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“Make it Rain” Scholarships!

Donate to the 50th Anniversary Campaign today, and you’ll provide a scholarship tomorrow! With excitement continuing to build for the upcoming OHA annual meeting in Long Beach, please take a moment to help make it possible for those students, professionals, and community practitioners facing financial limitations to attend. Each year the OHA scholarship program awards […]

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“The Walls Are Going to Come Tumbling Down” – Education Committee blog

“’The Walls Are Going to Come Tumbling Down:’ An Oral History/Digital Archive of an Unconventional Public College” by Carol Quirke, American Studies, SUNY Old Westbury First Lady Michelle Obama recently rapped with Saturday Night Live star Jay Pharoah, “If you wanna fly jets you should go to college; Reach high and cash checks, fill you

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International Committee shares OHS Call for Papers

ORAL HISTORY SOCIETY ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2017 – CALL FOR PAPERS 2017 Conference: Remembering Beliefs – The Shifting Worlds of Religion and Faith in Secular Society The Annual Conference of the Oral History Society in conjunction with Newman University and Leeds Trinity University Date: Friday, 14th and Saturday 15th July, 2017 Venue: Leeds Trinity University, Horsforth,

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Southwest Oral History Association celebrates 35 years at OHA@50

The Southwest Oral History Association (SOHA) will be celebrating its 35th Anniversary at OHA@50. In commemoration of the milestone, SOHA will host a celebration on Saturday October 15th from 6:30-8:00 pm at the historic First Congregational Church of Long Beach, located at 241 Cedar Avenue, Long Beach, California 90802 (about six blocks from the hotel).

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Examining Methodology through Interdisciplinary Work — Saturday plenary at OHA@50

One of oral history’s greatest strengths as a field is its interdisciplinarity. For fifty years now, OHA has been a meeting ground for oral history practitioners from both within and outside the academy: a unique space for professors, public historians, archivists, educators, activists, museum curators, documentarians, artists, digital humanists, journalists, playwrights, and more. While we

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Apollo Theater video oral history project asks “Why Can’t We?”

The Apollo Theater Video Oral history Project at Wadleigh Secondary School for Performing & Visual Arts has just completed its sixth year. Thirty-five 11th graders learned to document oral history interviews using video in conjunction with their African American and Latin & Caribbean American Studies class. Working with an Apollo teaching artist, Wadleigh Secondary students

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Throwback Thursday — memories of 1989…

Follow our weekly series, Throwback Thursday, designed to help celebrate 50 years of OHA. We’ll profile a year in the life of the organization each week with photos, logos, and highlights taken from the Oral History Association Newsletter. We welcome your memories, photos, and comments at oha@gsu.edu. OHA in 1989… Performing Like a Family, 1988: Photograph of performance ensemble,

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International Committee sponsors sessions at 2016 annual meeting

The International Committee is pleased to sponsor the following sessions at the upcoming Annual Meeting in Long Beach, CA from October 12-16, 2016. Thursday, October 13, 2016, 8:30 AM New Immigrants, New Working Class: Stories from Recent Immigrant Workers in Iowa and Southern California (Panel) Abstract Over the last thirty five years, new groups of

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