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…
We’re excited to confirm the rescheduled Oral History Australia Biennial Conference, ‘Oral History in Troubling Times: Opportunities and Challenges’, will be held in Launceston, Tasmania on 14-16 October 2022 with workshops on 13 October 2022. We look forward to welcoming…
Oral History Australia has adopted a statement outlining the value of oral history. The Statement of Value is intended as an introduction to the many benefits of oral history, particularly for those considering developing their own oral history projects. It…
After much discussion we have made the difficult decision to postpone the OHA Biennial conference, Oral History in Troubling Times, to 2022, probably in October. A vibrant get-together in twelve months’ time with a good chance of international speakers and…