By Troy Reeves, University of Wisconsin-Madison This March in Phoenix at the OHA mid-winter meeting, I volunteered to lead a year-long working group we called the Membership Task Force. While I did this certainly to get a chance to be in Phoenix (instead of Madison) for a couple of days in early March, I primarily […]
It’s time for another OHA Spotlight! Our blogger this month is Heather Welch, a PhD student at Georgia State University and a research assistant for the Oral History Association since 2015. This month marks the one year anniversary of the OHA Instagram, which Heather created and currently maintains. In this blog she discusses its conception.
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Legislative Alert —FY18 Budget for NEH, IMLS, NHPRC and Title VI-Fulbright-Hays International Education Programs (June 13, 2017) On May 23, President Trump sent his proposed fiscal year (FY) 2018 budget request to Congress. As expected, it included devastating cuts to federal history and humanities funding including elimination of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), National
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OHA members have planned a terrific line up of workshops and tours for the Minneapolis conference. Head to Minneapolis a day early and take advantage of a compelling slate of Wednesday workshops prior to the annual meeting organized by workshop coordinator Christian Lopez. Wednesday workshops are $40 for OHA members and $50 for non-members. Read more workshop content
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Oral History Society – 2018 Annual Conference 28 & 29 June, 2018 Queen’s University, Belfast Theme: Dangerous Oral Histories: Risks, Responsibilities and Rewards CALL FOR PAPERS This joint conference of the Oral History Society and the Oral History Network of Ireland addresses the ethical and legal implications of oral history research. It presents a
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Registration for the 2017 annual meeting in Minneapolis, Minnesota is open! You may register online at OHA 2017 or download the registration form if you prefer to pay by check. This year’s theme is Engaging Audiences: Oral History and the Public, and program chairs Dan Kerr and Rachel Seidman have developed a stimulating program sure to engage
Our OHA Spotlight blogger is Yasmin Zacaria Mikhaiel, a soon-to-be graduate of DePaul University’s Theatre School with a BFA in Dramaturgy/Criticism and minors in History and Museum Studies. Within her studies, she has found great transferability in the art of telling and documenting stories. She has worked as an Oral Historian with the Chicago History
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Newsletter Editor Mary Kay Quinlan With this Newsletter, Oral History Association members will be able to read more frequent issues of the previously thrice-yearly publication. At the direction of the OHA Council, the Newsletter will be published digitally and sent to members on Feb. 1, April 1, June 1, Aug. 1 and Nov. 15. Members
The British Library, the national library of the United Kingdom, is embarking on a project to create a national network of 10 sound preservation centers aimed at preserving nearly a half-million rare and unique recordings threatened by physical degradation or stored on formats that no longer can be played. Regional libraries, archives, museums and universities
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OHA members will have their once-a-year opportunity to vote for leadership positions in upcoming elections for first vice president, OHA Council member and Nominating Committee members. The election process will be conducted online from May 10 to June 23. (OHA members will vote earlier in the year in hopes of increasing election participation and allowing those
by Kristine Navarro-McElhaney Interim Executive Director These are interesting and challenging times for the Oral History Association and our fellow organizations that are deeply committed to and advocate for the humanities, arts and culture. The blueprint budget released last month by the new administration proposes to eliminate the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment
Changes by Doug Boyd Through oral history interviewing, we record personal experiences navigating narrative changes through time. Speaking of changes, the Oral History Association has grown profoundly through the years. During last year’s anniversary celebration, I would periodically glance back at council minutes from the 1970s as a small and dedicated group of historians and
