In the latest installment of our recurring series focused on oral history and self care, Tanya Finchum, of Oklahoma State University’s Oklahoma Oral History Research Program, reflects on her experiences conducting oral histories when the stories hit close to home and how our emotions and individual pasts impact our work. See Tanya’s earlier post, exploring […]
The editorial team is delighted to announce that our special issue on ethics has launched online and will arrive in your mailboxes in a few weeks. We are exceptionally proud of the contributions from our authors, who crafted compelling essays drawn from their personal experiences as oral historians working in our sensitive field involving living, […]
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, Peipei Qiu discusses her book Chinese Comfort Women: Testimonies from Imperial Japan’s Sex Slaves. Allison K. Tracy-Taylor’s review of Chinese Comfort Women is available online and in OHR […]
We’ve asked authors of books that are going to be reviewed in the upcoming edition of the Oral History Review to answer 5 questions about why we should read them. In our latest installment of the series, Anne Balay discusses her book Semi Queer: Inside the World of Gay, Trans, and Black Truck Drivers Michael […]
We’ve asked creators of non-print and media projects reviewed in the pages of Oral History Review to answer 5 questions about why we should explore them. In our next installment of this series, Simone Delerme discusses the Latino Memphis and Oxford project, produced for the Southern Foodways Alliance. Read Joshua Lopez’s review of Latino Memphis […]
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, Michael J. Hightower discusses 1889: The Boomer Movement, the Land Run, and Early Oklahoma City . Evan C. Rothera’s review of 1889: The Boomer Movement, the Land […]
We’ve asked creators of non-print and media projects reviewed in the pages of Oral History Review to answer 5 questions about why we should explore them. In our next installment of this series, Anisa Puri discusses Australian Lives: An Intimate History, co-authored with Alistair Thomson and published as both a book and an innovative e-book […]
In issue 47.1, we feature the review essay, “The New Oral History of Architecture” by Kevin Block, exploring the historiography of architectural oral history and reviewing several recent projects and publications. Here, as he embarks on his own oral history project focused on architectural expertise and knowledge, he shares some of what he learned by […]
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, Alexey Golubev discusses Search for a Socialist El Dorado: Finnish Immigration to Soviet Karelia from the United States and Canada in the 1930s, which he co-wrote with […]
We’ve asked creators of non-print and media projects reviewed in the pages of Oral History Review to answer 5 questions about why we should explore them. In our next installment of this series, the co-producers of Those Who Were There: Voices from the Holocaust, a podcast from the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies at […]
