Calling all holders of oral history collections in Victoria. Are you confident that your collection will be safe in 10, 20 or even 50 years? If not, the Identifying Precarious Victorian Oral History Collections Project wants to hear from you.…
The deadline for contributions for the peer review section of the 2025 issue of our journal Studies in Oral History has been extended to 21 February 2025. If you plan on submitting a peer-reviewed article it would be greatly appreciated if you…
The 2024 issue of Studies in Oral History, the journal of Oral History Australia (OHA), is now available. Issue 46, which is freely available online, features the theme ‘Oral History and Working Lives’. It was edited by joint editors Skye…
The 2024 Victorian Community History Awards are now open. Presented by Public Records Office Victoria in partnership with the Royal Historical Society of Victoria, the awards are held annually to celebrate the people involved in community history projects who are dedicated…
The 31 August 2024 deadline is looming for both OHA award entries and early-bird biennial conference registration. Awards Oral History Australia (OHA) is inviting applications for its three awards – the Hazel de Berg Award for Excellence in Oral History…
Oral History Victoria (OHV), in partnership with Victorian Collections, is delighted to have received a Local History Grant for a project titled ‘Guide to Creating and Preserving Victorian Community Oral History’. The funding will be used to employ a Consultant…
Contributions for the peer review and reports sections of the 2025 issue of our journal Studies in Oral History are now being accepted. The deadline for submission of peer review articles is 17 January 2025 and for reports it is 30 April…
Bookings are now open for the 2024 OHA Biennial Conference to be held in Melbourne, Victoria, from 21 to 24 November. The conference is being presented by Oral History Australia and Oral History Victoria in the historic and culturally-rich city…
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…