Concerned about the preservation of oral history collections? Oral History Australia President Professor Alistair Thomson recently joined a panel discussing a proposal for the development of an Australian Language Data Commons which could also potentially provide a home for some…
A reminder that the 1 August deadline for our three OHA awards is approaching Those interested in making a nomination or application for any of the OHA awards should refer to the following information: The Hazel de Berg Award for…
Registrations are now open for the 2022 OHA Biennial Conference to be held in Launceston, Tasmania from 13 to 16 October 2022. The conference is being presented by Oral History Australia and Oral History Tasmania in partnership with the College…
Oral History Australia (OHA) is inviting applications for its three awards – the Hazel de Berg Award for Excellence in Oral History and the OHA book and media awards – with recipients to be announced during the Biennial Conference in…
Organisers of the 2022 Virtual SARBICA International Symposium have issued a Call for Proposals to present at the symposium to be held from 15 to 17 November 2022. Hosted by the National Archives of Singapore for the Southeast Asia Regional…
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…