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Education Committee Blog

Oral History and Vulnerablity by Cliff Mayotte from: https://voiceofwitness.tumblr.com/post/115399857637/oral-history-and-vulnerability Renowned oral historian Alessandro Portelli refers to the optimal interview experience as a “mutual sighting” between interviewer and narrator. Sounds great, doesn’t it? I’d like to have a mutual sighting! Who wouldn’t? As an educator, I especially appreciate this as a necessary (and often challenging) goal between […]

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Scholarships available for 2015 annual meeting

OHA has a robust scholarship program to assist those interested in attending the annual meeting.  We welcome scholarship applications from students, professionals, and community practitioners.  Three types of scholarships are offered each year. International scholarships assist presenters at the meeting who work outside the United States.  Presenter scholarships are available to those on the program

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International Committee Blog

Annual Meeting Scholarship Applications: The Oral History Association encourages applications from a diverse group of people who might contribute to the association’s annual meeting. We welcome scholarship applications from students, professionals, and community practitioners. International Scholarships are open to those on the Annual Meeting Program who live and work outside the United States. For presenter

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Education Committee Blog

By Erin L. Conlin Recent civil rights-era commemorations (like the 1965 march to Selma, AL) and present-day activists remind us that racial issues continue to challenge our nation. As oral historians, we are well positioned to foster better historical understanding and increase public awareness. Students, faculty, and staff affiliated with the Samuel Proctor Oral History

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Giving Voice: Interpreting and Preserving Oral Histories

The Oral History Association will co-sponsor a national conference for archivists, librarians, collections managers, and other collections staff working with oral history interviews on May 19 at the Atlanta History Center.  Developed by the Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts, the conference will bring together noted oral historians and preservation experts to discuss best

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International Committee Blog for March

Annual Meeting Scholarship Applications to Open Soon: The Oral History Association encourages applications from a diverse group of people who might contribute to the association’s annual meeting. We welcome scholarship applications from students, professionals, and community practitioners. International Scholarships are open to those on the Annual Meeting Program who live and work outside the United

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Nominations open for OHA awards and Emerging Crises grant

In 1993, the Oral History Association established a series of awards to recognize outstanding achievement in oral history. The awards highlight exemplary oral history work completed in the past year. OHA will present awards at the 2015 annual meeting in Tampa for outstanding use of oral history in several categories. Nominations for the awards are

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Featured Institutional Member: Maria Rogers Oral History Program

The Maria Rogers Oral History Program (MROHP) is housed in the Carnegie Branch Library for Local Histoy, Boulder, Colorado. MROHP curates interviews that build an understanding of life in the city and county of Boulder. Narrators may be chosen for their accomplishments or their participation in the community, along with the ability to lend detail

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International Committee February Blog

The following international conference currently has a call out for papers. This conference has an oral history and life stories network: European Social Sciences History Conference 30 March – 2 April, 2016 Venue: Medical Faculty of the University of Valencia, Spain Abstracts due by 1 May, 2015. For more information: https://esshc.socialhistory.org/propose-paper and https://agricola.utu.fi/ajankohtaista/cfp/index.php?ilmoitus=872 The call

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OHA goes to new membership system

The Oral History Association has recently switched to a new individual membership system from that previously administered by Oxford University Press.  We believe that the new system will provide improved service for OHA members.   We have established a new membership website where individuals can join OHA or renew their membership and access various OHA membership benefits. 

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