Clifford M. Kuhn, the Oral History Association’s first executive director and a history professor at Georgia State University renowned for his passion for Southern history and for just about everything else he encountered, died Nov. 8 following a heart attack. He was 63. A memorial service was held on Dec. 13 at 1 p.m. in the […]
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by Anne Valk, Williams College I write this only days after Cliff Kuhn’s sudden death. I cannot imagine the Oral History Association without Cliff’s commanding presence; this sentiment has been echoed by many people who have communicated similar shock and grief. As the reality of this loss sets in, OHA members have begun to share
Oral historians have until Jan. 6, 2016, to submit comments on a proposed landmark rule change that would exempt oral history and other related scholarship from federal rules aimed at protecting research subjects. Initially intended to protect subjects of biomedical and behavioral research, the rules promulgated by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’
Call for Papers OHA Annual Conference Oct. 12-16, 2016 Long Beach, California Renaissance Hotel “OHA@50: Traditions, Transitions and Technologies from the Field” is the theme of the 2016 Oral History Association 50th anniversary meeting, set for Oct. 12-16 at the Renaissance Hotel in Long Beach, California. The OHA invites proposals that reflect on the
Remembering Cliff By Linda Shopes, Carlisle, Pennsylvania I can’t remember when I first met Cliff – I thought it was sometime in the late 1970s or early 1980s, when he was conducting interviews for Living Atlanta and I was involved with the Baltimore Neighborhood Heritage Project, but Cliff said that wasn’t so. At any rate,
The Oral History Association Endowment Fund invites contributions to the 50th Campaign, aimed at strengthening the OHA and extending its tradition of promoting excellence in oral history practice into the next half century. Donate online at www.oralhistory.org or by mailing your tax deductible contribution to: OHA, Georgia State University, P.O. Box 4117, Atlanta, GA 30302-4117.
First Vice President Todd Moye, University of North Texas OHA members elect new leaders Congratulations to the winners of the 2015 elections for OHA leadership positions. They are: * First Vice President—Todd Moye, University of North Texas * OHA Council Members—Allison Tracy, Kentucky Historical Society; and Claytee White, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Awards for exemplary oral history work in seven categories were presented to winners at the OHA presidential reception held at the Tampa Bay History Center. The winning individuals and projects are: OHA President Paul Ortiz congratulates Amy Starecheski for winning the Best Article Award. Article Award—Amy Starecheski for her article in the summer/fall 2014
This year’s Nobel Prize for literature went to a nonfiction writer from Belarus for chronicling the lives and times of people in the Soviet Union and the nations that succeeded it in works that combine journalism and oral history. The works of Svetlana Alexievich include Voices from Chernobyl, based on interviews with people in Ukraine
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Oral historians interested in documenting veterans’ experiences can turn to a new OHA resource, Doing Veterans Oral History by Barbara W. Sommer, a collaboration between the Oral History Association and the Library of Congress Veterans History Project. Sommer is an independent oral historian and longtime OHA member who has worked with countless community organizations and
The Call for Papers for the 50th anniversary Oral History Association annual meeting is open. Please submit online by January 31. Update as of February 2, 2016: The submission site is now closed. OHA will open the Call for Posters this spring.
On September 8, 2015, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued a set of recommended revisions to the regulations concerning human subject research. Specifically, it recommended that oral history be explicitly excluded from review by institutional review boards (IRBs), noting that oral history already has its own code of ethics, including the principle
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