Workshops and Institutes

Event flyer with headshots of Laura Micham and Craig Breaden. Text: Risk, Ethics, and Archival Empathy in Womens and LGBTQ Oral Histories; event on Sept 10, 2026, 12-1:30PM CDT.

The Oral History and the Law & Ethics Task Force Presents: Risk, Ethics, and Archival Empathy in Women’s and LGBTQ Oral Histories

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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 […]

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Green flyer for Baylor Universitys Getting Started with Oral History Workshop, held September 2 & 9, 2026, at 10 a.m. CST. Registration open through August 28. Cost is $100. QR code included.

Getting Started with Oral History (Baylor University’s Institute for Oral History) | Registration Ends August 28!

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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

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Purple flyer for a Zoom event titled Advocating for Yourself & Your Institution with Jason Steinhauer. Free for OHA members, $40 for non-members. Scheduled for September 30 at 2 PM CDT. OHA logo at bottom right.

Join us September 30th for A Virtual Event: Advocating for Yourself & Your Institution, A Conversation with Jason Steinhauer

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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

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A virtual meet up, the Northeast Interest Group, OHA

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Writing and Oral History:  A session to help us create compelling written projects Questions and registration via email:  Jmonachina@berkshirecc.edu 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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A woman stands with folded arms. Text reads: Ask An Oral Historian, Consultation Series with Fanny García. Narrator Compensation, July 16, 2026 – 12pm PT / 3pm ET. Narratives in Practice logo in the top right corner.

Ask an oral Historian, consultation series with fanny garcia

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

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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

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

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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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VOCES Oral History Summer Institute (Application Deadline 3/16)

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This workshop is for faculty and graduate students wishing to use oral history in research and teaching and is helpful to the beginner, intermediate and advanced scholar. Instructors have created oral history projects, published widely using oral history, and are leaders in oral history publishing and teaching. Participants meet in break-out groups with the institute directors to workshop

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UC Berkley Oral History Center: 2026 Introduction to Oral History Workshop

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The 2026 Introduction to Oral History Workshop will be held virtually via Zoom on Friday, Feb. 27 from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Pacific time, with breaks woven in. Applications are now open and being accepted on a rolling basis. Please apply early, as spots fill up quickly. This workshop is designed for people who are interested

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The Tibetan Land Speaks: Oral Histories of Political Violence and the Land

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December 10th at 6pm An online presentation by Kathryn Nasstrom A meeting of the OHS’ Environment and Climate Change Special Interest GroupThis presentation is situated at the juncture of two important trends in recent oral history research: 1- oral history and political violence; 2- oral histories of the land and environment. I take a case

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A promotional graphic for a webinar titled Indigenous Protocols and Perspectives on Oral History, Ethics, and the Legal Field, scheduled for Wednesday, August 13, 1–2:30 pm EDT on Zoom, with an image of Lady Justice in the background.

OH & the Law Workshop #2 – Indigenous Protocols and Perspectives

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Join our next Oral History & The Law workshop on Wednesday, August 13 from 1:00-2:30pm EDT! Dr. Trevor Reed (Irvine School of Law, UC-Irvine) and Francine Spang-Willis (CEO of Appearing Flying Woman Consulting) will discuss issues of emergent concern to Indigenous communities in the realms of federal law, community cultural protocols, and the ethics of

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