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Call for Papers Journal 2027

Contributors are invited to submit articles for peer review and reports for the 2027 issue of Studies in Oral History, the journal of Oral History Australia (OHA). The deadline for peer review is 3 December 2026 and for reports, 31 January…

Oral historians honoured

Prominent oral historians Alistair Thomson and Heather Goodall have been honoured with lifetime achievement awards by the Australian Historical Association (AHA). Past Oral History Australia (OHA) president Alistair Thomson and Professor Heather Goodall were two of three historians to be…

Conference & awards update

The 2026 OHA Biennial Conference is getting closer. Registration is scheduled to open in early August and applications and nominations for the OHA awards will be closing soon. The OHA Book Award will close as scheduled on 31 July 2026,…

OHA 2026 awards now open

Nominations and applications are now being accepted for the 2026 OHA awards. The deadline is 31 July 2026. Winners will be announced at the 2026 OHA Biennial Conference in Adelaide, South Australia, from 3-6 December . Three awards are on…

New deadline – Journal 2026

The deadline for contributions for the peer review section of the 2026 issue of our journal Studies in Oral History has been extended to 1 May 2026. The deadline for reports remains the same – 29 May 2026. This is the…

New handbook available

The sixth edition of Beth Robertson’s Oral History Handbook is now available. First released in 1983 as an A5 booklet, the handbook has long been the go-to guide for oral history practice in Australia, trusted by researchers, community groups and…

Job opportunity

The Australian National University is looking for an oral historian to lead a project identifying and supporting oral history collections. The two-year position as Research Project Manager is being offered by ANU’s School of Literature, Languages and Linguistics. The successful…

Project outputs now available

A final report and online database is now available as part of the Identifying Precarious Victorian Oral History Collections Project. The project, which ran from July 2024 to November 2025, was led by oral historian and Research Project Manager Dr…

New journal editors

Dr Mia Martin Hobbs and Dr Geraldine Fela have been appointed joint editors of the Oral History Australia journal Studies in Oral History, starting with the 2026 issue. Mia and Geraldine replace Dr Carolyn Collins and Dr Skye Krichauff whose…

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