Oral historians often work with activist communities that occupy spaces at the boundary of social change. Narrators, many in states of transition, describe their collective struggles for social justice. In the Thursday plenary session at the OHA annual meeting, veteran oral historians explore their experiences working with several such communities. Filmmaker, curator and activist Jim […]
The Oral History Association is offering a dynamic array of workshops and tours at the OHA annual meeting in October. Five half-day workshops will take place on Wednesday, October 14, on a wide range of topics. On Saturday morning, October 17, OHA hosts a teacher workshop led by renowned performance artist Judith Sloan for those
OHA is pleased to announce the 2015 Oral History Association award winners. The awards will be presented at the OHA annual meeting in Tampa. Article Award “Squatting History: The Power of Oral History as a History‐Making Practice” Amy Starecheski The Oral History Review, Summer/Fall 2014 Book Award Listening on the Edge: Oral History in the
Over the next three months, abstracts of papers to be given at this year’s OHA annual meeting in Tampa by International Committee scholarship recipients will be featured. Sean Field, South Africa Panel: Listening Compassionately, Mindfully, Empathically, and Cooperatively in Oral History Interviews Presenting Author on individual submission: The Meaning, Practice and Limits of Empathy in
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Judith Sloan is an actor, audio artist, writer, radio producer, human rights activist, educator and poet whose work combines humor, pathos and a love of the absurd. For over twenty years, Sloan has been producing and presenting interdisciplinary works in audio and theater, portraying voices often ignored by the mass media. Her commentaries, plays, poetry and documentaries
The preliminary program for the 2015 Annual Meeting is now available at 2015 Program. You may search the online program by day, time, or person. You can also see a daily schedule in grid form this year when you select “Program Calendar” from the menu. We will continue to add chairs for sessions and other details to
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The Guantánamo Public Memory Project is a multi-year collaborative public history project that seeks to build public awareness of the long history of the U.S. naval station at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, and foster dialogue on its current uses and possible futures for the site. Launched in 2009 from the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience
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This year the Committee awarded $4,000 to international recipients to attend the 2015 Annual Meeting in Tampa this coming October. The Committee received 11 applications and awards were made to 7 recipients. The awardees are: Dzhanyl Bokontaeva from Kyrgyzstan Sean Field, South Africa Adan King, Canada Carol McKirdy, Australia Jorge Mercado, Puerto Rico Jacky Moore,
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From the Southern Oral History Program Blog: Lumbee History Service-Learning Research Projects by Rachel Olsen on May 27, 2015 During the Spring 2015 semester, students in SOHP director Malinda Maynor Lowery’s HIST234: Lumbee History course completed four service-learning research projects in collaboration with partners and mentors on- and off-campus, including SOHP staff. We’re excited to
Remembering and Telling the History of the Southern Civil Rights Movement The keynote speaker for the Friday lunch at the annual meeting will be Charles E. Cobb, Jr. Cobb is a prolific author who has worked tirelessly to document and preserve the history of the Black Freedom Movement in America. From 1962-1967, Cobb served as a
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Read the recent post on the OUP blog about the OHA mentoring program. Consider participating in the mentor program at the Tampa meeting this fall!
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The 2015 guidelines for the NEH Division of Preservation and Access’s Humanities Collections and Reference Resources program include oral history interviews, in accord with the NEH’s Common Good initiative. They also specifically mention the OHA’s Principles and Best Practices. The relevant language states: “In conjunction with the Common Good initiative, applicants to HCRR may
