By Amy Starecheski August 2022 Newsletter As we look towards the Annual Meeting in LA, and the end of my presidential term, I would like to share some updates. Our long-stalled project to create a document to provide guidance in valuing and evaluating oral history work is back underway, and the task force working on […]
The online registration form for the OHA 2022 Annual Meeting is now available. You will need to use your Memberclicks account in order to register. If you don’t have an account, you will need to create one. #OHA22 WILL BE FULLY IN-PERSON The 2022 annual meeting will be a fully in-person meeting. While the OHA is
The Oral History Association is sponsoring a handful of in person meet ups around the United States. The offer went out in the June News Blast, and you can find the information about each event on this page. How it works: 1. Identify two co-chairs and send us an email to tell us what you
OHA’s 2022 elections are open! Vote for new Council and Nominating Committee members, as well as members for our new Committee on Committees. We also have a new proposed addition for our Principles and Best Practices- a suite of Social Justice Guidelines. Information about the nominees were sent out in the June OHA Newsletter, or
June 1, 2022 The Oral History Association announces the recipients of eleven mini grants, 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]. Oral historians from
By Amy Starecheski April 2022 Newsletter Dear OHA Members: We are now halfway through OHA’s working year, which stretches between annual meetings, and halfway through my term as president. Council met in March in Los Angeles, our first time together in person since February 2020. It was such a joy to share food and walks,
By Kristine McCusker April 2022 Newsletter We hope everyone is doing well and is ready for summer! The Executive Office has been busy setting up the new National Endowment for the Humanities fellows program. But we’ve been working on other projects as well. Summer is coming so that means the OHA elections and awards season
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
Race and Power Symposium- Early Bird Registration Extended to April 8 Read More »
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.
