Oral History Workshop: Interview Analysis
A half-day workshop on oral history interview analysis.
The sessions will cover narrative analysis, reconstructive analysis and thematic coding using transcripts. The workshop also includes discussions on adapting analysis techniques for different types of oral history documentation, and how interview analysis can enhance your project outputs.
The training programme is accredited by National Life Stories at the British Library and the Oral History Society.
This workshop is designed for anyone who is interested in finding themes within oral history recordings, conducting oral history research or planning for project outputs.
The workshop does not cover oral history interview technique or recording methods. These topics are covered on other courses such as Introduction to Oral History and the Advanced Oral History Workshop.
Course structure
This online training workshop is delivered over Zoom video call. The programme for the course is as follows (please note this is a sample structure and may differ on the day):
09:30 – 09:50 Welcome and introductions
09:50 – 10:05 Why analyse oral history? Opening discussion
10:05 – 10:15 Overview of some different approaches to analysis
10:15 – 11:00 Narrative analysis – introduction and exercise
11:00 – 11:15 Break
11:15 – 12:25 Thematic analysis – introduction and activities
12:25 – 12:35 Break
12:35 – 13:10 Reconstructive analysis
13:10 – 13:15 Q&A and feedback
Course prices
2026
Full attendance fee: £70.00
OHS member fee: £50.00
OHS membership starts at £39 per year for an individual. For more information and to sign up follow this link to the memberships page.
How to book
Please note:
There will be no refunds for cancelled places
- Due to high demand and in order to ensure that each course has attendees with a variety of interests and backgrounds, a maximum of three people from any one institution may book to attend each course.
The following OHS training dates are available:
November 2026
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