For the first time in the Oral History Master’s Program at Columbia’s twelve year history, students will present a fully digital curation of their fieldwork. GATHER is an immersive, interactive oral history exhibit designed to explore, challenge, ignite, and connect. On May 1 from 5:00-8:00pm EST, OHMA will host a digital-launch event during which you’ll […]
Category: Oral History
Oral histories newly available online
The Oral History Archives at Columbia (OHAC) continues to work with our digital partners in the Libraries to bring newly reformatted collections online to the Digital Library Collections. Here are some newly available collections. Austrian Project Independence National Historical Park Project World Bank Project Social Security Project The New York Bar Project US Diplomats Project […]
Interested in contributing oral histories of the COVID pandemic?
As you can imagine, oral histories of the pandemic are incredibly important stories to gather with care and sensitivity in this moment. In response to queries about contributing oral histories or how to conduct them, please explore the following resources. For advice on conducting oral histories on this topic and with best practices and ethics […]
New Collaboration | Oxford Network of Armenian Genocide Research x OHAC
Dr. Meryem Suzan Rosita Kalayci turned up in the RBML reading rooms to review the Columbia Armenian Oral History Collection with an offer the Oral History Archives at Columbia (OHAC) couldn’t refuse: she had a major research grant to transcribe all 130+ interviews in the collection. The collection has been in various states of processing […]
Oral History | OHMA’s spring workshop series announced
Our colleagues in the Oral History Master’s Program (OHMA) have an exciting line-up of talks and workshops for spring semester. February 6, 2020, 6:10 – 7:30 PM Art, Oral History, and New Approaches to Telling the “Story” of Institutionalization in Pennsylvania Nicki Pombier Berger, Lisa Sonneborn February 13, 2020, 6:10 – 7:30 PM The Stories […]