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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Trustee vacancies at the Oral History Society
The Oral History Society currently has three vacancies on its Board of Trustees. We welcome expressions of interest in fulfilling these roles. This is a great opportunity to join an enthusiastic group of people committed to encouraging people of all ages to record their own and other people’s life stories.
Deadline: 16 April 2021
Research Assistant/Associate History (Newcastle)
The research assistant/associate will use archival research and oral history and/or other interview techniques research to explore the changing relationship between rights of way, accessibility, health and wellbeing in a historical context as part of the AHRC funded project ‘In All Our Footsteps: Tracking, Mapping and Experiencing Rights of Way in Post-War Britain‘.
Deadline: 14 April 2021
When the crisis fades, what gets left behind?
Soon after the first lockdown in March 2020 I was, along with my colleagues in the oral history team at the British Library, tasked to explore options for remote interviewing. In May 2020 the document
