Scholarship applications must be submitted by July 31, 2009 for the Oral History Association 2009 Annual Meeting in Louisville, Kentucky, October 14-18, 2009.

The XVI International Oral History Conference, “Between Past and Future: Oral History, Memory and Meaning” will be held in Prague, Czech Republic, July 7-11, 2010. Deadline for proposals is July 10, 2009. For more information, visit http://www.ioha2010prague.cz For online submission go to: http://www.ioha2010prague.cz/on-line-proposal-submission

Apply now for the Oral History Emerging Crises Research Fund Grant.  Deadline: April 15, 2009.

The Oral History Association announces a grant of up to $3,000 to undertake oral history research in situations of crisis research in the United States and internationally.

2009 OHA Annual Meeting
October, 14-18, 2009, Louisville Kentucky

Moving Beyond the Interview

The Oral History Association invites proposals for papers and presentations for its 2009 annual meeting to be held October 14-18, 2009, at the Galt House Hotel in Louisville , Kentucky .

OHA Program Committees often choose a focal theme for the annual meeting from among the many dimensions of oral history practice. Our approach for 2009 is a bit different: we identify a broader umbrella under which we hope the meeting, structurally and substantively, can put many of these dimensions in productive dialogue with each other.

Collecting and preserving stories via interviews long has been the central focus of oral history method and practice. The 2009 Annual Meeting celebrates this basic unit of our field, the interview, by placing it within a circle of critical issues necessarily encountered in working with oral histories—in “doing something” with the materials oral historians collect. Too often relegated to the methodological sidelines, these include technological, philosophical, analytical, archival, collaborative, ethical, educational, and public aspects of working with oral history interviews.

See Oral History Association Annual Meeting Site for online submission.  No longer available. Use email submission.

See Call for Papers for email submission.  Deadline Extended till March 6.

Welcome to the Oral History Association’s new home on the web. New to this website is the OHA social network, where participants can make connections, share interests, and work with OHA committees and regional groups.  On the new OHA wiki, we look forward to your help building a resource for oral history on the web.

 In the weeks to come we will be adding new content and features.  We also will be delighted to receive your suggestions. To share these, please click the Comment link and add your ideas.