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Call for nominations: Stetson Kennedy Vox Populi Award

Nominations due by June 1, 2024 The Stetson Kennedy Vox Populi (“Voice of the People”) annual award is presented every other year (on even years), therefore the next award will be presented at the 2024 OHA Annual Meeting. The award honors individuals and organizations for outstanding achievement in using oral history to create a more humane […]

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Charlton Oral History Research Grant: Call for Proposals

Deadline: March 15, 2024  The Institute for Oral History at Baylor University is now accepting applications and proposals for the Charlton Oral History Research Grant. This grant, named after BUIOH founder and oral historian Tom Charlton, provides support of up to $3,000 for individual scholars using oral history as a part of their research. The

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Call for Papers: Ohio valley history conference

Deadline: June 1,2024 Austin Peay State University Clarksville, Tennessee October 3-5, 2024 The 2024 Ohio Valley History Conference will be held at Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tennessee. We welcome proposals for individual papers, complete panels, and roundtable discussions on all historical topics, periods, and geographic areas. In addition to this global focus, the conference

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Lead Records Researcher and Records Researchers Positions with the civil rights cold case review board

Deadline: March 7, 2024 The Civil Rights Cold Case Records Review Board is hiring a Lead Records Researcher and five Records Researchers. The vacancies are currently being filled and the deadline to apply is March 7. If you have any questions please contact the board’s chief of staff Stephannie Oriabure at stephannie.oriabure@coldcaserecords.gov The “Civil Rights Cold Case Investigations Support

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Call for Proposals – The Margaret Walker Center’s 18th Annual Creative Arts & Scholarly Engagement (CASE) Festival

Deadline: Saturday, March 9, 2024 The Margaret Walker Center invites student proposals for papers, presentations, and panels for the 18th Annual Creative Arts & Scholarly Engagement (CASE) Festival, scheduled for Friday and Saturday, April 5 & 6, 2024. The CASE Festival will focus on the legacy of Black women writers, and the Black Arts Movement. Proposals must

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2024 VMHC HISTORY MATTERS SYMPOSIUM

Deadline for Submission: Friday, April 12, 2024 Symposium Date: Saturday, September 7, 2024 This year, exhibitions at the Virginia Museum of History & Culture showcase ingenuity in the Commonwealth, demonstrating how visionary Virginians created everything from crafts and communities to colonies and countries. A Better Life for their Children celebrates a partnership that led to the establishment

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Introduction to CollectionBuilder-SHEETS: A Free, Virtual Workshop

Date: Wednesday, March 6 at 12:00 PM EST Learn how to use CollectionBuilder-Sheets (SHEETS) to create a free digital collection website that encourages browsing and contextualizing items through timelines, maps, and word cloud visualizations. No programming experience or software installation is required for this workshop; beginners from any background are welcome! SHEETS, the newest CollectionBuilder

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Oral History Intensive

Dates: Saturday, June 15 – Wednesday, June 26, 2024 Instructors: Suzanne Snider; Guest Instructors: To Be AnnouncedLocation: Hudson, New York Come all ye budding oral historians, radio documentarians, writers, filmmakers, media advocates, and photographers who wish to make use of oral history in your practices. This immersive upstate New York workshop is a rigorous introduction

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Shaking the Family Tree: Oral History, Family History, Insider Interviews, and Ancestral Memory

Dates: Friday, March 1 – Sunday, March 3, 2024Location: Online via ZoomInstructors: Suzanne Snider, zavé martohardjono (they/them), Saturday, March 2 For many of us, family is the obvious—and sometimes most complicated—place to start our work as oral historians. In this workshop, participants will learn how to use oral history to document and preserve their family stories. We’ll discuss

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