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This year, for the first time, an oral history THATCamp is being held in conjunction with the Oral History Association conference.  In order for this event to go forward, we need to have at least 25 people registered by September 21st. If you were considering signing up for this THATCamp, please do so as quickly […]

The Oral History Association is pleased to announce the launch of the Oral History in the Digital Age (OHDA) website at ohda.matrix.msu.edu. The website features numerous essays, articles, and videos about best practices in collecting, preserving, and disseminating digital oral histories.  This resource a product of an Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) National Leadership

The program and registration information for the upcoming OHA annual meeting “Sing It Out, Shout It Out, Say It Out Loud: Giving Voice through Oral History” in Cleveland, OH October 10-14, 2012 has been posted. Click here to access current information about the meeting.  

The Oral History Association has recently concluded its national search for a new institutional home and its first executive director. The process began last year, when Dickinson College informed us that it was not in a position to renew its contract. We are pleased to announce that the search is over, and OHA has signed a five-year

This year all current OHA members as of July 15 will have the opportunity to vote in our new online election process.  Simply use the URL : https://www.balloteer.com/bp/nph-bstart?&eid=7952218098575260 Deadline: September 21, 2012 You will need your membership number which was printed on an election card that was recently mailed.  If you did not receive a

The Oral History Review’s Section on Pedagogy Across the country and throughout the world, grade to graduate school teachers, professors, and program coordinators are integrating oral history into their pedagogical practice.  In order to capture the transformative power of oral history as an educational methodology, the Oral History Review, the journal of the Oral History

Nonprint Award: At Home in Utopia (film), Michal Goldman and Ellen Brodsky, Co-producers

Emerging Crises Research Fund grant: Sawt, women’s participation in the January Revolution in Egypt.

The Nakba Archive has recorded over 650 interviews about the expulsion of Palestinians from their homes and lands in 1948.

Martha Ross Teaching Award: Rosie Uyola, Edison High School Story Corps

Non-Print Format Honorable Mention: Joanna Hay and the Louis B. Nunn Center, University of Kentucky for the documentary, Quest for the Perfect Bourbon: Voices of the Buffalo Trace Distillery.