By Amy Starecheski February 2022 Newsletter Dear OHA Members: I hope you and yours made it through the omicron surge and are perhaps enjoying some opening up of life as we begin to look towards spring. In New York City we are beginning to have some warmer days in the mix, and the citywide mood […]

OHA Nominations Committee 2022 OHA Elections Call for Nominations Deadline: March 7 Dear OHA members, We are inviting you to help us move the organization forward towards its strategic goals and focus on social justice, by submitting statements of interest or recommendations (for self or another) for three (3) OHA leadership positions commencing October, 2022: […]

The submission portal for the 2022 Annual Meeting in Los Angeles is now open! See the Call for Proposals and the Submission Guidelines for more information. The deadline has been extended to March 4.

By Louis Kyriakoudes November 2021 The Executive Office is proud to announce that we have been successful in securing two National Endowment for the Humanities grants for the Oral History Association. The first is from the NEH’s American Rescue Plan: Humanities Organizations Support to Maintain Threatened Staff Positions and Publish Oral History Content to the Web […]

By Amy Starecheski November 2021 After the annual meeting the tireless team that leads the Oral History Association is often, well…tired. This year, after our first planned online conference, was no different, although at least we didn’t have to recover from travel fatigue as well as the full inboxes that come alongside full post-conference minds. […]

In September, 2021 the Oral History Association was awarded $825,000 from the NEH American Rescue Plan to create a fellowship program for under/unemployed oral historians, with a focus on oral historians from communities that have historically been marginalized in the field.  Our Selection Committee is in place, and applications for year-long fellowships and mini-grants open […]