Continuing the recent theme of ‘teaching oral history’, this is just a quick one to flag up: Historical Insights: Oral History by Graham Smith It’s a useful guide to teaching oral history in higher education from the History Subject Centre. Graham Smith is Senior Lecturer at Royal Holloway, University of London and current Chair of the Oral History Society.
June 1, 2011 by Fiona Cosson
I’ve recently had a short stint of teaching a course in community oral history to business undergraduates at an international university in London. So I thought I’d continue the theme of teaching and oral history from yesterday’s post and kick-start the ‘experience-sharing’ part of the blog with some comments (and sounds) on how I went about introducing oral history to these business students,… [Read more…]
May 23, 2011 by Fiona Cosson
The University of Warwick now has its own Oral History Network, based at the Institute of Advanced Study, open to oral history researchers in the UK and beyond. The launch of the network follows on from the Oral History and 1968 seminar earlier on this year. Although all future seminars and conferences will be held at Warwick, the… [Read more…]
May 4, 2011 by Fiona Cosson
University students at the York St John students have made a series of films using oral histories documenting the success and decline of Hull’s fishing industry. The fishing industry formed a major part of the city’s economy and was a massive employer in the region before a succession of Cod Wars with Iceland. But it was also… [Read more…]
June 2, 2011 by Fiona Cosson
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