Due to the ongoing global pandemic, the Oral History Society (OHS) of the United Kingdom has decided to hold its next annual conference online in July 2021. The conference, which has the theme ‘Oral History and the Media’, was originally…
Oral History Tasmania and Oral History Australia today released a Call for Presentations for the upcoming OHA Biennial Conference to be held in Launceston, Tasmania from 14-16 October 2021. The conference theme is ‘Oral History in Troubling Times: Challenges and…
The 2021 issue of the Oral History Australia journal Studies In Oral History will be based on the theme ‘Oral history, place and environment’. Journal editors Skye Krichauff and Carla Pascoe Leahy announced the theme of the special 2021 issue…
The Stout Research Centre for New Zealand Studies and the National Oral History Association of New Zealand (NOHANZ) have issued a Call for Papers for the New Zealand Oral History Conference scheduled to take place from 20-22 November 2020. The…
Organisers Stout Research Centre for New Zealand Studies and the National Oral History Association of New Zealand (NOHANZ) Date and time 20-22 November 2020 Location Victoria University of Wellington Cost To Be Advised Bookings Not yet open Description Ko wai…
Due to restrictions resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic many national and international conferences have been postponed or cancelled. The next Oral History Australia (OHA) biennial conference is scheduled for Launceston, Tasmania in 2021. The specific dates and venue have not…
The Oral History Australia (OHA) journal is to be renamed Studies in Oral History from the next issue due later this year. Changing the title was first proposed and discussed at the 2019 OHA Biennial Conference in a session seeking member input…
The Australian Historical Association (AHA) has announced the winners of its 2020 annual and biennial prizes and awards and a number of oral historians feature among the recipients. Congratulations to: Karen Twigg for winning the Jill Roe Prize for the best…
Oral History Australia Journal The COVID-19 pandemic is transforming every aspect of our lives: home, work, school, socialising and leisure. In particular, social distancing requirements and travel restrictions have affected the research plans of many historians and oral historians are…
Oral History Australia is delighted to announce the following winners of the inaugural Oral History Australia Awards. ORAL HISTORY AUSTRALIA BOOK AWARD 2019 Black Saturday: not the end of the story Author: Peg Fraser Monash University Publishing, 2018, Web address: )…