The 2025 Introduction to Oral History Workshop will be held virtually via Zoom on Friday, Feb. 28 from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Pacific Time, with breaks woven in. Applications are now open and being accepted on a rolling basis. Please apply early, as spots fill up quickly. This workshop is designed for people who are interested […]
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Position Overview Position title: Associate Specialist Salary range: The UC academic salary scales set the minimum pay determined by rank and salary point at appointment. See the following table(s) for the current salary scale(s) for this position: https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/_files/2024-25/july-2024-scales/t24-b.pdf. A reasonable estimate for this position is $73,000.00-$85,000. Percent time: 100% Anticipated start: As soon as August 2025. Start date is flexible.
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Oral History Association volunteers serving as officers, council members, and committee members lead and shape the organization. We are grateful for the time and service of so many talented individuals, and we invite more people to join in this process by nominating yourself or someone else to a leadership position. Help us move the organization
The Science History Institute is seeking a full-time Oral Historian and Curator of Life Sciences to conduct research on the modern histories of the life sciences to include biotechnology and synthetic biology. The Oral Historian and Curator of Life Sciences will conduct and process full-life or project-focused oral history interviews with scientists and engineers. This
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Application Review Begins January 31 The Oral History Association (OHA) seeks to hire a full-time program associate to assist in the operation of its Executive Office. Since 1966, the OHA has served as the principal membership organization for people committed to the value of oral history. Job tasks assigned to the program associate include
The Southern Foodways Alliance oral history program invites experienced oral historians to submit proposals for oral history projects surrounding themes of agriculture, farmers markets, and gardening traditions in the region. We are committed to supporting community-centered work. To apply, please fill out this Google form. It should include a 300 word pitch and list of proposed narrators, a
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Deadline: January 31, 2025 The Agricultural History Society has posted information on a new award for public engagement in Agricultural History: https://www.aghistorysociety.org/news/agricultural-history-society-award-for-public-engagement. Nominations (which may include self-nomination) are due to aghistorysociety@gmail.com by January 31, 2025. The award is intended to recognize public-facing work that incorporates agricultural and/or rural history as an essential component and contributes to broader
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The University Libraries, of the University of South Dakota (USD), seeks a teacher, scholar and public historian to serve as the Curator of the South Dakota Oral History Center. Through teaching, fieldwork, scholarship and public engagement, the successful candidate will advance the center’s mission of collecting, preserving and sharing oral histories of the people of
Announced at the recent annual meeting of the OHA, the Mason Multi-Media Awards recognize “outstanding oral history projects, collections, exhibits, and multimedia presentations for the public.” According to Yolanda Hester, who chaired the committee that selected the winners and whose members included Barbara Truesdell and Max Peterson, “This year many exceptional projects were nominated, featuring
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In the fall 2024 issue of OHR, Ricia Anne Chansky discussed why the Oral History Lab/Laboratorio de Historia Oral was born at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez (UPRM) on September 20, 2017, in her article, “Oral History and the Climate Crisis: Listening in the Aftermath of Disaster”. Here, she elaborates further about the destructive
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Deadline: January 24, 2025 The Spanish Hawaiian Heritage Association is convening a conference to spur research, and interest in Spaniards who emigrated to Hawai‘i, and subsequently to California. The conference will be held at the University of California Davis on September 5-7, 2025. Events will include plenary and keynote speakers, academic panels, book talks, cultural
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The official 2025 annual meeting page for the upcoming OHA conference in Atlanta, Georgia, is now available on the OHA website! Inspired by the upcoming semi-quincentennial commemoration of the signing of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, the 2025 Oral History Association Annual Meeting will convene a variety of shared experiences that ask
