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2016 Call for Papers

Call for Papers OHA Annual Conference Oct. 12-16, 2016 Long Beach, California Renaissance Hotel   “OHA@50: Traditions, Transitions and Technologies from the Field” is the theme of the 2016 Oral History Association 50th anniversary meeting, set for Oct. 12-16 at the Renaissance Hotel in Long Beach, California. The OHA invites proposals that reflect on the […]

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Colleagues remember Cliff Kuhn

Remembering Cliff By Linda Shopes, Carlisle, Pennsylvania I can’t remember when I first met Cliff – I thought it was sometime in the late 1970s or early 1980s, when he was conducting interviews for Living Atlanta and I was involved with the Baltimore Neighborhood Heritage Project, but Cliff said that wasn’t so.  At any rate,

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OHA urges contributions to 50 Year Campaign

The Oral History Association Endowment Fund invites contributions to the 50th Campaign, aimed at strengthening the OHA and extending its tradition of promoting excellence in oral history practice into the next half century. Donate online at www.oralhistory.org or by mailing your tax deductible contribution to: OHA, Georgia State University, P.O. Box 4117, Atlanta, GA 30302-4117.

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Introducing new OHA leaders and OHR editors

  First Vice President Todd Moye, University of North Texas   OHA members elect new leaders Congratulations to the winners of the 2015 elections for OHA leadership positions.  They are: *  First Vice President—Todd Moye, University of North Texas *  OHA Council Members—Allison Tracy, Kentucky Historical Society; and Claytee White, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

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OHA recognizes award winners

Awards for exemplary oral history work in seven categories were presented to winners at the OHA presidential reception held at the Tampa Bay History Center.  The winning individuals and projects are:   OHA President Paul Ortiz congratulates Amy Starecheski for winning the Best Article Award. Article Award—Amy Starecheski for her article in the summer/fall 2014

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Belarusian journalist’s work of oral history leads to Nobel Prize for literature

This year’s Nobel Prize for literature went to a nonfiction writer from Belarus for chronicling the lives and times of people in the Soviet Union and the nations that succeeded it in works that combine journalism and oral history. The works of Svetlana Alexievich include Voices from Chernobyl, based on interviews with people in Ukraine

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New OHA pamphlet focuses on veterans

Oral historians interested in documenting veterans’ experiences can turn to a new OHA resource, Doing Veterans Oral History by Barbara W. Sommer, a collaboration between the Oral History Association and the Library of Congress Veterans History Project. Sommer is an independent oral historian and longtime OHA member who has worked with countless community organizations and

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OHA Members Encouraged to Comment on Human Subject Research Revisions

On September 8, 2015, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued a set of recommended revisions to the regulations concerning human subject research. Specifically, it recommended that oral history be explicitly excluded from review by institutional review boards (IRBs), noting that oral history already has its own code of ethics, including the principle

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International Committee Blog

It is with great sadness I submit this monthly blog.  The passing of Cliff Kuhn, the OHA Executive Director, is such a great loss and my sympathies go out to his family, friends and colleagues.  The Oral History Association’s Annual Meeting in Tampa was excellent this year due to the efforts of Cliff and Gayle

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