The OHA offers a variety of workshops and webinars throughout the year, as well as opportunities for members to view past offerings through the membership portal.
Recent OHA Webinar Recordings – Members Only (2022-Now)
Access to past OHA workshop and webinar recordings, as well as the recordings of the OHA virtual symposia, is available to current OHA members. Please consider joining OHA so that you can receive this membership benefit.
2026 Webinars
OHA Publications Committee Conference Theme Series
Original Program Date: April 23, 2026
The Oral History Association Publications Committee invited authors Stephen M. Sloan and Mark Cave to discuss their co-edited book Oral History and the Environment: Global Perspectives on Climate, Connection, and Catastrophe, published by Oxford University Press. This event launches a two-part conversation series connected to the 2026 OHA conference theme, “Landscapes of Memory.”
Moderated by Jason A. Higgins, Virginia Tech
Panelists: Mark Cave (The Historic New Orleans Collection) and Stephen Sloan (Baylor University)
2025 Webinars
Oral History and the Law Webinar Series
Oral History & IRB Review | Oral History & The Law Webinar #1
Original Program Date: June 24, 2025
As a follow-up to the popular session from the 2024 OHA Annual Meeting in Cincinnati, Jay-Marie Bravent and Doug Boyd continue the community conversation focused on current trends in oral history research, risks, privacy, hierarchies of legitimacy, ethics reviews as peer reviews, IRB professionals as resources and partners, and other aspects of regulatory compliance.
Moderated by Kate Scott, OHA Law and Ethics Task Force Co-Chair
Panelists: Doug Boyd & Jay-Marie Bravent (University of Kentucky)
Indigenous Protocols and Perspectives | Oral History & The Law Webinar #2
Original Program Date: August 13, 2025
Dr. Trevor Reed and Francine Spang-Willis discuss issues of emergent concern to Indigenous communities in the realms of federal law, community cultural protocols, and the ethics of collecting intangible cultural heritage and traditional cultural expressions, including oral histories.
Moderated by Guha Shankar, OHA Law and Ethics Task Force Co-Chair
Panelists: Dr. Trevor Reed (Irvine School of Law, UC-Irvine) and Francine Spang-Willis (CEO of Appearing Flying Woman Consulting)
OHA Lunch and Learn: Oral History as a Teaching Tool (2025)
Original Program Date: July 29, 2025
This was a virtual roundtable conversation on teaching oral history. It contained practical advice from teachers who have experimented with bringing oral history into their classrooms. Discussed topics include having students analyze an existing oral history interview to creating opportunities for students to students conducting their own interviews. The goal was for participants to leave the webinar with a clearer sense of the logistical considerations, challenges, and opportunities that oral history-infused courses offer.
Welcome and Greetings by Stephen Sloan, PhD, OHA Executive Director
Professional Development for Educator by Autumn Brown, PhD
Moderated by Destiny B. Crawford, OHA Public Programming Committee Chair
Panelists: Mark Coltrain (Oral Historian, Appalachian State University) Andrea L. Hommedieu (Head of Oral History at the University of South Carolina) Ambar Wortham (Founder & Lead Interviewer of Dandelyons Studios)
Free NEH Webinar Recordings (2021-2023)
Through a grant received through the National Endowment for the Humanities, from 2021-2023 the OHA conducted a series of nine free webinars for the public. More information and access to the webinar recordings is available on OHA’s NEH Grant page.
Past Webinar List (2017-2021)
- Sharing Authority: The Oral History Review Special Issue on Ethics — presented by Abigail Perkiss, Jannken Smucker, and David Caruso (November 16, 2021)
- Protect the Value of Your Labor: Survival Freelancing Skills in Oral History — presented by Liz Strong (January 28, 2021)
- Fieldwork and Digital Audio Technology: What to Know Before you Go! — presented by John Fenn and Andy Kolovos (May 1, 2020)
- Oral History at a Distance: Conducting Remote Interviews, sponsored by Baylor University’s Institute for Oral History and the Oral History Association (March 31, 2020)
- Finding Common Ground at the Intersection of Cultural Sustainability and Oral History — presented by Amy Skillman and Linda Shopes (December 11, 2019)
- Radio Storytelling — presented by Molly Graham (June 27, 2019)
- Documenting Your Community: Planning Skills for Oral History Projects, OHA’s first webinar — presented by Mary Larson and Jeff Corrigan (November 3, 2017)
- The webinar recording is unfortunately no longer available.