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Annual Meeting Spotlight: Documenting Ferguson

Documenting Ferguson: Oral History, Virtual Technologies, and the Making of a Movement The Saturday plenary session at the OHA annual meeting will explore issues of historical recovery posed by the mass protests against state sanctioned violence after the shooting of Michael Brown last August. As national attention turned to this little known city in St. […]

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Annual Meeting Plenary: The Guantánamo Public Memory Project

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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Annual Meeting Spotlight: Keynote Speaker Charles E. Cobb, Jr.

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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Recaps of the Annual Meeting from Attendees

From Baylor University: https://www.baylor.edu/oralhistory/news.php?action=story&story=147488 From Bryn Mawr College: https://greenfield.blogs.brynmawr.edu/2014/10/16/gender-and-generations-oral-histories-of-colleges-and-universities-at-oha-2014/ And from the Southern Oral History Project newsletter: Director’s Note Staff, students, and friends of SOHP recently gathered at the 2014 Oral History Association (OHA) annual meeting in Madison, Wisconsin. I felt all the satisfaction, inspiration, and exhaustion that a great conference brings. OHA is a

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Updates to the Program

Thursday, October 9 Session #13: Recovering Endangered Narratives- Session Canceled Session #16: Oral History Recording tours as Visionary Journalism: The SoMove Social Movement Oral History Tour Reportback and Roundtable- Session Canceled Session #18: A Holistic Partnership Approach to Oral Histories with Ethnic Minority Refugees from Burma- Keith Yanner will Chair this session. Session #21: Showcasing

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OHA Annual Meeting: Spotlight on Academics as Activists

The Friday morning plenary session will explore the experiences of academics as activists. In several nationally significant political movements in recent years, including major showdowns in Wisconsin and North Carolina, academics have played crucial roles. The panel will feature oral historians who have taken an active role in local, national, and international movements Jacquelyn Dowd

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OHA Annual Meeting: Spotlight on Documentary Film “Private Violence”

Private Violence, an HBO documentary that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, intimately reveals the stories of two women: Deanna Walters and Kit Gruelle. This feature-length documentary film explores a simple, but deeply disturbing fact of American life: the most dangerous place for a woman in America can be her own home. Every day in

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OHA Annual Meeting: Spotlight on Richard Davis “My 80 Years with the Bass”

The Saturday night awards dinner will feature an oral history interview with Richard Davis, who was named a 2014 Jazz Master by the National Endowment for the Arts, the highest honor that the United States bestows on jazz musicians. Davis is Professor of Bass, Jazz History, and Combo Improvisation at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dr.

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