Listening to our members
2023 marks our 50th birthday and happily coincided this year with our periodic strategy weekend in March where trustees got together to reflect on the Society’s current strengths and challenges, and to plan for the future.
Tag: Oral History Society
‘Explorers afoot in a new world’: Reflections on the OHS at fifty
Rob Perks writes: Fifty years ago an eclectic group gathered in York to form the Oral History Society. They declared that the ‘interview method presents a tremendous opportunity for historians’ and that ‘oral history is
Thea Thompson on Raphael Samuel
Thea Thompson describes Raphael Samuel and his approach to life and work.
Alun Howkins on George Ewart Evans
Alun Howkins describes George Ewart Evans, his relationship with Paul Thompson and connections to Welsh poets Iorwerth Peate and Keidrych Rhys.
My Life as an Oral Historian and Regional Adviser for the OHS
A few months ago I was invited by fellow freelancers to join a panel at the Oral History Society Conference entitled ‘My Life as an Oral Historian’. I was looking forward to talking about the
“Sessions led by actors, storytellers and song writers” – Milton Keynes 2002
Adrienne Wallman reminisces about the Staging the Past Conference in 2002.
