Oral History Australia backs recent statements by peak oral history organisations in the United Kingdom and the United States condemning the Russian invasion of Ukraine. We affirm our own opposition to the invasion. Our thoughts are with the people of…
Deadlines are looming for Oral History Australia’s Biennial Conference, to be held in Launceston, Tasmania 14-16 October, and the 2022 issue of its journal Studies in Oral History. Oral History Australia Biennial Conference 1 April 2022 – Deadline for new…
The deadline for non-peer-reviewed articles being submitted to Oral History Australia’s 2022 issue of the journal Studies in Oral History has been extended to 29 April 2022. Reports may describe oral history projects conducted by academic researchers, museum curators, heritage…
Abstract submissions are now being accepted for the 2022 Australian Historical Association (AHA) annual conference – Urgent Histories – to be held in Geelong from 27 June to 1 July. The deadline is 13 March 2022. To submit go to…
By Professor Alistair Thomson, President, Oral History Australia Oral History Australia joins oral historians around the world in condemning the closure of Russia’s Memorial organisation, one of Europe’s most important oral history projects. A Russian court ordered the closure on…
A new Call for Presentations for the 2022 Oral History Australia (OHA) Biennial Conference was issued today. The closing date for presentation proposals is 1 April 2022. If your presentation was accepted for the 2021 conference then it is also accepted…
The deadline for papers for peer review in the 2022 issue of Oral History Australia’s journal Studies in Oral History has been extended to 1 December 2021. Alexandra Dellios and Maria Savvidis will jointly edit the issue (no. 44), which…
The annual general meeting of Oral History Australia (OHA) was held online on Thursday 14 October 2021. OHA President Alistair Thomson presented his annual report (download a copy from the link below) and announced the winners of the 2021 OHA…
The 2021 issue of the Oral History Australia (OHA) journal Studies in Oral History, jointly edited by Skye Krichauff and Carla Pascoe Leahy, is now available. It’s another bumper publication – 240 pages. To access the full issue or download separate…
Oral History Australia is delighted to announce the winners of the 2021 OHA Book Award and the 2021 OHA Media Award, with two of the three winners coming from Western Australia and the other from New South Wales. OHA national…