By Amy Starecheski February 2022 Newsletter Dear OHA Members: I hope you and yours made it through the omicron surge and are perhaps enjoying some opening up of life as we begin to look towards spring. In New York City we are beginning to have some warmer days in the mix, and the citywide mood […]
OHA Nominations Committee 2022 OHA Elections Call for Nominations Deadline: March 7 Dear OHA members, We are inviting you to help us move the organization forward towards its strategic goals and focus on social justice, by submitting statements of interest or recommendations (for self or another) for three (3) OHA leadership positions commencing October, 2022:
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The submission portal for the 2022 Annual Meeting in Los Angeles is now open! See the Call for Proposals and the Submission Guidelines for more information. The deadline has been extended to March 4.
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By Louis Kyriakoudes November 2021 The Executive Office is proud to announce that we have been successful in securing two National Endowment for the Humanities grants for the Oral History Association. The first is from the NEH’s American Rescue Plan: Humanities Organizations Support to Maintain Threatened Staff Positions and Publish Oral History Content to the Web
By Amy Starecheski November 2021 After the annual meeting the tireless team that leads the Oral History Association is often, well…tired. This year, after our first planned online conference, was no different, although at least we didn’t have to recover from travel fatigue as well as the full inboxes that come alongside full post-conference minds.
In September, 2021 the Oral History Association was awarded $825,000 from the NEH American Rescue Plan to create a fellowship program for under/unemployed oral historians, with a focus on oral historians from communities that have historically been marginalized in the field. Our Selection Committee is in place, and applications for year-long fellowships and mini-grants open
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Exhibitors: Oxford University Press Palgrave McMillen Routledge, Taylor & Francis Randforce Associates/Talking Pictures LLC Audio Transcription Center Landmark Associates, Inc. Their Story University of Minnesota Press Sponsors: Southwest Oral History Association Columbia University Oral History Master of Arts Program and Center for Oral History Research Middle TN State University Albert Gore Research Center and Graduate
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When: Tuesday, November 16, 1pm ET Cost: Free to OHA members, Free to OAH Members, $75 for all others Register Here! (Registration closes Nov. 15) In partnership with the Organization of American Historians, the OHA is offering a series of webinar. During this first webinar, the Oral History Review editorial team will join authors of articles
We are saddened to announce the death of Timuel Black, stalwart oral historian and activist. Please find the obituary here: https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/10/13/20827314/timuel-black-historian-civil-rights-activist-author-obituary
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The Oral History Association invites nominations and volunteers to serve on the selection committee for “Diversifying Oral History Practice: A Fellowship Program for Under/Unemployed Oral Historians,” an initiative funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. We will be awarding eleven $60,000 year-long fellowships, as well as up to twelve short-term research
October 4, 2021 The Oral History Association has been awarded $825,000 from the NEH American Rescue Plan to create a fellowship program for under/unemployed oral historians, with a focus on oral historians from communities that have historically been marginalized in the field. The Oral History Association has been awarded $825,000
The Oral History Association’s Social Justice Task force would like to welcome OHA members to review and comment on the proposed report as an addition to the current Principles and Best Practices suite of documents. You can read the current draft of the for the proposed documents here: https://oralhistory.org/social-justice-task-force-commission-summary-and-recommendations-report/. Comment period: Members will have the next 25 days to
