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Alexandria Oral History Center – Oral History Associate

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Deadline November 9, 2023 The Oral History Associate supports the Alexandria Oral History Center’s efforts to document and preserve the memories and stories of Alexandria. They are responsible for facilitating oral history recordings, completing transcriptions, and assisting the Center’s manager with public programs and community engagement in preparation for and during Alexandria’s 275th birthday. The incumbent is […]

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Research Fellowships | Virginia Museum of History & Culture

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Deadline January 26, 2024

The Virginia Museum of History & Culture (VMHC) offers research fellowships of up to three weeks a year to promote the interpretation of Virginia and access to its collections. Thanks to a matching grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and generous gifts from individuals, fellowships carry a weekly stipend of $1,000 and $500 for

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DocX Development Lab – Otherwise Histories, Otherwise Futures

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Deadline November 27, 2023 This development lab aims to support artists and researchers (working within academia and independent researchers) whose archival practices, documentary art practices and scholarship seek to explore the history and possibility of living, thinking, being and sensing otherwise. What are your bold visions for making and remaking worlds, past and present? No

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Call for Photos!

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Work is underway on a new OHA website! As part of the redesign, we would love to integrate photos from our members! We ask for photos featuring: OHA annual meetings, other OHA events, OHA members, and/or oral history work. You can use this form to upload 10 photos at a time. Thanks in advance for

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Call for Proposals Extended! – AI in OH Virtual Symposium (July 2024)

/ OHA News, Calls for Proposals
Submissions now due January 31st, 2024

Since the release of OpenAI’s ChatGPT in the fall of 2022, artificial intelligence, or AI for short, has pervaded our shared discourse and lexicon. Myriad organizations and sectors are at once hurriedly embracing and cautiously considering the impacts large language models and complex algorithms might have on their industries. Oral history is not immune to

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2024-26 OHR Editorial Team Updates

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OHA is pleased to announce the first two members of the 2024-26 editorial team for its journal, Oral History Review: Holly Werner-Thomas as editor, and Robert LaRose as copy editor. Holly and Robert bring impressive experience and expertise to lead the next era of this leading oral history research journal published for OHA by Routledge/Taylor

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2023 OHA Elections are Open!

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TIME to VOTE, OHA! As OHA members, it’s up to you to elect a new OHA first vice president (who advances to president), a new representative to the OHA Council (our leadership body), and new representatives to two of our OHA committees: the Nominating Committee and Committee on Committees. Learn about the candidates and vote

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2023 OHA Annual Meeting Scholarship Applications Now Open!

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2023 Annual Meeting Scholarship Applications are now open! The OHA scholarship program provides students, professionals, and community practitioners with travel funds so they may attend the annual meeting. OHA offers more than $10,000 in scholarship funds each year. Go to https://oralhistory.org/annual-meeting-scholarships/ for more information.

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Announcing the OHA Guidelines for the Evaluation of Oral Historians

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May 2023   Executive Summary The first purpose of this document is to inform and assist college and university administrators, department chairs,  promotion and tenure committees, and/or other employers by: 1) developing an appreciation for the intellectual  effort, research, expertise, and time required for conducting successful oral history projects; 2) demonstrating the value and unique work

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