What’s wrong with nostalgia?
Is nostalgia really a problem? Drawing on oral histories from Bradford, this post explores how nostalgia works as evidence, not error.
Tag: oral history
There is No Planet B: Oral History of the Environmental Movement in the UK (1970-2020)
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
Collaborative Biography: Reflections on Memory, Method, and Positionality
About half a year into my interviews with Aluízio Palmar, a former political prisoner and torture victim, I asked whether he wanted to co-author the book that I was writing about his life. Prior to
Community Relations and the Troubles in Northern Ireland: A Policy History
by Joana Etchart Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 2024, 264pp, £92 (hardback), ISBN: 9781802074468 That ‘community relations’ are a problem in Northern Ireland, and that the problem requires the balm of policy, has been a hegemonic
The Tibetan Land Speaks: Oral Histories of Political Violence and the Land
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-
Who am I?
Who am I? – was the question posed at a recent theatre production by Mukul and Ghetto Tigers, inspired by the stories collected through the oral history project Who am I? – which explored identity and belonging among second-generation
Kavita Puri in conversation with Prof. John Gabriel
As part of the Oral History Society’s In-Dialogue Series, BBC broadcaster Kavita Puri will be discussing challenges and controversies in making the multi-award-winning radio series ‘Three Million’ about the 1943 Bengal Famine. Date: Tuesday 9
South Asian Britain: Connecting Histories
South Asian Britain: Connecting Histories, launched in July 2025, is a free online platform that reveals the interconnected, rich presence of South Asians in Britain, spanning from the 1830s to today. A major output of the
Stop Press! A New SIG!
As local newspapers across Britain continue to decline, three oral historians have come together to capture the memories and continuing experiences of local and regional journalists across England.
‘In Dialogue’ – OHS/IHR on Oral Histories in Film and Video: The Lens Doesn’t Lie
In this tenth edition of the In Dialogue series, first established in 2022, our guest speakers Danaé Wellington and Milton Brown will be reflecting on the use of oral history in Film and Video. This will be
