Oral History Summer School: Weekend Oral History Workshop in Brooklyn
by Sabine Frid
Oral History Summer School Goes Back To School: The Mini Intensive
September 14 – 16
Instructors: Suzanne Snider
Location: Verso Books Loft 20 Jay Street, Suite 1010, Brooklyn, New York
Tuition: Sliding Scale, $350 – $500.
This hands-on workshop––open to all––is based on our popular 10-day intensive, covering oral history theory, method and practice. Over the course of the weekend, we’ll address interview techniques, recording tutorials, ethics, memory, trauma, annotation and experimental outcomes. Come all ye documentarians, journalists, artists, media-makers, educators and those looking to learn new things in good company! No experience necessary.
Tuition covers Instruction, OHSS tote bag, OHSS e-reader and other resources, Friday night pizza, plus access to alumni newsletter/network, and use of OHSS recording equipment during workshop.
More info and registration: http://www.oralhistorysummerschool.com/all-events/2018/8/20/ohss-goes-back-to-school-the-mini-intensive
Oral History Spring School April 2019
Eighth Annual Oral History Society/ Institute for Historical Research Oral History Spring School 11-13 April 2019.
At Senate House, University of London, WCI1 7HU.
The Oral History Spring School covers the theory and practice of oral history in depth, with the help of leading UK oral historians. To be able to take advantage of the course students should have some prior experience in recording and writing, or planning to write, oral history and will be asked to complete readings in advance, available through a dedicated online website.
‘For more information or to register a place goto: http://www.history.ac.uk/events/event/14832 or contact ihr.training@sas.ac.uk ‘
Oral History Training Places at the British Library
Places on our oral history courses are booking up fast. Places are available on the following courses on these dates and at these venues:
Developing your Oral History Skills
This course is open to oral historians who have attended the OHS Introduction to Oral History training day. This ‘follow-up’ course provides an opportunity to reflect on and strengthen oral history skills. Participants are required to have recorded at least five interviews. It is not suitable for newcomers to oral history, who should attend the introductory course. Places are limited to twelve per day course and demand is likely to exceed available places, so please apply early. Each course is led by one of the BL/OHS-accredited trainers. In order to facilitate discussion attendees are asked to spend a little time (about 30 minutes) in preparation in advance of the course. Due to high demand and in order to ensure that each course has attendees with a variety of interests and backgrounds, only one person from any one institution or project may attend the initial course.
For more information and to book please click here. Discounts are available for OHS members.
28 September at the British Library Centre for Conservation, London.
Lives in Focus: Recording Oral History Interviews on Video
This course, jointly organised by National Life Stories at the British Library and the Oral History Society will give an introduction to the principles and techniques of recording, editing and distributing oral history on video. It is aimed at those with little or no experience and it will take participants in a plain and simple way through the various stages of video production – plan/shoot/edit/share. It will examine the advantages and disadvantages of video over audio recordings, give practical advice on recording techniques, offer guidance on suitable equipment, give an introduction to digital video editing software and techniques, show examples of ways in which video interviews can be shared with others and clarify legal and ethical issues and archiving. The day will offer many opportunities for discussion and hands-on work. Previous attendance on an oral history basic training course, or a familiarity with oral history interviewing techniques, is desirable.
For more information and to book please click here. Discounts are available for OHS members.
9 October at the British Library Centre for Conservation, London.
Archival Management of Oral History Collections
This course is aimed at archivists and those managing audio archive material. The day course covers the practical, technical and ethical issues around the selection, collection and description of oral history and other recorded personal testimony and spoken word on multiple audio formats. It also explores opportunities that oral history-based partnerships offer archives for community engagement.
For more information and to book please click here. Discounts are available for OHS members.
3 October at the British Library Centre for Conservation, London.
Introduction to Oral History
This course covers the basics of interviewing, archiving, ethics and copyright. For more information and to book please click here. Discounts are available for OHS members.
14 November at the British Library Centre for Conservation, London.
4 December at the British Library Centre for Conservation, London.
