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September 1, 2011 by Fiona Cosson
Here’s a great little blog post I spotted on the Hodder History Nest website by John D. Clare, in which he discusses the use of oral history in the secondary school classroom and makes a plea to Historian (and Government Advisor) Simon Schama: Link to article here
May 31, 2011 by Fiona Cosson
I recently spotted this great piece What Can “Oral History” Teach Us? by Steven High, about oral history as an interdisciplinary craft, published by Active History in March 2011. It’s a fairly short piece and definately worth a read. Prof. High is Canada Research Chair in Public History and Associate Professor of History at Concordia University and co-director of the Centre for […]
May 17, 2011 by Fiona Cosson
I’ve just spotted an interesting and somewhat controversial article (followed by readers’ comments) about the ‘value’ of reminiscences and narratives of World War one Veterans on The Guardian website. Read the article here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/may/05/first-world-war-veterans-claude-choules
May 16, 2011 by Fiona Cosson
In this two-part documentary, first broadcast in September 2010, Alan Dein explores how oral history collides with the official version that has been committed to history books – particularly in nations where the outcome is still bitterly contested. Dein, along with Italian historian Alessandro Portelli, explains that what has been crucial in all these projects has been the training […]
OHS & IHR Seminar Report: Paul Thompson on interviews with “elites”
November 8, 2012 by Anne
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The first Oral History Society and Institute of Historical Research seminar of the academic year took place on November 1st, led by Professor Paul Thompson of the University of Essex. Thompson, who was founding editor of the Oral History journal and founder of National Life Stories at the British Library, talked about his work interviewing […]