Congress Archives - International Oral History Association IOHA Thu, 24 Feb 2022 19:14:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 https://ioha.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/cropped-New-IOHA-Logo-32x32.jpg Congress Archives - International Oral History Association 32 32 IOHA Finland 2018 https://ioha.org/ioha-finland-2018/ Wed, 26 Apr 2017 17:21:49 +0000 https://ioha.org/?p=1355 Welcome to IOHA Finland! The Finnish Oral History Network (FOHN), University of Jyväskylä and the Finnish Literature Society (SKS) will host the XX International Oral History Congress at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, from 18th June to 21th June 2018. The theme of the XX IOHA Congress is Memory and Narration. Panels and presentations will […]

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The Finnish Oral History Network (FOHN), University of Jyväskylä and the Finnish Literature Society (SKS) will host the XX International Oral History Congress at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, from 18th June to 21th June 2018.

The theme of the XX IOHA Congress is Memory and Narration. Panels and presentations will address the following themes:

  • Archived oral history
  • Personal and shared narratives
  • Transgenerational memory
  • Class, gender, age and memory
  •  Traditions, folklore and history
  • Oral history research in different disciplines
  • New waves of oral history
  • Oral history, theory and ethics
  • Oral history and narration
  • Life narratives and oral history

The XX IOHA Congress coincides with the anniversary of two important events in Finnish history, the centennial of the 1918 Finnish Civil War as well as the end of World War I. The congress organizers would therefore like to welcome also contributions that address memories of wars and other conflicts, narratives of survival, intergenerational war memories and communities of commemoration.

For more information, please visit: https://www.jyu.fi/en/congress/ioha2018

If you have any questions concerning the Congress, please email: ioha2018@jyu.fi

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]]> UC Berkeley’s Advanced Oral History Summer Institute https://ioha.org/uc-berkeleys-advanced-oral-history-summer-institute/ Thu, 30 Apr 2015 04:27:52 +0000 https://ioha.org/?p=664 About the Institute The Oral History Center [OHC] of The Bancroft Library (formerly the Regional Oral History Office) at the University of California, Berkeley is offering a one-week advanced institute on themethodology, theory, and practice of oral history. This will take place on the UC Berkeley campus in Sutardja Dai Hall from August 10-14, 2015. The […]

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The Oral History Center [OHC] of The Bancroft Library (formerly the Regional Oral History Office) at the University of California, Berkeley is offering a one-week advanced institute on themethodology, theory, and practice of oral history. This will take place on the UC Berkeley campus in Sutardja Dai Hall from August 10-14, 2015.
The Institute is designed for graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, university faculty, independent scholars, and museum and community-based historians who are engaged in oral history work. The goal of the institute is to strengthen the ability of its participants to conduct research-focused interviews and to consider special characteristics of interviews as historical evidence in a rigorous academic environment.
We will devote particular attention to how oral history interviews can broaden and deepen historical interpretation situated within contemporary discussions of history, subjectivity, memory, and memoir.
Overview of the Week
The Institute is structured around the life cycle of an interview. Each day will focus on a component of the interview, including foundational aspects of oral history, project conceptualization, the interview itself, analytic and interpretive strategies, and research presentation and dissemination.
Sessions will include oral history theory, legal and ethical issues, project planning, oral history and the audience, anatomy of an interview, digital humanities, editing, fundraising, and analysis and presentation. Participants will also work throughout the week in small groups led by faculty in which they will have the opportunity to workshop their projects.
Our keynote this year is Amy Evans. Amy is the former Oral History Lead of the Southern Foodways Alliance. Evans is an artist, writer, teacher, and independent documentarian based in Houston, Texas. She built the documentary program at the Southern Foodways Alliance, headquartered at the University of Mississippi, where she served as their lead oral historian for more than ten years and taught an annual documentary workshop. The Mississippi Historical Society has twice recognized Amy’s work, and Food & Wine magazine named her one of the “most fearsome talents” in the culinary world. Her writing has appeared in Saveur, The Bitter Southerner, and Cornbread Nation 5: The Best of Southern Food Writing. Her paintings have appeared inSouthern Living, Southern Cultures, and on CNN’s Eatocracy and The Oxford American blog. Amy holds an MA in Southern Studies from the University of Mississippi and a BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art. She appreciates a good meringue and can never eat too many oysters.
Prior to the week participants will be provided with a reader, the schedule, contact information for fellow participants, and word templates used by OHC at different stages throughout the interview process. These resources will be made available electronically prior to the week and in hard copy upon check-in on the first day.
Applications and Cost
The Institute is limited to 40 participants and applications will be accepted until May 1, 2015. Acceptances will be made on a rolling basis. In previous years, we have reached capacity as early as the end of March, so urge you to apply as soon as possible. Submit your application here.
The cost of the institute is $950. Unfortunately, we are unable to provide financial assistance to participants. OHC is a soft money research office of the university, and as such receives precious little state funding. Therefore, it is necessary that this educational initiative be a self-funding program. We encourage you to check in with your home institutions about financial assistance; in the past we have found that many programs have budgets to help underwrite some of the cost associated with attendance. We will provide receipts and certificates of completion as required for reimbursement.
Meals and Accommodations
Most meals must be arranged separately and on-campus housing may be arranged through OHC. In addition to on-campus rooms, this website offers many options for lodging in the Berkeley area.
We do provide some of your meals, including continental breakfast each day.
We are confident that the program we put together will help enrich your education and experience with oral history. We’re very proud of the group of scholars and practitioners we have assembled to make the 2015 Advanced Oral History Summer Institute a memorable one!
Please contact Shanna Farrell (sfarrell@library.berkeley.edu) with any questions.

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