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OHA NEH Fellowship Winners

“The Creation of an Emerging Latino/Latinx Oral Historians Fellowship Program” The goal is to create a team of oral historians and to provide them with mentors and training to further develop an existing historical timeline for Rhode Island Latino history. By training the next generation to become oral historians Marta will show how oral history […]

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Race and Power Symposium- Early Bird Registration Extended to April 8

Assessing the Role of Race and Power in Oral History Theory and Practice On June 27, 28, and 29, 2022, oral historians from around the world will gather virtually for three days of discussion about the role of race and power in oral history theory and practice. Organized as a symposium, discussions will be based

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OHA’s Statement on Ukraine

The Oral History Association condemns the Russian invasion of Ukraine and its indiscriminate  bombing and killing of Ukrainian civilians.  We are appalled by the destruction of hospitals, universities, museums, and historic sites. The invasion has been justified in ways that erase and render invisible the history of Ukrainian people and their subjective experiences of Russian

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Executive Director’s Report

By Kristine McCusker February 2022 Newsletter The OHA Executive Office is happy to report that we are well along our National Endowment for the Humanities fellowship grant. We received almost 180 applications for year long and short-term fellowships, and our committee of panelists, led by Kelly Navies, is hard at work evaluating the outstanding submissions.

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President’s Letter

By Amy Starecheski February 2022 Newsletter Dear OHA Members: I hope you and yours made it through the omicron surge and are perhaps enjoying some opening up of life as we begin to look towards spring. In New York City we are beginning to have some warmer days in the mix, and the citywide mood

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2022 Call for Nominations- Deadline Extended to March 7

OHA Nominations Committee 2022 OHA Elections Call for Nominations Deadline: March 7 Dear OHA members, We are inviting you to help us move the organization forward towards its strategic goals and focus on social justice, by submitting statements of interest or recommendations (for self or another) for three (3) OHA leadership positions commencing October, 2022:

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Executive Director’s Report

By Louis Kyriakoudes November 2021 The Executive Office is proud to announce that we have been successful in securing two National Endowment for the Humanities grants for the Oral History Association. The first is from the NEH’s American Rescue Plan: Humanities Organizations Support to Maintain Threatened Staff Positions and Publish Oral History Content to the Web

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President’s Letter

By Amy Starecheski November 2021 After the annual meeting the tireless team that leads the Oral History Association is often, well…tired. This year, after our first planned online conference, was no different, although at least we didn’t have to recover from travel fatigue as well as the full inboxes that come alongside full post-conference minds.

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OHA’s Fellowship and Mini Grant Application Period is Now Open!

In September, 2021 the Oral History Association was awarded $825,000 from the NEH American Rescue Plan to create a fellowship program for under/unemployed oral historians, with a focus on oral historians from communities that have historically been marginalized in the field.  Our Selection Committee is in place, and applications for year-long fellowships and mini-grants open

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Thank you to our 2021 Annual Meeting Sponsors and Exhibitors!

Exhibitors: Oxford University Press Palgrave McMillen Routledge, Taylor & Francis Randforce Associates/Talking Pictures LLC Audio Transcription Center Landmark Associates, Inc. Their Story University of Minnesota Press Sponsors: Southwest Oral History Association Columbia University Oral History Master of Arts Program and Center for Oral History Research Middle TN State University Albert Gore Research Center and Graduate

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Upcoming Webinar, November 16, 1pm ET: Sharing Authority: The Oral History Review Special Issue on Ethics

When: Tuesday, November 16, 1pm ET Cost: Free to OHA members, Free to OAH Members, $75 for all others Register Here! (Registration closes Nov. 15) In partnership with the Organization of American Historians, the OHA is offering a series of webinar. During this first webinar, the Oral History Review editorial team will join authors of articles

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