Mentoring the Next Generation of Oral Historians
Read the recent post on the OUP blog about the OHA mentoring program. Consider participating in the mentor program at the Tampa meeting this fall!
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Read the recent post on the OUP blog about the OHA mentoring program. Consider participating in the mentor program at the Tampa meeting this fall!
The 2015 guidelines for the NEH Division of Preservation and Access’s Humanities Collections and Reference Resources program include oral history interviews, in accord with the NEH’s Common Good initiative. They also specifically mention the OHA’s Principles and Best Practices.
The relevant language states:
“In conjunction with the Common Good initiative, applicants to HCRR may request support to create, preserve, and make available oral history interviews with individuals who can provide eyewitness insights on the experience of war—actual military experience, and/or the impact of war on the American home front during wartime and its aftermath. Informants could include veterans, family members, and others, such as local officials or employees of military bases and industries in places in which the experience of war and its consequences were or are deeply felt.”
And later . . . “For projects to create oral histories about war and military service in conjunction with the Common Good initiative, identify interviewees, to the extent possible, and provide examples of questions to be asked. Discuss plans for preparatory research, recording equipment, interview setting, securing permissions, and post-interview preservation and access methods, such as audio streaming, transcription, or time-based indexing. For guidance, refer to the statement of Principles and Best Practices published by the Oral History Association. Interviews of military veterans should be produced so as to facilitate their inclusion in the Veterans History Project collection of the Library of Congress.”
The deadline for HCRR applications is July 21, 2015 for projects beginning in May 2016. For more information, go to HCRR.
The International Oral History Association (IOHA) and the Oral History Association of India(OHAI) are pleased to be hosting the XIXth International Oral History Conference at the Srishti Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Bengaluru, India from 27th June to 1st July 2016.
The theme of the conference will be “Speaking, Listening, Interpreting: the critical engagements of Oral History” and we look forward to receiving abstracts under the following themes:
Call for Proposals: All abstracts need to be submitted before 30th July 2015.
We invite proposals in English and Spanish for the XIX International Oral History Association Conference. Proposals maybe towards a conference paper, a thematic panel or a workshop session. Proposals will be evaluated according to their oral history focus, relevance to the conference theme and sub-themes, methodological and theoretical significance, and sound scholarship. Participants are encouraged to incorporate voice, image, and digital media in their presentations.
If you are interested in participating, please send us a single page abstract including an outline of your paper and the following details:
Thematic panels should contain no more than four presenters, preferably representing different countries.
Performance segments of no more than 30 minutes from oral history based performances.
Workshop proposals should identify an issue or focus for a workshop, proposal a structure and workshop leader(s).
Master Classes will be conducted before the conference by internationally recognized oral history practitioners.
Proposals for English or Spanish submissions can be sent to: iohaindia2016@gmail.com
(Please mention in the subject line of the email if English or Spanish submission)
Important Deadlines:
Registration Fees*:
Non IOHA Member (Professional) – 190 Euros
IOHA Member (Professional) – 160 Euros
Non IOHA Member (Student) – 90 Euros
IOHA Member (Student) – 70 Euros
Special Fees (For local participants) – 90 Euros
The registration fee includes:
Online registration for the 2015 meeting is now OPEN.
Make plans to attend the 2015 annual meeting scheduled for October 14-18 at the Tampa Marriott Waterside Hotel. The annual meeting attracts a broad range of people and features the best work in the field, enabling students and both emerging and established scholars to network and learn valuable skills. This year’s theme, “Stories for Social Change and Social Justice,” focuses special attention on the power of oral history to uncover links between political and cultural change and to inspire civic engagement.
Program Highlights
Opportunities
Registration and housing will open in May. The links for online registration and hotel reservations will be available on our website when they are available.