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2024 Biennial conference
One of the world’s leading authorities on oral history, Alessandro Portelli, will deliver a keynote address at the next Oral History Australia Biennial Conference to be held in Melbourne from 21 to 24 November 2024. The conference features the theme 'The Power of Oral...
Call for Papers – Journal 2024
Contributions for the peer review and reports sections of the 2024 issue of our journal Studies in Oral History are now being accepted. The deadline for submission of peer review articles is 1 December 2023 and for reports it is 30 April 2024. Go to the Call for...
A tribute to Doug Ayre from OHWA
A tribute to Doug Ayre from Oral History Australia, Western Australia Branch, in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the field of oral history over many years. Western Australia lost one of its most dedicated, enthusiastic and professional oral historians...
New deadline – Technology survey
Calling all members - the deadline for the Oral History Australia Technology Survey has been extended to 17 July 2023. Please take part. We need your input so that we can develop resources and training relating to technology for oral historians. The survey results...
Journal – Reports deadline extended
The deadline for submitting reports for the next issue of our journal Studies in Oral History has been extended from 30 April to 14 May 2023. Reports may describe oral history projects conducted by academic researchers, museum curators, heritage professionals,...
Journal: Calling reviewers
Contributors interested in submitting a review to our journal Studies in Oral History are asked to notify our new reviews editor Gwyn McClelland by 15 May 2023. We accept a wide range of reviews including reviews of podcasts, online oral history records or...
Deadlines: Upcoming conferences
Interested in presenting at a conference this year? Deadlines for abstracts/proposals for a number of history-related conferences are due very soon. These include: Oral History Network of Ireland annual conference, 16-17 June 2023. Abstracts due 28 April 2023. Find...
Journal – New section editors & CFR
Studies in Oral History, the Oral History Australia journal, is delighted to welcome two newcomers to its editorial team and announce a Call for Reports in the upcoming 2023 edition. Our new Reports Editor is Alexandra Mountain. Alexandra is a public historian and...
Journal – Looking for section editors
Are you interested in contributing to our journal as an editor? The Editors and Chair of the Editorial Board of Studies in Oral History, the journal of Oral History Australia, are inviting expressions of interest for the positions of Reviews Editor and Reports Editor....
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:...