The Oral History Australia (OHA) journal is to be renamed Studies in Oral History from the next issue due later this year. Changing the title was first proposed and discussed at the 2019 OHA Biennial Conference in a session seeking…
The Oral History Victoria (OHV) committee is very pleased to announce the launch of a new membership system designed to streamline the renewal process for current members and make it easy for new members to join us. The membership system…
The COVID-19 pandemic is transforming every aspect of our lives: home, work, school, socialising and leisure. In particular, social distancing requirements and travel restrictions have affected the research plans of many historians and oral historians are no exception. Some oral…
The May 2020 issue of the OHV newsletter ‘Rewind’ is now available. Highlights include: an outline of our updated events program in the COVID-19 environment details of Victorian and national oral history awards links to resources for remote interviewing and…
The International Oral History Association (IOHA) Biennial Conference, scheduled to be held in Singapore 22-26 June 2020, has been postponed until 2021 due to concerns over the coronavirus (COVID-19). In a short statement the IOHA said it was postponing the…
Applications are now open for the National Library’s 2020 Community Heritage Grants (CHG) program and its 2021 fellowships program. Community Heritage Grants program provides grants of up to $15,000 to community organisations such as libraries, archives, museums, genealogical and historical societies,…
Like other organisations Oral History Victoria (OHV) is closely monitoring the unfolding situation concerning the coronavirus COVID-19. As a result, our management committee today decided to cancel two upcoming events: 21 Mar 2020 – Workshop 1A – Introduction to oral…
The February 2020 issue of the OHV newsletter ‘Rewind’ is now available. Current OHV members receive the the newsletter by email through the MailChimp platform. If you are not an OHV member you can subscribe. You can also view the…
The Oral History Australia Journal is now open access. Our members no longer need to use a dedicated login to access the journal and authors of articles in the current issue can easily refer others to their work. The 2019…
The December 2019 issue of the OHV newsletter ‘Rewind’ is now available. Current OHV members receive the the newsletter by email through the MailChimp platform. If you are not an OHV member you can subscribe. You can also view the…