April 5, 2022 The Oral History Association announces the recipients of eleven year-long fellowships, funded by an $825,000 grant from the NEH American Rescue Plan. In October 2021 the Oral History Association was awarded $825,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities through the American Rescue Plan: Humanities Grantmaking [Funding Opportunity Number: 20210513-ARPG] for a […]
“The Creation of an Emerging Latino/Latinx Oral Historians Fellowship Program” The goal is to create a team of oral historians and to provide them with mentors and training to further develop an existing historical timeline for Rhode Island Latino history. By training the next generation to become oral historians Marta will show how oral history
Assessing the Role of Race and Power in Oral History Theory and Practice On June 27, 28, and 29, 2022, oral historians from around the world will gather virtually for three days of discussion about the role of race and power in oral history theory and practice. Organized as a symposium, discussions will be based
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The Oral History Association condemns the Russian invasion of Ukraine and its indiscriminate bombing and killing of Ukrainian civilians. We are appalled by the destruction of hospitals, universities, museums, and historic sites. The invasion has been justified in ways that erase and render invisible the history of Ukrainian people and their subjective experiences of Russian
By Kristine McCusker February 2022 Newsletter The OHA Executive Office is happy to report that we are well along our National Endowment for the Humanities fellowship grant. We received almost 180 applications for year long and short-term fellowships, and our committee of panelists, led by Kelly Navies, is hard at work evaluating the outstanding submissions.
By Amy Starecheski February 2022 Newsletter Dear OHA Members: I hope you and yours made it through the omicron surge and are perhaps enjoying some opening up of life as we begin to look towards spring. In New York City we are beginning to have some warmer days in the mix, and the citywide mood
OHA Nominations Committee 2022 OHA Elections Call for Nominations Deadline: March 7 Dear OHA members, We are inviting you to help us move the organization forward towards its strategic goals and focus on social justice, by submitting statements of interest or recommendations (for self or another) for three (3) OHA leadership positions commencing October, 2022:
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The submission portal for the 2022 Annual Meeting in Los Angeles is now open! See the Call for Proposals and the Submission Guidelines for more information. The deadline has been extended to March 4.
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By Louis Kyriakoudes November 2021 The Executive Office is proud to announce that we have been successful in securing two National Endowment for the Humanities grants for the Oral History Association. The first is from the NEH’s American Rescue Plan: Humanities Organizations Support to Maintain Threatened Staff Positions and Publish Oral History Content to the Web
By Amy Starecheski November 2021 After the annual meeting the tireless team that leads the Oral History Association is often, well…tired. This year, after our first planned online conference, was no different, although at least we didn’t have to recover from travel fatigue as well as the full inboxes that come alongside full post-conference minds.
In September, 2021 the Oral History Association was awarded $825,000 from the NEH American Rescue Plan to create a fellowship program for under/unemployed oral historians, with a focus on oral historians from communities that have historically been marginalized in the field. Our Selection Committee is in place, and applications for year-long fellowships and mini-grants open
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Exhibitors: Oxford University Press Palgrave McMillen Routledge, Taylor & Francis Randforce Associates/Talking Pictures LLC Audio Transcription Center Landmark Associates, Inc. Their Story University of Minnesota Press Sponsors: Southwest Oral History Association Columbia University Oral History Master of Arts Program and Center for Oral History Research Middle TN State University Albert Gore Research Center and Graduate
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