OHA is pleased to announce the first two members of the 2024-26 editorial team for its journal, Oral History Review: Holly Werner-Thomas as editor, and Robert LaRose as copy editor. Holly and Robert bring impressive experience and expertise to lead the next era of this leading oral history research journal published for OHA by Routledge/Taylor […]
TIME to VOTE, OHA! As OHA members, it’s up to you to elect a new OHA first vice president (who advances to president), a new representative to the OHA Council (our leadership body), and new representatives to two of our OHA committees: the Nominating Committee and Committee on Committees. Learn about the candidates and vote
You can now view the 2023 Preliminary Program as an interactive PDF HERE! Have questions about the program or see something missing? Email us at oha@oralhistory.org or call (615) 624-2688.
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Registration is now open for the 2023 OHA Annual Meeting to be held October 18-21 at the Hyatt Regency Baltimore Inner Harbor. Learn more about this year’s conference here and register here. See you in Baltimore!
Registration now open for OHA’s 2023 Annual Meeting! Read More »
2023 Annual Meeting Scholarship Applications are now open! The OHA scholarship program provides students, professionals, and community practitioners with travel funds so they may attend the annual meeting. OHA offers more than $10,000 in scholarship funds each year. Go to https://oralhistory.org/annual-meeting-scholarships/ for more information.
2023 OHA Annual Meeting Scholarship Applications Now Open! Read More »
May 2023 Executive Summary The first purpose of this document is to inform and assist college and university administrators, department chairs, promotion and tenure committees, and/or other employers by: 1) developing an appreciation for the intellectual effort, research, expertise, and time required for conducting successful oral history projects; 2) demonstrating the value and unique work
Announcing the OHA Guidelines for the Evaluation of Oral Historians Read More »
The Oral History Association invites you to apply to exhibit a research poster related to your oral history project at our 2023 annual meeting in Baltimore! This theme of this year’s meeting is “Oral History As/And Education: Teaching and Learning in the Classroom and Beyond.” As part of the program, we will host a
As OHA gears up for our conference in Baltimore we are pleased to announce that the Annual Call for Awards is OPEN! This year we are accepting applications for the following four categories: Article Award Book Award Mason Multi-Media Award Martha Ross Teaching Award Click this link to read more about each award and fill
As our program committee members review your great submissions for our upcoming 2023 annual meeting in Baltimore, October 18-21, we’d like to extend an invitation to propose additional workshops, meetings, and special events for our time together at the conference. Please use this link to submit your ideas by April 30th.
Today, November 29, is the OHA’s 2022 Day of Giving! This year, funds will go to our new Indigenous Initiative. Our Indigenous Initiative is our commitment to endowing a fund that will promote the success of Indigenous oral historians as well as meaningful, ethical oral history projects within Indigenous communities. Over the next year we
Greetings from the Executive Office. We hope everyone is doing well and has rested up from what was a stellar conference in Los Angeles. It was so nice to see each other and to share our work in person. Since returning to Tennessee, the executive staff has been finishing out the year with the usual
Looking Back, Looking Forward November 2022 Newsletter As I step into the role of Oral History Association president, I find myself both looking back and looking forward. I look back with a profound sense of gratitude for the many people who have not only sustained the OHA through the pandemic years but also kept it
