals: 2027 International Research Workshops
For 2027, we invite proposals from scholars applying on behalf of university departments or centers, research institutions, or memorial sites that will serve as the host and co-organizer of an international research workshop to be held at the partner institution. Proposals are due Friday, June 5, 2026.
We invite proposals for workshops from scholars across all relevant disciplines each spring. Calls for applications for the selected workshops circulate in the fall and winter.
Call for Applications: Global Geographies of the Holocaust: Mapping Jewish Refugee Resettlement
The Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum invites applications for the Moskowitz/Rafalowicz International Research Workshop Global Geographies of the Holocaust: Mapping Jewish Refugee Resettlement. The Mandel Center will co-convene this workshop with Sandra Gruner-Domic and Pragya Kaul Guido in cooperation with NYU Washington, DC. Anne Kelly Knowles, the 2026-27 Ina Levine Invitational Scholar, will serve as an advisor to the workshop participants. The workshop will meet in two sessions in Washington, DC, and will include research and convenings at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and NYU Washington, DC. The first session is from October 5–7, 2026, and the second is from July 26–30, 2027.
2026 International Research Workshops
The Mandel Center will convene two International Research Workshops in the 2026 cycle. Learn about previous workshops.
Romani Responses to Persecution: Transnational Histories of Repression and Resistance (1850–1950)
Moskowitz/Rafalowicz International Research Workshop July 13-24, 2026 Workshop Facilitators: Adrian-Nicolae Furtună, Romanian Academy and National Centre of Roma Culture, and Verena Meier, Research Center on Antigypsyism at the University of Heidelberg Applications are now closed
The Social Worlds of Internment: Entangled Histories of Inmates in Concentration Camps (1938–1945)
Jacob and Yetta Gelman International Research Workshop August 3-14, 2026 Workshop Facilitators: Željka Oparnica and Milovan Pisarri, University of Belgrade, in cooperation with ShoahLab – Holocaust Studies Laboratory at the University of Belgrade. Applications are now closed
2026 Research Workshop
The Holocaust, World War II, and Iranian Studies
June 22-26, 2026 Mir-Djalali Institute at the University of Toronto With the Levine Institute for Holocaust Education at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) in cooperation with the Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies at the University of Toronto Workshop Co-Conveners: Arash Azizi, Yale Program for the Study of Antisemitism, Yale University; Jennifer L. Jenkins, Department of History, University of Toronto; and Lior B. Sternfeld, Department of History, Pennsylvania State University Applications are now closed
Contact Us
Contact us at researchworkshops@ushmm.org if you have questions about our upcoming or past programs.