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Oral Historian, Assistant Teaching Professor, Ball State University

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Compensation: $45,000 – $55,000 Department: History Start Date: 01/01/2027 About this opportunity: The Department of History at Ball State University offers undergraduate students’ courses to fulfill their course of study for their major, minor, or core curriculum. The position of oral historian will teach classes to gather information from informants through immersive learning projects. The […]

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Stanford Department of African and american Studies conference cFP, Archival gap in the global imagination

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Send your 300-word proposal and brief bio to daaasevents@stanford.edu 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

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Event flyer with gold cutlery and a plate reads: Lunch & Learn: The Promise and Pitfalls of AI Transcription for Oral Historians, Tuesday, July 21, 11:30AM - 1PM CST, hosted by OHA Public Programming Committee.

The OHA Public Programming Committee Presents, Lunch & Learn: The Promise and Pitfalls of AI Transcription for Oral Historians

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Tuesday, July 21: 11:30-1PM CDT Register Here: https://oha.memberclicks.net/lunchlearn2026 This “Lunch & Learn”-style online conversation will help oral historians determine whether Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based transcription services would make sense for projects they are working on.  How has AI changed the transcription process?  What issues should practitioners keep in mind?  We’ll discuss ethical considerations (including privacy issues,

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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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Archivist/Program Manager Services

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This is a solicitation by the Tenth Mountain Division Foundation (TMDF),Inc for professional archivist/program management services for the 10th MountainDivision Modern Research Center (MRC) located in the Charles “Minnie” Dole HeritageComplex, Fort Drum, New York. The solicitation, scope of services, and agreement areattached. Qualifications: Required: Compensation:Compensation shall be the overall agreed price paid in monthly

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Search for Host Institution and/or Executive Director: Invitation to Submit a Letter of Interest

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The Oral History Association (OHA), the principal organization of practicing oral historians in the United States, is seeking a host institution and/or executive director beginning January 1, 2028 for a five (5)-year commitment.   OHA will entertain a range of organizational options when it considers institutional hosts and executive leadership. Historical societies, museums, archives, independent administrators,

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2026 Annual Meeting Tours

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If you are interested in attending one of the following tours, be sure to purchase your tickets during Annual Meeting Registration! To register for OHA’s Annual Meeting, click here. Thursday, October 15 Keeping Portland Queer-ed!, 9am-11am, $25 Keeping Portland Queer-ed! examines 20th century queer life through spaces, places, and public interventions located between Old Town and

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2026 Pre-Conference Workshops

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The OHA will offer 5 pre-conference workshops on Wednesday, October 14. Workshop registration is $50. Conference registration is available here. However, if you would like to attend one or more of the workshops without attending the rest of the conference, please email the OHA Executive Office at oha@oralhistory.org to arrange payment. The Following Workshops will be Offered: 8:30AM – 12:30PM:

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Author Interview: Douglas A. Boyd

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The Spring 2026 issue of the Oral History Review features a Special Section on Oral History and AI. In it, Douglas A. Boyd, director of the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History at the University of Kentucky Libraries and designer of the Oral History Metadata Synchronizer (OHMS) system, was a contributor to the Roundtable, “Main Essay: Oral

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Oral History Program Manager, Computer History Museum

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Classification: Exempt, Fulltime, Hybrid (minimum 40% onsite) Location: Mountain View, CA Department: Collections & Exhibitions (Artifacts, Archives, and Exhibitions) The Computer History Museum is seeking an organized, creative, and tech-savvy Oral History Program Manager to lead the day-to-day operations of the Museum’s Oral History Program and translate these stories into compelling digital content for broad audiences. This role bridges archival

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