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Search for Host Institution and/or Executive Director: Invitation to Submit a Letter of Interest

The Oral History Association (OHA), the principal organization of practicing oral historians in the United States, is seeking a host institution and/or executive director beginning January 1, 2028 for a five (5)-year commitment.   OHA will entertain a range of organizational options when it considers institutional hosts and executive leadership. Historical societies, museums, archives, independent administrators, […]

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2026 Annual Meeting Tours

If you are interested in attending one of the following tours, be sure to purchase your tickets during Annual Meeting Registration! To register for OHA’s Annual Meeting, click here. Thursday, October 15 Keeping Portland Queer-ed!, 9am-11am, $25 Keeping Portland Queer-ed! examines 20th century queer life through spaces, places, and public interventions located between Old Town and

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2026 Pre-Conference Workshops

The OHA will offer 5 pre-conference workshops on Wednesday, October 14. Workshop registration is $50. Conference registration is available here. However, if you would like to attend one or more of the workshops without attending the rest of the conference, please email the OHA Executive Office at oha@oralhistory.org to arrange payment. The Following Workshops will be Offered: 8:30AM – 12:30PM:

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Author Interview: Douglas A. Boyd

The Spring 2026 issue of the Oral History Review features a Special Section on Oral History and AI. In it, Douglas A. Boyd, director of the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History at the University of Kentucky Libraries and designer of the Oral History Metadata Synchronizer (OHMS) system, was a contributor to the Roundtable, “Main Essay: Oral

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Oral History Program Manager, Computer History Museum

Classification: Exempt, Fulltime, Hybrid (minimum 40% onsite) Location: Mountain View, CA Department: Collections & Exhibitions (Artifacts, Archives, and Exhibitions) The Computer History Museum is seeking an organized, creative, and tech-savvy Oral History Program Manager to lead the day-to-day operations of the Museum’s Oral History Program and translate these stories into compelling digital content for broad audiences. This role bridges archival

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Call for Chapter Contributors: History: Loss, Time, and Embodiment

CALL FOR CHAPTER CONTRIBUTORS Loss, Time, and Embodiment: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Understanding and Reconciliation Mitchel Stimers, PhD & Luma Mahairi, PhD, PharmD, Editors We are seeking a contributor for the following chapter in our forthcoming two-volume interdisciplinary collection: Volume I: Humanities and Social Sciences: Chapter 2: History: Erasure, Memory Wars, and Historical Grief This collection is

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Managing Digital Oral History in the Archive Webinar Hosted by the New england Archivists

Thursday, June 25, 2026  1:00-2:30pm ET Register here This 90-minute webinar, led by Douglas A. Boyd, explores the distinctive challenges and opportunities of working with digital oral history collections. Drawing on decades of experience at the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History in the University of Kentucky Libraries, Boyd will provide a concise but

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Lunch & Learn: Densho’s Oral History Program in the Post-Witness Era

Monday, June 16th, 2026, 12pm PT Join Densho for a virtual Lunch & Learn program on Monday, June 16, 12-1pm PT exploring our oral history program and ongoing work. Densho’s oral history program has always evolved in response to the Japanese American community and its needs. This virtual event explores what our work looks like as

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Finding My People: An Introduction to Oral History Association Caucuses

June 4, 2-3PM CST Interested in connecting more deeply within the oral history field? Join us for an upcoming conversation on Oral History Association caucuses and learn how caucuses can help you build community, strengthen networks, and deepen your work in oral history. This session will explore the many ways oral historians engage through caucuses

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Author Interview: Eleanor Paynter

In her spring 2026 OHR article, “Crisis Oral History and the Asylum Timescape: Temporalities, Solidarities, and Affect in Interviews with Ukrainians with Temporary Protection in Italy,” Eleanor Paynter, who is assistant professor of Italian, Migration, and Global Media Studies in the Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages at the University of Oregon, brings to light her

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Maine media: Oral History 101: Method, Craft & Uses

Dates: July 27, 2026  –  July 31, 2026 Levels: Beginner, IntermediateWorkshop Fee: $1695Workshop Duration: 1-week (Monday-Friday)Workshop Location: On-campusClass Size: 12 History, as most of us are taught in school, has long been written by, and for, the powerful, and historical archives are often considered fixed bases for “fact.” Oral history turns these notions on their heads. In this course, we’ll embark on

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Oral History Project Focus: The Derek Piotr Fieldwork Archive

What is your project about and why does it matter? I am the project lead and creative director of The Derek Piotr Fieldwork Archive. I established the Fieldwork Archive as a web-based repository in August 2022 to preserve diverse representations of folklife via sound recordings I and other fieldworkers have made: ballads, hymns, tales, poems,

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