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From Alice Lynd’s work We Won’t Go (1968), to their most recent co-authored book Moral Injury and Nonviolent Resistance (2017), the Lynds have revolutionized the field of oral history and have done so while keeping their commitment to social justice at the center of their work.  In the Saturday plenary at the 2017 annual meeting, the Lynds […]

The preliminary program for the 2017 annual meeting is now available online at OHA 2017. Click “View the Online Program” on the left side of the screen to reach the program menu. You may search the program by participant name, day, or time. Click on the session title and you can read the abstract or

By Allison Tracy, OHA Council It you’ve ever sat in on an Oral History Association Council meeting, you’ll know we do a lot of talking. For a group of folks who have centered their work on listening to others, which we also do at meetings, of course, it can feel unnatural to talk so much,

By Troy Reeves, University of Wisconsin-Madison This March in Phoenix at the OHA mid-winter meeting, I volunteered to lead a year-long working group we called the Membership Task Force. While I did this certainly to get a chance to be in Phoenix (instead of Madison) for a couple of days in early March, I primarily

It’s time for another OHA Spotlight! Our blogger this month is Heather Welch, a PhD student at Georgia State University and a research assistant for the Oral History Association since 2015. This month marks the one year anniversary of the OHA Instagram, which Heather created and currently maintains. In this blog she discusses its conception.

  Legislative Alert —FY18 Budget for NEH, IMLS, NHPRC and Title VI-Fulbright-Hays International Education Programs (June 13, 2017) On May 23, President Trump sent his proposed fiscal year (FY) 2018 budget request to Congress.  As expected, it included devastating cuts to federal history and humanities funding including elimination of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), National

OHA members have planned a terrific line up of workshops and tours for the Minneapolis conference. Head to Minneapolis a day early and take advantage of a compelling slate of Wednesday workshops prior to the annual meeting organized by workshop coordinator Christian Lopez. Wednesday workshops are $40 for OHA members and $50 for non-members. Read more workshop content

Oral History Society – 2018 Annual Conference 28 & 29 June, 2018 Queen’s University, Belfast Theme:  Dangerous Oral Histories:  Risks, Responsibilities and Rewards   CALL FOR PAPERS This joint conference of the Oral History Society and the Oral History Network of Ireland addresses the ethical and legal implications of oral history research. It presents a

Registration for the 2017 annual meeting in Minneapolis, Minnesota is open! You may register online at OHA 2017 or download the registration form if you prefer to pay by check.  This year’s theme is Engaging Audiences: Oral History and the Public, and program chairs Dan Kerr and Rachel Seidman have developed a stimulating program sure to engage

Our OHA Spotlight blogger is Yasmin Zacaria Mikhaiel, a soon-to-be graduate of DePaul University’s Theatre School with a BFA in Dramaturgy/Criticism and minors in History and Museum Studies. Within her studies, she has found great transferability in the art of telling and documenting stories. She has worked as an Oral Historian with the Chicago History

Newsletter Editor Mary Kay Quinlan With this Newsletter, Oral History Association members will be able to read more frequent issues of the previously thrice-yearly publication. At the direction of the OHA Council, the Newsletter will be published digitally and sent to members on Feb. 1, April 1, June 1, Aug. 1 and Nov. 15. Members