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Journal CFP – new deadline
The deadline for peer-reviewed articles for the 2023 issue of our journal Studies in Oral History has been extended to 16 December 2022. The 2023 issue aligns with the theme of the 2022 Oral History Australia biennial conference ‘Oral history in troubling times:...
Multicultural Luncheon
Multicultural Luncheon You are invited by the OHWA Committee to finish this year with a difference – by sharing a multicultural lunch with locals and international people. So, bring your favourite international dish or prepare one of you own receipts and bring it to...
Congratulations Alexandra Dellios
Congratulations to our own Alexandra Dellios for recently winning the Community Diversity Award in the Victorian Community History Awards for her book Heritage Making and Migrant Subjects in the Deindustrialising Region of the Latrobe Valley. Published by Cambridge...
2022 OHA award winners
Oral History Australia is delighted to announce the winners of our three big awards. They are: the 2022 Hazel de Berg Award for Excellence in Oral History goes to community oral historian and Oral History Victoria life member Gwlad McLachlan the 2022 OHA Book Award...
Guest Speaker: A history of the Australian 12ft. Cadet Dinghy
Come along to hear how Andrew Locke and Mike Lefroy set about writing a history of the Australian 12 ft. Cadet Dinghy in time to commemorate its pending 100th Anniversary early in 2023. It became a bigger challenge than expected and one that they are willing to share...
Journal Call for Papers 2023 – peer review
Articles for peer review in the 2023 issue of the OHA journal Studies in Oral History are now being accepted. The deadline for submission is 25 November 2022. The theme for the issue, No. 45, is 'Oral History in Troubling Times; Opportunities and Challenges', the same...
Final conference program
The final program for the 2022 OHA Biennial Conference is now available on the conference website. See the Program page at: https://oralhistoryaustralia.org.au/biennial-conference-2022/program/. Download the final program as a PDF:...
OHA awards & conference deadlines
A reminder that the 1 August deadline for our three OHA awards is approaching Those interested in making a nomination or application for any of the OHA awards should refer to the following information: The Hazel de Berg Award for Excellence in Oral History – Online...
Book now for OHA Biennial Conference
Registrations are now open for the 2022 OHA Biennial Conference to be held in Launceston, Tasmania from 13 to 16 October 2022. The conference is being presented by Oral History Australia and Oral History Tasmania in partnership with the College of Arts, Law and...
2022 OHA awards – apply now
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 October 2022. Nominations and...