The International Oral History Association provides a forum for oral historians around the world and a means for cooperation among those concerned with the documentation and interpretation of human experience. IOHA stimulates research that uses the techniques of oral history and promotes the development of standards and principles for the collection and preservation of oral histories. IOHA seeks to foster a better understanding of the democratic nature and value of oral history worldwide. Read More...
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Around the World
Asia-Pacific
Sydney International Storytelling Conference 2012 (1-3 June 2012)
Europe
United Kingdom: Podcast Alessandro Portelli gives the Raphael Samuel Memorial Lecture, "Theatres of Memory, Memory as Theatre" at Bishopsgate Institute, London (8 November 2011). Here is a description of the event.
Social History Society | ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2012 | Narratives, Emotions and the Self
United Kingdom: Annual Conference of the Oral History Society at the University of Reading. 13-14 July 2012. Displaced Childhoods: Oral history and traumatic experiences
CALL FOR PAPERS: EXTENDED DEADLINE: JANUARY 21st
http://www.ohs.org.uk/conferences/2012.php
North America
United States: OHMAR (Oral History in the Mid-Atlantic Region) Spring Conference 2012 (11-12 April 2012)
2012 OHA Annual Meeting |10-14 October 2012, Cleavland, Ohio | Sing It Out, Shout It Out, Say It Out Loud: Giving Voice through Oral History | The Oral History Association invites proposals for papers, panels, roundtables, and presentations for its 2012 annual meeting to be held October 10-14, 2012, at the Marriott Downtown Hotel in Cleveland, Ohio. The paper proposals can be submitted here http://forms.oralhistory.org/proposal/login.cfm
Newsletter JUNE 2012 (Next edition January 2012)
From the Editors
As you can see from this newsletter, the IOHA News remains very active. A number of events have taken place over the past semester and many others will happen soon. . Read more...
From the President
I am honoured and pleased to draw your attention to the newly established online version of the IOHA journal Word and Silences. As you will see, Juan José Gutiérrez and Helen Klaebe, who largely contributed to its creations, did a great job.. Read more...
Future Conferences and Meetings
Argentina Buenos Aires 2012. A meeting point. Between 4 and 7 September 2012 the XVII Internacional Conference of Oral History will take place in Buenos Aires, organized by the Asociación de Historia Oral de la República Argentina (AHORA)
Mexico IX International Conference on Oral History, Reflections and Practices of Oral History: Memory and Experience, 10 to 12 November 2011
Ireland Oral History Network of Ireland, National organization forms to support the practice and preservation of oral history, The inaugural conference of the Oral History Network of Ireland, Parade Tower, Kilkenny Castle on September 16 and 17 2011.
Great Britain, Ninth European Social Science History Conference, 11 – 14 April 2012, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, Oral History and Life Stories Network
United States OHA Call for papers 2011
New Zealand Oral History in the 21st Century: Voices of Identity in a Globalised World, Conference of the National Oral History Association of New Zealand, 2-3 April, Rotorua, NZ BRASIL I Seminar on Oral History in Health - Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP)
Oral History Meetings
New Zealand Oral History in the 21st Century: Voices of Identity in a Globalised World Conference of the National Oral History Association of New Zealand, 2-3 April, Rotorua, NZBRASIL I Seminar on Oral History in Health - Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP) Read more...
Oral History Projects
Uzbekistan Centre “Oral History” in Uzbekistan | SPAIN Dédalo: Platform for the Management of Intangible Cultural Heritage and Oral History | ARGENTINA ‘Other Memories’ Association . Read more...
Books and Journals
United Kigdom Lynn Abrams, Oral History Theory (Routledge, 2010), 214 pp. NICARAGUA Lenin Fisher. My Life, My Revolution: The Life of a Worker Named Luis Fisher Read more...
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Recent Publications
The International Oral History Association seeks your support to advance and promote the work of oral history, worldwide. Read More...
IOHA support and membership
The International Oral History Association seeks your support to advance and promote the work of oral history, worldwide. Read More...
IOHA 2012 Conference
XVII International Oral History Conference, will be held in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 2012. baires2012.org
Paper Deadline: 30 Mar 2012
The International Conference of the IOHA takes place every two years, on a different continent where oral history and IOHA have regional and local presence: Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania, and South America. The International Conference offers local, national and regional practitioners in different parts of the world the opportunity to participate in an international exchange, and it helps strengthen the development of oral history across the globe. Read More...
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Regional and National Associations
American Oral History Association
Latin American Oral History Network
