OHA News

The British Library, the national library of the United Kingdom, is embarking on a project to create a national network of 10 sound preservation centers aimed at preserving nearly a half-million rare and unique recordings threatened by physical degradation or stored on formats that no longer can be played. Regional libraries, archives, museums and universities

OHA members will have their once-a-year opportunity to vote for leadership positions in upcoming elections for first vice president, OHA Council member and Nominating Committee members. The election process will be conducted online from May 10 to June 23. (OHA members will vote earlier in the year in hopes of increasing election participation and allowing those

by Kristine Navarro-McElhaney Interim Executive Director These are interesting and challenging times for the Oral History Association and our fellow organizations that are deeply committed to and advocate for the humanities, arts and culture.  The blueprint budget released last month by the new administration proposes to eliminate the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment

Changes by Doug Boyd Through oral history interviewing, we record personal experiences navigating narrative changes through time.  Speaking of changes, the Oral History Association has grown profoundly through the years. During last year’s anniversary celebration, I would periodically glance back at council minutes from the 1970s as a small and dedicated group of historians and

by OHA member Michael Kilburn and Veronika Tuckerovà   Saturday, April 29, 2017 – 4:00 PM Boston University, 154 Bay State Road, Boston, MA Michael Kilburn and Veronika Tuckerovà will talk about the intersections of art and politics in the underground movement in Czechoslovakia in the1970s and 1980s. Michael Kilburn will discuss the antipolitics of

The Oral History Association has established a new annual scholarship to honor the legacy of Clifford Kuhn, OHA’s first Executive Director and a history professor at Georgia State University who passed away unexpectedly in November of 2015. The scholarship is for participation at the OHA annual conference, and will be awarded for the first time

  The XX IOHA Congress: “Memory and Narration”, University of Jyväskylä, June 18-20, 2018 Welcome to IOHA Finland!   The Finnish Oral History Network (FOHN), University of Jyväskylä and the Finnish Literature Society (SKS) cordially propose to host the XX International Oral History Congress at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, from 18th June to 21th

The Oral History Association today joins more than 100 historical organizations around the country to endorse the History Relevance Value Statement and declare the importance of teaching and learning history. To celebrate, OHA is urging history fans to post a selfie of them enjoying their favorite historical spot, and use the hashtag #HistoryRelevance. The Value

Welcome back to our blog series! Our OHA blogger this week is Jason Higgins, who says that he was “drawn to oral history by my appreciation for story-telling and the shared experiences that form what we call the human condition. Oral history speaks to my natural curiosity in the stories and memories of ordinary people

by Michael Kilburn, Vice-Chair OHA International Committee On Feb 15-16, the Czech Oral History Association held its annual conference, this year entitled, “The Many Faces of Oral History: From Theory and Education to Research, Education, and Popularization” at Masaryk University in Brno, Czechia (Czech Republic). There were indeed many faces represented, including a variety of disciplines

by COHA President, Pavel Mücke The 5th Conference of the Czech Oral History Association (COHA), hosted by Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University (under auspice of Dean, prof. Milan Pohl) and the Moravian Museum was held in Brno, Moravia, Czech Republic, between February 15 and 16, 2017. In more than forty papers, presented in three parallel

The Oral History Association announces a grant of up to $4,000 to undertake oral history research in situations of crisis research 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.