United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
As the Museum’s first Leslie and Susan Gonda (Goldschmied) Fellow, Paul provides ongoing consultancy for USHMM across several key areas of work.
Education consultancy
Paul provides expert advice and consulting to the Levine Institute on participant-based learning, classroom pedagogy, teacher and docent training, and resource development, as well as evaluation and research of the Museum’s Holocaust education and learning in general.
International education
He serves on the core planning team for the International Programme for Holocaust and Genocide Education (IPHGE), a partnership between UNESCO and the Museum to advance Holocaust education globally.
The 2022-23 programme supports country teams in every region of the world, with its goals being to educate about violent pasts as well as prevent future genocides.
Paul is conceptualising the educational approach; helping to develop online lectures and workshops; creating an in-person conference at the Museum; and providing ongoing support for the ten international country teams as they develop and implement their new initiatives.
He is also a member of the Museum’s working committee on International Outreach – Europe, helping to plan initiatives and strategies to expand the Museum’s work and impact in Europe.
Workshops and CPD
He is involved in creating a series of workshops and professional development programmes for Museum staff on the pedagogical theories and practical approaches to participatory learning, helping the Museum more effectively engage its visitors.
Challenging questions
He works with a small group of Museum staff to develop approaches and strategies for engaging participants who ask difficult and challenging questions during programs and tours.
International Criminal Justice
Paul advises on the creation and evaluation of resources and training initiatives that are key components of the Museum’s International Criminal Justice Leadership Programme. This programme brings together judges, lawyers and police officers to critically reflect on professional roles and responsibilities, decision-making in complex environments, and mass atrocity prevention.
Exhibitions
He has supported Wolfgang Schmutz in the development of the educational approach for the Museum’s Some Were Neighbors traveling exhibition in Germany, and advises in the evaluation of its educational resources and programmes and on the creation of new initiatives.
Links with research
Paul works closely with colleagues to ensure that key research in Holocaust education informs the work of the Museum, providing advisory, networking, and convening support in identifying key institutions, experts and practitioners in the fields of research, learning and education.
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