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Plenary Session Cross-Cultural Studies THURSDAY PLENARY, October 10 – 3:15-4:45PM “Maori tribal justice, Cherokee language preservation, and Athabascan culture in the schools: three cross-cultural studies in oral history” Moderator: William Schneider, Professor Emeritus, University of Alaska Fairbanks In this session, three speakers representing three different cultural traditions share with us how they use oral history […]

Liu Dong has become a part-time oral historian, collecting stories from the soldiers of the Chinese Kuomintang (KMT) – or National Revolutionary Army during the Republican era (1912-1949) – who fought in the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression (1937-1945). The experience, he said, “has thoroughly changed my perceptions about Chinese history.” Liu said his

The Center for the Study of the American South proudly announces Malinda Maynor Lowery as the new director of the Southern Oral History Program (SOHP) at UNC-Chapel Hill. Her appointment began on July 1, 2013. Lowery will serve as the second permanent director of the SOHP, which was founded in 1973 to preserve the voices

The Oral History Metadata Synchronizer system is highlighted in the Lexington Herald-Leader. The system, pioneered by Doug Boyd, allows interviews to be tagged with keywords for easy searching and access. Read more about it on the Lexington Herald-Leader website.

Project Jukebox, part of the oral history program at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, has received a grant from the North Pacific Research Board to create a new multimedia segment, “Sea Ice in Barrow.” The $61,205 grant will allow staff from UAF’s Elmer E. Rasmuson Library to record interviews in the Barrow area, and to

The Society of American Archivists is seeking nominations for Vice Chair/Chair Elect and Steering Committee for the Oral History Section. Additional information is available on the SAA website.

The NEH announced their new Positions in Public Humanities, which are now part of the America’s Historical and Cultural Organizations (AHCO) grant program. Positions in Public Humanities are intended to reinvigorate the interpretation of the humanities at museums and historical organizations. As part of an AHCO grant request, organizations are invited to request a supplement

Juliana Delgado conducted interviews with four gay and transgender Latin American immigrants who tell of coming to San Francisco in the 1980s and the ways in which they survived, built, changed (and were changed by) the city. This small compilation of oral histories maps Latin queerness as seen and lived in Spanish: It highlights the