The Oral History Association has recently concluded its national search for a new institutional home and its first executive director. The process began last year, when Dickinson College informed us that it was not in a position to renew its contract. We are pleased to announce that the search is over, and OHA has signed a five-year […]
This year all current OHA members as of July 15 will have the opportunity to vote in our new online election process. Simply use the URL : https://www.balloteer.com/bp/nph-bstart?&eid=7952218098575260 Deadline: September 21, 2012 You will need your membership number which was printed on an election card that was recently mailed. If you did not receive a
Archived: OHA 2012 Online Election Deadline: September 21 Read More »
The Oral History Review’s Section on Pedagogy Across the country and throughout the world, grade to graduate school teachers, professors, and program coordinators are integrating oral history into their pedagogical practice. In order to capture the transformative power of oral history as an educational methodology, the Oral History Review, the journal of the Oral History
Earlier in 2011, the federal government has requested comment on proposed changes to the Common Rule, which regulates research on what are termed “human subjects.” Comments were due by October 26, but it will be important for oral historians to keep abreast of the situation as it unfolds (although there have been no developments posted
Nonprint Award: At Home in Utopia (film), Michal Goldman and Ellen Brodsky, Co-producers
Emerging Crises Research Fund grant: Sawt, women’s participation in the January Revolution in Egypt.
The Nakba Archive has recorded over 650 interviews about the expulsion of Palestinians from their homes and lands in 1948.
2011 Stetson Kennedy Vox Populi Award: The Nakba Archive Read More »
Martha Ross Teaching Award: Rosie Uyola, Edison High School Story Corps
2011 Martha Ross Teaching Award: Rosie Uyola, Edison High School Story Corps Read More »
Non-Print Format Honorable Mention: Joanna Hay and the Louis B. Nunn Center, University of Kentucky for the documentary, Quest for the Perfect Bourbon: Voices of the Buffalo Trace Distillery.
2011 Honorable Mention (Non Print): Voices of Buffalo Trace Distillery Read More »
Living with Jim Crow: African American Women and Memories of the Segregated South by Anne Valk and Leslie Brown.
OHA is establishing a new Development Committee charged with designing entrepreneurial plans for OHA’s financial growth and actively fundraising for the Association, both externally and internally. The Committee will meet for the first time in Denver, on Thursday, October 13, 12-1:15pm in Ballroom A. If you are interested please contact the OHA President, Rina Benmayor,
New OHA Development Committee – Call for Volunteer Members Read More »
Stetson Kennedy died at 9:25 a.m., August 27, 2011. He was 94. A friend to labor, folkore and to the oral history movement, Stetson will truly be missed. His memory lives on in the Stetson Kennedy Vox Populi Annual Award dedicated to promoting social justice work among oral historians. More…
