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Event Report: ‘Tis the season to be jolly’ with Bill Bunbury
OHWA General meeting held 1st December 2021 ‘Tis the season to be jolly’Featuring Bill Bunbury and his Gems from the AirA jolly night with OHWA members and friends was held on 1st December at the State Library of WA. This was the association’s last event for the 2021....
2022 OHA Biennial Conference, new CFP
A new Call for Presentations for the 2022 Oral History Australia (OHA) Biennial Conference was issued today. The closing date for presentation proposals is 1 April 2022. If your presentation was accepted for the 2021 conference then it is also accepted for the 2022...
Journal – CFP deadline extended
The deadline for papers for peer review in the 2022 issue of Oral History Australia’s journal Studies in Oral History has been extended to 1 December 2021. Alexandra Dellios and Maria Savvidis will jointly edit the issue (no. 44), which will focus on the theme...
2021 journal now available
The 2021 issue of the Oral History Australia (OHA) journal Studies in Oral History, jointly edited by Skye Krichauff and Carla Pascoe Leahy, is now available. It's another bumper publication - 240 pages. To access the full issue or download separate articles and...
2021 OHA awards announced
Oral History Australia is delighted to announce the winners of the 2021 OHA Book Award and the 2021 OHA Media Award, with two of the three winners coming from Western Australia and the other from New South Wales. OHA national president Al Thomson made the announcement...
OHWA Annual General Meeting 2021
Oral History Western Australia will be holding its Annual General Meeting on: Sunday 17th October 2021 The Great Southern Room 4th level of the State Library of WA. 12.00 pm AGM 12.45 pm Lunch A light lunch will be provided. 1.30pm Guest Speaker Janet Baldwin Guest...
OHA Biennial Conference postponed
After much discussion we have made the difficult decision to postpone the OHA Biennial conference, Oral History in Troubling Times, to 2022, probably in October. A vibrant get-together in twelve months' time with a good chance of international speakers and delegates...
Celebrating Oral History Western Australia
Dear OHWA Member, former members, and friends, After many years of being known as the Oral History Association of Australia (WA Inc), we are now Oral History WA (OHWA). Over the years the organisation’s logo and promotional material has changed but the focus has...
Journal – Call for Papers
Oral History Australia's journal Studies in Oral History is inviting papers for peer review for a special migration issue to feature in 2022. Alexandra Dellios and Maria Savvidis will jointly edit the issue (no. 44), which will focus on the theme 'Migrant voices:...
Biennial Conference update
In these challenging times we want to assure all those considering registering for the 2021 OHA Biennial Conference that we have plans should the conference be impacted by COVID restrictions and lockdowns. Firstly, anyone who registers for the conference will have...