Family History; A Legacy for Future Generations

The Importance of Recording Family History and the Role of Oral Memories in Preserving the Identity of Generations

Since ancient times, memories have been recognized as an important part of the cultural and social memory of societies. The importance of this issue has led various centers around the world to record and record the memories of men, personalities, and even other ordinary people in society through targeted interviews. Family history, rituals, customs ...

Experts answer to oral history questions

100 Questions/50

Are children and teenagers, suitable narrators for oral history projects?

We asked several researchers and activists in the field of oral history to express their views on oral history questions. The names of each participant are given at the beginning of their answers, and the text of all the answers will be published on this portal by the end of the week.

Report of the Third Meeting of the Specialized Roundtable on Oral History of the Country

Gholamreza Azizi: Oral history adds depth to military documents

According to the Iranian Oral History website, the “Third Meeting of the Specialized Roundtable on Oral History of the Country and the Meeting of Oral History of the Military in Iran” was held on Wednesday morning, September 27, 2026, with the efforts of the Deputy of Science, Research and Technology of the Iranian Army and in cooperation with the ...

Oral History News for August 23rd – September 22nd 2026

According to the Iranian Oral History website, “News of the Month” is the title of a series of reports on this site. These reports look at news related to the site’s topic in written and virtual media. Below you will read news from August 23rd to September 22nd 2026. The Director General of the Preservation of Monuments and Dissemination of Sacred Defense and Resistance Values of Bushehr Province announced the compilation of an oral history of the epic of zeal and honor of the ...

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Oral History Weekly Magazine wishes to create a suitable place for thoughts and idea development; Its main field would be “Oral History” and subjects as telling & writing memoirs, writing diaries, travelogues, chronologies, and all other subfields of history which are presented in the form of news, articles, reports, notes, interviews and memoirs can be included. There is no limitation on the length of would-be-sent materials.
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