Preserving the voice of the past
Interested in oral history?
For almost half a century, the Oral History Society has supported people who want to record and preserve spoken history and share it with others. We encourage people of all ages to record their own and other people’s life stories.
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If gardens had ears, what would they hear?
If Homes Had Ears is a new, light-touch digital exploration of the spaces that define our homes. Launched by the British Library in the summer of 2020, the website uses oral histories and other gems from our sound archive to capture how people regarded their domestic spaces throughout the twentieth century.
AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership (CDP) PhD: Listening to the Listeners: An Oral History of Talking Therapists
The University of Essex and the British Library invite applications for a collaborative doctoral studentship in the history of the talking therapies. Closes: 23 May 2021
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Still time to apply for this funded PhD opportunity with @BL_OralHistory and @Uni_of_Essex 👇 Deadline 23 May
Read MoreRT @HistParl: Next Wed @ 3.30 #HistParl's @EmmaPeplow & Priscila Pivatto will be speaking at the @OralHistoyOx seminar. Find out how to wa…
Read MoreRT @BLSoundHeritage: Today is Eid, marking the end of Ramadan. Eid Mubarak! We're celebrating with a blog post featuring Eid related rec…
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