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The cover of Oral History Review features a man speaking and gesturing while being recorded on camera. A map is visible behind him, and the camera display shows his image. The issue focuses on oral history and disability.

OHR Extra! Posts Highlight Oral History and Disability

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. […]

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Wide stone steps lead up to the white dome of the United States Capitol building, framed by a cloudy blue sky and trees, with an American flag flying above the columns—an iconic setting for an oral history project on federal employees under the Trump administration.

Call for participants: New joint Oral History Project on Federal Workers!

Since January 2025, the federal workforce has been experiencing unprecedented changes. Researcher Jason M. Chernesky is one of those affected, having been recently terminated by the DOGE from his role as Historian at the FDA. With Chernesky and the Organization of American Historians, the OHA is embarking on a project documenting the experiences of federal

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Share Your Thoughts on Our Cincinnati Meeting – Post-Conference Survey Now Open!

Survey Closes on November 15, 2024 Thank you for being a part of this year’s conference! We’re committed to delivering valuable experiences, and your feedback is essential in helping us improve. Please take a few minutes to complete our post-conference survey.  Click here to access the survey.

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Announcing OHR Extra!

OHR Extra! is an open-access online publication produced by the current Oral History Review team. It complements the journal by extending the conversations we are having in the Review and aims to support the oral history community at large by inviting coverage of topics, news, projects, and events important to the field.  Extra! will be updated regularly throughout the year, but to

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Art Deco-style poster of a cityscape with futuristic and vintage elements, promoting the Oral History Association’s 58th Annual Meeting in Cincinnati, Ohio, Oct 30–Nov 2, 2024. Text reads “Bridging Past, Present, & Future.”.

2024 OHA Annual Meeting Final Program Now Available!

The final program for the 58th Annual Meeting of the Oral History Association is now available here! Registration is now closed for the 2024 OHA Annual Meeting to be held October 30-November 2 at the Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza. Online registration closes on October 23, 2024. On-site registration will be available. Housing: Our 2024 Annual Meeting

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Oral History Association Speed Networking event flyer. Includes event date: Thursday, October 10, and link to register: bit.ly/OHA24. Encourages joining a pre-conference networking Zoom session.

Join us Virtually for a Pre-Conference Speed Networking Event!

Register by Tuesday, October 8 Date and Time of Event: Thursday, October 10, 1-2:15pm ET / 12-1:15pm CT / 11am-12:15pm MT / 10-11:15am PT Get a jump on your OHA Annual Conference with a special pre-conference speed networking Zoom! Join fellow OHA members and attendees in quick breakout rooms, reconnect with colleagues and meet new

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Open Call for Committee Members

The Oral History Association’s Committee on Committees invites your participation in OHA’s standing committees and/or award committees with this Open Call for Committee Members. Committees are the backbone of many of the Association’s achievements and activities. Among the duties is advocating for oral history and the Association, developing education and public programming initiatives, fostering networking

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