OHA News

The Oral History Association and the American Folklore Society present the next in their series of webinar: Fieldwork and Digital Audio Technology: What to Know before You Go May 1, 20201:00pm-2:30pm EST Leaders: John Fenn (American Folklife Center) and Andy Kolovos (Vermont Folklife Center) This interactive webinar will provide beginning and seasoned fieldworkers alike with […]

Letter from the OHA President (4-10-2020) The OHA Office is working Remotely (3-20-2020): Starting Monday, March 20 the OHA’s Executive Office will be working remotely. Please bear with us during this time as our responses to any inquiries may be slowed down. We will not have access to our office phone, though we will be

I’m writing to keep you updated on the various ways the OHA is responding to the COVID-19 epidemic. This is an evolving situation requiring work in a number of areas. By beginning work now, we hope to get ahead of and mitigate negative impacts on the Association and our membership. First, let me say I

Sponsored by Baylor University’s Institute for Oral History and the Oral History Association The Full Recording of the webinar, as well as the Q&A Session afterwards, are now available. The slides from the webinar, a summary, and a digest of additional resources mentioned in the webinar chat and Q&A, are also available. Tuesday, March 31,

Starting Monday, March 20 the OHA’s Executive Office will be working remotely. Please bear with us during this time as our responses to any inquiries may be slowed down. We will not have access to our office phone, though we will be able to check and return voicemails. We ask that people please contact us

Update from the Staff at the Oral History Review: The Oral History Review is not able to mail books out for review at this time because our offices at the Science History Institute are closed during the pandemic. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

The Oral History Association provides funding of up to $4,000 to undertake oral history research in situations of crisis in the United States and internationally. These funds may be applied to travel, per diem, or transcription costs for research in places and situations in which a longer application time schedule may be problematic. Such crisis

“The Quest for Democracy: One Hundred Years of Struggle“ 2020 OHA Annual MeetingOctober 21-24, 2020Hyatt RegencyBaltimore, Maryland The Poster Submission Portal is open. See the full Call for Posters. We invite submissions for a poster session and project bazaar that will be held at the Oral History Association Conference on October 21-24, 2020 at the Hyatt Regency Inner

By Louis Kyridakoudes This past December, I led a delegation of 14 people from the Oral History Association on a week-long tour of Cuba. Despite recent changes by the current administration intended to make it more difficult to travel to Cuba, American citizens can still travel to the Caribbean’s largest island. Traveling with OHA colleagues

By Allison K. Tracy-Taylor I’m excited to announce a new award structure for the Oral History Association. Every year the OHA gives a number of awards to recognize outstanding work in various facets of the field. With feedback from members, awardees and award committee members, the Awards Task Force, led by Past President Todd Moye

“The Quest for Democracy: One Hundred Years of Struggle“ 2020 OHA Annual MeetingOctober 21-24, 2020Hyatt RegencyBaltimore, Maryland The submission portal for conference proposals is closed. The new deadline is February 17, 2020. Please note that you will have to create a new account, even if you have submitted conference proposals in the past or are a

In October, 2019, a member of the Oral History Society (OHS) shared with the OHA Council a letter written by the OHS’s LGBTQ Special Interest Group regarding the International Oral History Association’s (IOHA) 2020 conference in Singapore. This letter brings up important issues regarding locations for any association’s annual meeting, and how the sites selected