During the last year, artificial intelligence has made increased in-roads into many facets of society. Yet what does it pose for the field of oral history? Duquesne University professor Jennifer Taylor worked with her Intro to Oral History students to investigate some of the implications for ChatGPT and oral history. The provoking post opens possibilities […]
From the Editors Maybe you already heard the news…. the current editorial team of Abby, Dave, and Janneken is coming up on the end of their second term at the helm of Oral History Review. Although it has been a rewarding experience—one in which we have had the privilege of working with so many outstanding authors […]
Want to learn more about publishing in the flagship Oral History journal or on our blog? Eager to review oral history related books and media projects? Interested in learning about our editorial process or applying to be part of the next editorial team? Confused or curious about the world of academic publishing? Excited to meet […]
The Oral History Review‘s rich archive of nearly 50 years is full of scholarship to revisit and reconsider. Annually we dig into the archive to assemble a virtual issue on a theme, a valuable practice of learning from the scholars and practitioners who have come before us. This year’s virtual issue doubles as an opportunity to […]
OHR is pleased to share a guest post from our friends at the Institute for Diversity and Civic Life. Eleonora Anneda and Elizabeth M. Melton introduce you to a new online training program: Oral History for Social Change Certificate. By Eleonora Anneda and Dr. Elizabeth M. Melton The Institute for Diversity and Civic Life (IDCL) […]
Our new issue features Wesley Hogan, Geri Augusto, & Danita Mason-Hogans’s “Adapting Critical Oral History Methodology to Freedom Movement Studies,” discussing the use of critical oral history methodology in examining freedom movements. Here the authors offer a way for oral historians to draw on their senses before entering a critical oral history session. By Wesley […]
In our upcoming issue of OHR (49.2), Malin Thor Tureby and Kristin Wagrell discuss crisis documentation methods and the impact of digital and social media in their article, “Crisis Documentation and Oral History: Problematizing Collecting and Preserving Practices in a Digital World.” Here Tureby answers our questions about the Swedish context for oral history and ways to […]
In our upcoming issue of OHR (49.2), Pippa Virdee discusses how shifts in how oral history has been documented and shared impact our understanding of the partition of India and Pakistan in her article “Histories and Memories in the Digital Age of Partition Studies.” Today, the 75th anniversary of Partition, is an apt time to reflect […]
In our upcoming issue of OHR (49.2), Katherine Fobear discusses project design and the incorporation of visual methods into storytelling for LGBTQ refugees in her article, “The Precariousness of Home and Belonging among Queer Refugees: Using Participatory Photography in Oral Histories in Vancouver, British Columbia.” What is it about oral history that makes it […]
We ask authors of books reviewed in Oral History Review to answer 5 questions about why we should read their books. In our latest installment of the series, Max Krochmal and J. Todd Moye discuss their book Civil Rights in Black and Brown: Histories of Resistance and Struggle in Texas. Evan Faulkenbury’s review of Civil Rights […]
