Trustee vacancies at the Oral History Society The Oral History Society currently has several vacancies on its Board of Trustees which runs the charity. We welcome expressions of interest in fulfilling these roles. This is
The Archives and Oral History Special Interest Group is delighted to share our new report, ‘Archiving oral history in local authority archives’. Based on responses from 48 archives across the UK, the report explores how
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
The HE SIG are holding our fourth informal drop in for the year, from 1-2pm Thursday 03 September. Do drop in and have a chat about what sort of topics or projects you are working
Listening underpins oral history practice, but we rarely bring it to the forefront of our discussions in the oral history community. This conference attempts to redress this by centering listening as its key theme. We
The July meeting of the OHS Archives and Oral History Special Interest Group will be taking place next Wednesday, 8th July at 6:00pm. Angela Zusman, the Executive Director of Story For All, will be opening a
Stephen Kelly is a writer and broadcaster whose career in journalism started with the left-wing Tribune newspaper before he moved on to Granada Television and then into full-time writing. He has authored over 20 books
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
The author of this blog is Rib Davis. Rib teaches an online training course on oral history and theatre that is accredited by National Life Stories at the British Library and the Oral History Society. To find
Featured image: Coronation Party, 2023. Photo: Adam Rowley For a further discussion of the project and the issues raised in this post please see ‘Intersecting Lives: class community and change on the Andover estate’ Oral History
