The author signing will take place on Saturday, October 17, from 9:45 am to 10:15 am at the Annual Meeting in Portland, OR. Selected authors will be assigned a table top space to sell/display their books. Authors will be responsible for shipping and receiving materials, as well as their own sales. Please sign up below […]
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September 30, 2026, 2 pm CDT Free for OHA Members, $40 for Non-Members On Zoom, Register HERE to receive the Zoom Link ░▒▓░▒▓░▒▓ Join OHA Associate Director Steven Sielaff as he sits down for a conversation with Jason Steinhauer about the field of advocacy and its intersections with the humanities. Jason will share his perspectives
Writing and Oral History: A session to help us create compelling written projects Questions and registration via email: Jmonachina@berkshirecc.edu Thursday, September 10, 4-5 p.m. EST, via Zoom We sit with narrators and record their stories, often after project planning, pre-interview meetings, and sometimes while working as part of a bigger team. Then we have these extraordinary interviews,
A virtual meet up, the Northeast Interest Group, OHA Read More »
Send your 300-word proposal and brief bio to daaasevents@stanford.edu Abstracts Due: September 1, 2026 Conference Date: February 18, 2027 at DAAAS, Stanford University The conference will host conversations from all disciplines in the humanities around recovering the subjective experience of historically marginalized peoples. It aims to bring together scholarship working in different areas and disciplines
Ask an Oral Historian continues with Narratives in Practice who is re-opening the conversation on narrator compensation. It’s one of the most talked-about topics in the field, and the ethical questions the practice raises are ones most oral historians continue to work through. We’ll get into the real tensions practitioners face, what compensation actually looks
Ask an oral Historian, consultation series with fanny garcia Read More »
Registration is now open for the 2026 OHA Annual Meeting to be held October 14 -17 at the Hilton Portland Downtown. The preliminary program can be viewed below.
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Thursday, June 25, 2026 1:00-2:30pm ET Register here This 90-minute webinar, led by Douglas A. Boyd, explores the distinctive challenges and opportunities of working with digital oral history collections. Drawing on decades of experience at the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History in the University of Kentucky Libraries, Boyd will provide a concise but
Monday, June 16th, 2026, 12pm PT Join Densho for a virtual Lunch & Learn program on Monday, June 16, 12-1pm PT exploring our oral history program and ongoing work. Densho’s oral history program has always evolved in response to the Japanese American community and its needs. This virtual event explores what our work looks like as
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June 4, 2-3PM CST Interested in connecting more deeply within the oral history field? Join us for an upcoming conversation on Oral History Association caucuses and learn how caucuses can help you build community, strengthen networks, and deepen your work in oral history. This session will explore the many ways oral historians engage through caucuses
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Dates: July 27, 2026 – July 31, 2026 Levels: Beginner, IntermediateWorkshop Fee: $1695Workshop Duration: 1-week (Monday-Friday)Workshop Location: On-campusClass Size: 12 History, as most of us are taught in school, has long been written by, and for, the powerful, and historical archives are often considered fixed bases for “fact.” Oral history turns these notions on their heads. In this course, we’ll embark on
Maine media: Oral History 101: Method, Craft & Uses Read More »
Volunteer to Chair a Session at the next OHA Annual Meeting! The OHA Annual Meeting benefits from having volunteers serve as chairs for sessions that align with their expertise! To learn more, please click here and fill out the volunteer form! This form will remain open until June 3, 2026. If selected, you will be notified
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Interested in hosting an event, caucus/committee business meeting, meetup, or networking session at the OHA annual conference? Submit your request to the submission form now! Space is limited, and event approval is at the discretion of OHA’s program committee and executive office. Learn more about this year’s conference theme here. Please email questions to oha@oralhistory.org.
