NOHANZ

Coming up in NZ

ORAL HISTORY TRAINING WORKSHOPS: 15 August and 12 September. For more information go here

NOHANZ CONFERENCE ‘Using Oral History in Communities’ - to be held in Wellington 31 October - 1 November 2009. Call for papers by 31 August 2009. For information go here

NOHANZ JOURNAL: ORAL HISTORY IN NEW ZEALAND - contributions are invited for the 2009 Journal. The deadline is 1 October. For more information go here

NATIONAL LIBRARY REDEVELOPMENT

The National Library of New Zealand and the Alexander Turnbull Library are getting ready to move to temporary premises while the Wellington building is redeveloped. This will affect Library users. If your planned research or projects require access to the Library's collections and services in the next two - three years, including those of the Oral History Centre, do register for updates and also contact the Oral History Centre and other sections to let them know your requirements. For information go here and to register for updates go here

Overseas

HEARING VOICE IN ORAL HISTORY

Oral History Society Conference ... ... in association with the Scottish Oral History Group, Scottish Oral History Centre at the University of Strathclyde, UHI Millennium Institute, Scottish Working Peoples’ History Trust, Aberdeen & Region Oral History Association 3-4 July 2009 University of Strathclyde, Glasgow. For more information go here

ISLANDS OF MEMORY

The National Conference of the Oral History Association of Australia will be held in Launceston 17–20 September 2009. There will be 55 speakers over 4 days. For more information go here

BETWEEN PAST AND FUTURE: ORAL HISTORY, MEMORY AND MEANING Entre el Pasado y el Futuro:  Comprensión de la Historia  y  Memoria Oral XVI. International Oral History Conference, Prague, Czech Republic, 7 - 11 July, 2010. For more information go here

You might be interested in

"FROM STEPCHILD TO ELDER: HAS ORAL HISTORY BECOME RESPECTABLE?" - a Debate taking place on the IOHA website go here