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The Oral History Association, in collaboration with Concordia University, Montreal, Canada, welcomes proposals for its Oct 10-13, 2018, conference. Conference co-chairs Steve Estes of Sonoma State University and Amy Starecheski of Columbia University, along with OHA Vice President Natalie Fousekis envision the annual conference as a means to “harness the power of oral history in […]

By Mary Hilpertshauser Project Manager, GPEI History Project Interviewers are being sought in India, Myanmar and Indonesia to help document the stories of those involved in polio vaccination programs or who are polio survivors. If you know anyone in these countries who would be willing to conduct interviews, please contact Mary Hilpertshauser, asf5@cdc.gov. The project’s

Proposals are now being accepted online for the 2018 Annual Meeting co-hosted by Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Read the Call for Papers and submit at OHA 2018. You will need to create a new account (see the “login here” box on the website) in order to submit a proposal. The deadline for submissions

Today the Oral History Association along with more than 30 other learned societies, issued a joint statement in opposition to the proposal to tax graduate school tuition waivers as income, a provision included in the tax reform bill recently passed by the US House of Representatives. The statement reads as follows: We the undersigned organizations,

OHA’s first webinar, Documenting Your Community: Planning Skills for Oral History Projects, was presented by Mary Larson and Jeff Corrigan on November 3. The webinar is now available at https://connect.asu.edu/p2jgc6e66x5/ Please note that the recording may not automatically play without having the Adobe Connect Add-in. If you are prompted, download and install the Add-In to join the recording.

Documenting Your Community: Planning Skills for Oral History Projects Friday, November 3, 2017 1:00 p.m. EST 1 hour Cost: Free Description: The purpose of this webinar is to help people who are at the very earliest stages of planning community oral history projects determine what work will be required and what resources they will need. This one-hour

For more than fifty years now, the Oral History Association has endeavored to support and represent the community of oral historians well. OHA’s membership comes from a variety of settings and disciplines, but the association works to advance the practice, application, and preservation of oral history broadly through its annual conference, publications, and programs. To

    MINNEAPOLIS, MN September 27, 2017 – The Oral History Association, the leading national organization for oral historians, invites everyone interested in documenting and exploring the impact of life events on their local communities to attend its annual conference in Minneapolis October 4 – 7.  The theme for 2017 is Engaging Audiences: Oral History and the

The Oral History Association (OHA) is pleased to announce the selection of Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, as its new institutional home, along with the addition of new incoming co-directors Dr. Louis Kyriakoudes, director of the university’s Albert Gore Research Center, and history professor Dr. Kristine McCusker.  MTSU will begin as the

Two workshops designed to help teachers use oral history in the classroom will be offered on Saturday, October 7, at the OHA annual meeting in Minneapolis. Both are free and open to the public. Pre-registration is requested at Teacher Workshops.   Workshop I:  8:30 to 12:00 Teach the Teachers: Introduction to Oral History for K-12

By Janneken Smucker, Workshop Leader The field of oral history has made dramatic changes with the introduction of new digital technologies. And with those technologies, our expectations have changed too. For interviews and projects in which we have permission to share the words of our narrators, there is an urge to quickly post online. But

On Wednesday, September 13, the Oral History Association will be hosting a Day of Giving where we dedicate the day to fundraising for our great organization.  Many of you contributed during last year’s effort which was very successful and allowed us to provide much needed funding for scholarships. This year, we will be designating our OHA Giving Day