OHA News

On June 6th during the opening remarks of the Oral History Society’s 2025 Annual Conference in Glasgow, Scotland, OHS Chair John Gabriel presented to OHA Associate Director Steven Sielaff a Statement of Support on behalf of the trustees and members of the Oral History Society. In this statement, OHS (the leading heritage organization for oral […]

We designed the Community Support Space series to facilitate discussion about the issues and concerns all of you, the OHA community, are currently facing, and any opportunities on the horizon. For the next open forum, we’re giving special attention to people working on regional oral history projects or who are in regional oral history groups.

Join our virtual roundtable conversation on teaching oral history! Get practical advice from teachers who have experimented with bringing oral history into their classrooms. We’ll discuss a range of options, from having students analyze an existing oral history interview to creating opportunities for students to conduct their own interviews. Our goal is for participants to

✰ Oral History & IRB Review | Oral History & The Law Webinar #1 ✰Tuesday, June 243 – 4:30 pm ESTon Zoom As a follow-up to the popular session from the OHA Annual Meeting in Cincinnati last fall, Jay-Marie Bravent and Doug Boyd will continue the community conversation focused on current trends in oral history

Whether you’re presenting, not presenting, or from outside the U.S., you can request funding from the OHA to help offset the cost of attending the 2025 Annual Meeting in Atlanta, GA. NOTE: THE DEADLINE FOR ALL ANNUAL MEETING SCHOLARSHIPS HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO JUNE 27, 2025 (11:59 PM CDT). ✰ OHA Annual Meeting 2025 ✰Exploring

To supplement this spring’s issue of the Oral History Review, which features a Special Section on Oral History and Disability, we present in Extra! two project-based posts, and an author interview. The Author Interview is with Nora Ellen Groce, author of the book featured in our Classics Revisited column, Everyone Here Spoke Sign Language: Hereditary Deafness on Martha’s Vineyard.

Join us in supporting the Oral History Association by giving to the general endowment and sharing what OHA means to you! Your gift today will be DOUBLED! Thanks to a generous pledge from OHA Past Presidents and the History Task Force, every dollar you donate—up to $7,000—will be matched. Plus, OHA Council members have shown

Oral History Association volunteers serving as officers, council members, and committee members lead and shape the organization. We are grateful for the time and service of so many talented individuals, and we invite more people to join in this process by nominating yourself or someone else to a leadership position. Help us move the organization

The official 2025 annual meeting page for the upcoming OHA conference in Atlanta, Georgia, is now available on the OHA website! Inspired by the upcoming semi-quincentennial commemoration of the signing of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, the 2025 Oral History Association Annual Meeting will convene a variety of shared experiences that ask