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Since 1973, the OHS has been promoting the collection, preservation and use of oral history across the UK and abroad.
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Joined September 2011
The Oral History Society is now on Bluesky! 🟦 If you're on Bluesky and want to keep up with the OHS's latest activities and updates, give us a follow at @oralhistsoc.bsky.social - we'd love to connect and keep you in the loop!
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📢 Call for Papers: ‘Whose Voices?’ - @OralHistorySoc Annual Conference 2025 in partnership with @ScotOralHist @UniStrathclyde #Glasgow 6-7 June 2025📢 Whose voices should we record in #oralhistory? 📅 CfPs closes 10/01/25:
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We look forward to seeing you there! Download final programme Download pdf of conference abstracts Conference bookings are now closed If you require any further information about the conference...
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Exciting news! We’re featured in the @OralHistorySoc blog! Read the blog to discover the UK South Asian Digital Archive’s vision and learn how we’re building an exciting, future focused archive.
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The new UK South Asian Digital Archive (UKSADA) project aims to create a comprehensive and accessible archive of the rich heritage of South Asians in Britain. It has its roots in an award-winning...
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Last summer, Ed Garnett the new Communications Intern for the Collective spent a month at the Srebrenica Memorial Center Potočari. Here Ed writes about the Center’s oral history work and its significance to remembering genocide. Check out the post:
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Really helpful training course on carrying out oral history interviews with @OralHistorySoc at the @britishlibrary yesterday. Lovely to meet up with @_XinyiZhao_ and @tn75146488 afterwards too! 😀@NWC_DTP @PhoneticsLab @KeriNicholson10 @LancsArchives @LAEL_LU
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More story fragments documenting my journeys for LOST & FOUND - this time Narrow Marsh, once a slum area of Nottingham. Inspired by Mr Armfield (b.1913) from the oral history collections @NottsLibraries
@britishlibrary @EastMidsOHA @OralHistorySoc @NottsHF
#artistinresidence
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'This project was about creating a different kind of record of what the British Council does'. #BritishCouncilOralHistories Project Lead James Perkins reflects on the value of #OralHisory as a methodology to capture of our ‘backstory'. https://t.co/NavRKKf9Xa
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Join us on Thurs 5/12 for our next free In Dialogue online seminar with @ihr_history! @maya_parmar will discuss her #RemakingBritain project on South Asian networks from the 1830s to today. #OralHistory #SouthAsianDiaspora
https://t.co/uf0WqKvgCk
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1 week left to apply for our voluntary Digital Content Officer (Trustee) vacancy! Passionate about digital content? Wish to gain experience in governance and leadership? We would love to hear from you.
Join our Board of Trustees as a Digital Content Officer! Perfect for those aiming to grow their #digitalcontent career or gain governance and leadership experience. Further info: https://t.co/CDB3Sv9YI4 Closing Date: 29/11/24 #SocialMedia #VolunteerOpportunity
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Join our Board of Trustees as a Digital Content Officer! Perfect for those aiming to grow their #digitalcontent career or gain governance and leadership experience. Further info: https://t.co/CDB3Sv9YI4 Closing Date: 29/11/24 #SocialMedia #VolunteerOpportunity
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Did you know the OHS has a UK-wide network of accredited #oralhistory practitioners covering community/individual projects, GLAMs + academia. Want to connect with others in your area? Check out our interactive map to see what's happening near you! https://t.co/e5Wfo25Yq6
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Are you in Belfast, are you interested in getting involved in a community-led oral history project in East Belfast? You'll receive training and guidance from myself (@EastSidePship & @OralHistorySoc) and @NatMuseumsNI. Info night Wed 6 Nov 19:00-20:00. Pls share!
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We are running another event about Leicester's terraced housing! If you missed the first one in June don't worry, we're back & we want you to come & tell us about what aspects of terraced housing we should be exploring. Full details:
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This is an updated version of a previous post. EMOHA and colleagues in the Centre for Urban History at the University of Leicester have decided to look for funding to run a project that e…
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This memory box was created to remember personal histories of mental health care in Nottingham. Find out how @HealthMemories and @Verusca used our funding to run an inclusive oral history project in our latest case study. Read more 👉 https://t.co/wuNYV8lUhs
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Check out the 2024-25 NTU #oralhistory seminar series with special guest Alessandro Portelli who will visit us in person on 21 May 2025, all welcome. @ChrisReynolds68 @OralHistorySoc @OHS_HigherEd @OHC_SLF @NCL_OralHistory @ntu_research
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The second of our new publications: "They're still fighting the fight on Facebook": The landscape of social media remembering the British coal industry in Oral History @OralHistorySoc. Open Access version available here:
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📢 UPCOMING EVENTS 📢 Register here https://t.co/TpB6z8x1Db 1️⃣ 19th Sep, online: PhD/ECR panel + Prof. Jolly (@ConnHistofBBC) 2️⃣ 20th Sep, in-person @LeedsUniHistory: @DrCRHill (@ntvhistory), Evelyn Curl (@ADS_Update) and @Verusca (@Trentuni @OralHistorySoc)
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An inspirational day at @BL_0ralHistory presenting our interview selection framework and playing the ‘Matrix’ game otherwise know as fun with spreadsheets! @OhemHistory
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#oralhistoryfest
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Our "Back to the Future" oral histories and futures workshop was a lot of fun - thanks so much to everyone who came, engaged, and gave generous feedback. If you want to know more, check out our website (see bio) 😃 #oralhistoryfest
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Back this evening from the @OralHistorySoc Festival at the @britishlibrary. Brilliant time, very pleased to put a lot of faces to names and eager to take some of the energy and ideas from that forward.
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