Discover the surprising connections between oral history and Dungeons & Dragons in this unique hybrid event. Begin with a short roundtable discussion open to all attendees exploring how storytelling, active listening, collaboration, and asking thoughtful questions are central to both oral history and tabletop role-playing games. Then, participants who register for the game session can join one […]
Join us Ask an Oral Historian: Fundraising for Oral History on Thursday, September 24th at 3 pm EST as we turn our attention to funding the work that makes oral history possible. Invited speaker Kate Garrett joins the conversation to unpack the current philanthropic landscape for oral history projects, from shrinking grant pools to shifting
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September 10, 202612-1:30 pm CDTon Zoom Register HERE. Collecting and managing oral history resources created by women and LGBTQ communities can pose unique challenges for curators and archivists. Serious custodianship of these materials requires an evaluation of risk within an ethical framework where archival empathy, of necessity for the safety of the participants, including the
Expand your skills in oral history with Baylor University Institute for Oral History’s online workshop, “Getting Started with Oral History.” This two-session, interactive event will be held on September 2 & 9, 2026 (10 AM – 1 PM CDT). Gain hands-on knowledge from our experienced faculty and get the tools you need to conduct your
The author signing will take place on Saturday, October 17, from 9:45 am to 10:15 am at the Annual Meeting in Portland, OR. Selected authors will be assigned a table top space to sell/display their books. Authors will be responsible for shipping and receiving materials, as well as their own sales. Please sign up below
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September 30, 2026, 2 pm CDT Free for OHA Members, $40 for Non-Members On Zoom, Register HERE to receive the Zoom Link ░▒▓░▒▓░▒▓ Join OHA Associate Director Steven Sielaff as he sits down for a conversation with Jason Steinhauer about the field of advocacy and its intersections with the humanities. Jason will share his perspectives
Writing and Oral History: A session to help us create compelling written projects Questions and registration via email: Thursday, September 10, 4-5 p.m. EST, via Zoom We sit with narrators and record their stories, often after project planning, pre-interview meetings, and sometimes while working as part of a bigger team. Then we have these extraordinary interviews,
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Send your 300-word proposal and brief bio to Abstracts Due: September 1, 2026 Conference Date: February 18, 2027 at DAAAS, Stanford University The conference will host conversations from all disciplines in the humanities around recovering the subjective experience of historically marginalized peoples. It aims to bring together scholarship working in different areas and disciplines
Ask an Oral Historian continues with Narratives in Practice who is re-opening the conversation on narrator compensation. It’s one of the most talked-about topics in the field, and the ethical questions the practice raises are ones most oral historians continue to work through. We’ll get into the real tensions practitioners face, what compensation actually looks
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Registration is now open for the 2026 OHA Annual Meeting to be held October 14 -17 at the Hilton Portland Downtown. The preliminary program can be viewed below.
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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
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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