Literature-Based and History-Based Memoirs

This paper was supposed to be presented in the meeting with Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, in 13 May 2013. However, I missed the opportunity due to lack of time and decided to publish it on Oral History Weekly. It seeks to present a classification for memoirs. It could be considered a theoretical subject (and was penned with the same purpose) because of the huge number of memoirs dealing with the Islamic Revolution and Holy Defense in different genres, styles, and point of views as well as the need to have a standard for their classification and production of new works in this genre.

Holloway memoir wins PEN/Ackerley Prize

Richard Holloway's Leaving Alexandria: A Memoir of Faith and Doubt (Canongate) has won the PEN/Ackerley Prize 2013. IBNA: Holloway\'s book, which describes his struggle with faith, beat off competition from Will Cohu, Rachel Cusk and Colin Grant, Bookseller said. The PEN/Ackerley Prize is the only British literary prize dedicated to memoir and autobiography. It was founded in memory of editor and author J R Ackerley, and was first awarded in 1982. The winner receives a cheque for £2,500.

Iran's setter to write memories

Iran's setter for the Men's National Volleyball Team Saeid Marouf has said he will pen down his memories of Iran's presence in Asian and world cups. IBNA: Speaking with IBNA, Marouf stated that Iran's presence in the 2013 world volleyball league was awesome and sparked a lot of attention among viewers and volleyball lovers throughout the world towards Iran's amazing capabilities in the sport by beating great volleyball teams like Italy and Cuba in their lands.

Panel to discuss oral history project involving Boeing Wichita

A discussion of an oral history project on Boeing Wichita will be held Friday night at the Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum. The “Boeing Wichita Oral History Project” features hours of videotape from 21 people ranging from politicians, Boeing employees and others in the community affected by the plant’s closure in a city that has long defined itself the Air Capital of the World. Friday night’s presentation will be a discussion of how the project came about and what was learned in the process. “We approached this from the standpoint: ‘What were the questions you might wonder about? Who are the people you are most interested in hearing from?’ ” said Eric Cale, director of the Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum.

Project Jukebox to add "Sea Ice in Barrow" based on traditional knowledge

Project Jukebox, the digital branch of the Oral History Program [http://jukebox.uaf.edu/site7/project/532] at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, has received a grant from the North Pacific Research Board to create a new multimedia segment, “Sea Ice in Barrow.” The $61,205 grant will allow staff from UAF’s Elmer E. Rasmuson Library to record interviews in the Barrow area, and to transcribe exisiting interviews conducted by other researchers.

University of Kentucky's oral history program 'potentially revolutionary'

The University of Kentucky is making strides to preserve oral history with a system that allows interviews to be heard online before they are transcribed. The Oral History Metadata Synchronizer, developed at UK in 2008, is the only one in the country, said Doug Boyd, director of the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History at UK's Special Collections. "It's potentially revolutionary," he said. In 2011, the Institute of Museum and Library Services gave the Nunn Center a $195,853 National Leadership Grant to continue developing the synchronizer, Boyd said.

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