Oral History 54.2, autumn 2026 In autumn 2026 Oral History takes on the most pressing problem of our times. In a special issue instigated by Robson Laverdi from the journal’s International Editorial Advisory Board, we tackle the climate
Tom Willett, one of the newest members of the Environment and Climate Crisis SIG, and Rib Davis, Chair and one of the longest-standing members, had a chat. RIB So Tom, before you joined, did you have
An online seminar organised by the OHS’ Environment and Climate Crisis Special Interest Group Presented by Mac Downes Mac Downes writes: As one of the themes of the Project was “Voices Less Heard”, I decided
An online meeting of the OHS’ Environment and Climate Change Special Interest Group Open to all Speaker: Molly Graham, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of the United States Molly Graham, of the National Oceanic
An online meeting of the OHS Environment and Climate Change Special Interest Group Open to all Speaker: Leslie McCartney, University of Alaska Fairbanks This database draws together a wealth of oral history testimonies from Elders
An ONLINE event Dr Toby Butler and Dr Saskia Papadakis from Royal Holloway, University of London will report on a recently completed three-year project recording 100 life stories for the National Life Stories Collection at
An online presentation by Kathryn Nasstrom A meeting of the OHS’ Environment and Climate Change Special Interest Group This presentation is situated at the juncture of two important trends in recent oral history research: 1-
Speakers: Timothy Cooper and Harley Dyson This presentation tries to outline the oral history of the oil spill in contemporary history since the Torrey Canyon disaster of 1967. Drawing on both original interviews and archive
Speakers: Alessandra Izabel de Carvalho, of the State University of Ponta Grossa, Brazil. This presentation explores how environmental oral histories from farmers, indigenous communities, and traditional groups reveal the ecological and cultural significance of shade-grown
Speakers: Steven Kite and Shelly Lemmons of Oklahoma State University Steven Kite and Shelly Lemmons, of Oklahoma State University, authors of the ‘dust bowl oral history’ Dust, Drought and Dreams Gone By reflect on their
