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.
Global Geographies of the Holocaust: Mapping Jewish Refugee Resettlement
Moskowitz/Rafalowicz International Research Workshop In cooperation with NYU Washington, DC Facilitators: Sandra Gruner-Domic and Pragya Kaul Guido October 5–7, 2026, and July 26–30, 2027 Washington, DC Applications are now closed
Jewish Escape to the Americas: Port Cities and Refugee Experiences in the Holocaust Era
Jacob and Yetta Gelman International Research Workshop Co-organizer and Host: Institute for the History of the German Jews in Hamburg Facilitators: Björn Siegel, Deputy Director, Institute for the History of the German Jews & Andrea Sinn, Associate Professor of History, Elon University June 21-25, 2027 Application deadline: January 5
Last Seen: Visual Histories of Deportation Across Europe
Moskowitz/Rafalowicz International Research Workshop Co-organizer: LastSeen. Images of Nazi Deportations project Host: The Selma Stern Centre for Jewish Studies Berlin-Brandenburg, Freie Universität Berlin Facilitators: Alina Bothe, Head of Holocaust Research & Christoph Kreutzmüller, Senior Researcher, The Selma Stern Centre for Jewish Studies August 30–September 3, 2027 Application deadline: January 5
Previous programs
Romani Responses to Persecution: Transnational Histories of Repression and Resistance (1850–1950) (2026)
The Social Worlds of Internment: Entangled Histories of Inmates in Concentration Camps (1938–1945) (2026)
Nazi Propaganda in Occupied Eastern Europe and the Colonial World (2025)
Interrogating Neutrality during the Holocaust (2025)
From the Atlantic to the Black Sea: Local Relief and Rescue Operations on the Margins of the Holocaust (2024)
Property, Possessions, and the Moral Materialities of Holocaust Justice (2024)
The US Military and the Holocaust (2024)
Intermarriage During the Holocaust: Jewish and Romani “Mixed” Families in Nazi Europe (2023)
Black Lives under Nazism (2023)
Contact us
Contact us at researchworkshops@ushmm.org if you have questions about our upcoming or past programs.
The International Research Workshop Program has been made possible through the generosity of the Moskowitz/Rafalowicz Endowment and the Yetta and Jacob Gelman Endowment at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.