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The Society of American Archivists’ (SAA) Oral History Section is hosting a live web chat, Lessons Learned from Boston College and the Belfast Case, on Wednesday, July 17, 2013 at 2pm Eastern. It features guest panelists Clifford Kuhn and Elena Danielson. For those who cannot participate live, the web chat will be available on the same page shortly after the […]

Rina Benmayor was awarded a $10,000 Cal Humanities grant to construct a web-based and on-site oral history walking tour of Salinas Chinatown, drawing from more than 100 interviews that she and her oral history students have conducted with members of the Chinese, Japanese, Filipino and Latino communities. Read more from The Californian.

Plenary Session Cross-Cultural Studies THURSDAY PLENARY, October 10 – 3:15-4:45PM “Maori tribal justice, Cherokee language preservation, and Athabascan culture in the schools: three cross-cultural studies in oral history” Moderator: William Schneider, Professor Emeritus, University of Alaska Fairbanks In this session, three speakers representing three different cultural traditions share with us how they use oral history

Liu Dong has become a part-time oral historian, collecting stories from the soldiers of the Chinese Kuomintang (KMT) – or National Revolutionary Army during the Republican era (1912-1949) – who fought in the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression (1937-1945). The experience, he said, “has thoroughly changed my perceptions about Chinese history.” Liu said his

The Center for the Study of the American South proudly announces Malinda Maynor Lowery as the new director of the Southern Oral History Program (SOHP) at UNC-Chapel Hill. Her appointment began on July 1, 2013. Lowery will serve as the second permanent director of the SOHP, which was founded in 1973 to preserve the voices

The Oral History Metadata Synchronizer system is highlighted in the Lexington Herald-Leader. The system, pioneered by Doug Boyd, allows interviews to be tagged with keywords for easy searching and access. Read more about it on the Lexington Herald-Leader website.

Project Jukebox, part of the oral history program at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, has received a grant from the North Pacific Research Board to create a new multimedia segment, “Sea Ice in Barrow.” The $61,205 grant will allow staff from UAF’s Elmer E. Rasmuson Library to record interviews in the Barrow area, and to

The Society of American Archivists is seeking nominations for Vice Chair/Chair Elect and Steering Committee for the Oral History Section. Additional information is available on the SAA website.