Our Voices – at the OHS Conference in Glasgow
When we saw the theme of this year’s conference – ‘Whose Voices?’ – we were determined to apply to attend. The issue of giving voice to those who are seldom heard exactly matched the aims
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Paul Thompson, founder editor of Oral History, at ninety
Photo © Olga Saaverdra Paul Thompson, the founder editor of this journal, reaches his ninetieth birthday in August this year. It is fifty-five years since Oral History: An Occasional News Sheet, optimistically identified as ‘Number
El Niño’ a phenomenon with opportunities? Inspiring the next generation of Peruvian chroniclers through education
An Environment & Climate Crisis Special Interest Group event This presentation draws on UK AHRC funded research (2019-2022) on ‘El Niño desert livelihoods’ in northern coastal Peru. Part of a larger field-based interdisciplinary project with
Using oral history in creative ways
Online meeting of the OHS Creative Special Interest Group Tuesday 1st July – noon to 1pm OHS members are invited to join a video meeting of the UK Oral History Society “Creative Special Interest Group” to
Born at an OHS Conference: an international oral history project
It was the summer of 2023. A small and unusually international group of members of the Environment and Climate Crisis Special Interest Group (ECC-SIG) were gathered together at the OHS Conference. We were asking ourselves
Not the End of the World: Grit and Determination in 1930s Cimarron County, Oklahoma
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
Voices of the Forest: Environmental Oral History of Traditional Shade-Grown Yerba Mate Systems
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
Oral History and Health: a meeting of the OHS Regional Advisors Network
Once a year, the Regional Advisors Network (RAN) meets to discuss recent developments and best practice in oral history and to share our experiences as advisors for the Oral History Society. These annual events are
Oral History & Health: an Oral History Society Regional Network event in partnership with Nottingham Trent University
Oral History & Health: An Oral History Society Regional Network event in partnership with Nottingham Trent University.
Bring Judgment Day: Reclaiming Lead Belly’s truths from Jim Crow’s lies
by Sheila Curran Bernard Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2024, 243pp, £25.00 hardback, first edition, ISBN: 9781009098120. Encountering Lead Belly’s recorded legacy for the first time can be an emotional experience. Personally, this arrived through the
