XVIII IOHA CONFERENCE, Spain 2014

Power and Democracy: the many voices of Oral History 9-12 July, Barcelona For those interested in attending the IOHA meeting in Barcelona, July 9-12, 2014, the program committee has posted information about registration and accommodations at a new conference website: The force of democracy as well as the resistance it has met have prompted oral history projects around the world. Interviews with advocates of change have supplemented and supplanted archives of discredited regimes.

Florida Frontiers: Author captured diverse oral histories

Author and activist Stetson Kennedy celebrates the 2009 reprint of his 1942 book 'Palmetto Country' with Florida Historical Society executive director Ben Brotemarkle at the Library of Florida History in Cocoa. / PHOTOS FOR FLORIDA TODAY Carrying a cumbersome audio recorder that he called “the thing,” Stetson Kennedy traveled through rural backwoods, swamps and small towns from north Florida to Key West, collecting oral histories, folktales and work songs. He spoke with the diverse people of Florida, including Cracker cowmen, Seminole Indians, Greek sponge divers, African-American turpentine still workers and Latin cigar rollers. The result of Stetson Kennedy’s trek through Florida’s multicultural communities was the classic 1942 book “Palmetto Country.”

In memoriam: Kim Lacy Rogers

Kim Lacy Rogers, a leading figure in oral history, died unexpectedly on Friday, February 21, at her home in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, where she was Professor of History and American Studies at Dickinson College. Although continuing to teach, she had been in declining health. She was a few days shy of her 63rd birthday. Soon after receiving her Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota in 1983, Kim Rogers began authoring what would become an extremely influential collection of oral history-related books and articles. Much of her research involved African American communities in the Deep South, particularly in New Orleans and the Mississippi Delta. Along with Professor Jerry Ward of Tougaloo College, she directed the Delta Oral History Project, conducting oral history interviews from 1995 through 1998.

Twelfth International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities

On behalf of the Organizing Committee and the International Advisory Board, we are pleased to announce the Call for Papers for the Twelfth International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities and the Call for Submissions to The Humanities Journal Collection. The 2014 Humanities Conference will be held in Madrid, Spain from the 11-13 June at the Universidad CEU San Pablo. Proposals for paper presentations, poster sessions, workshops, roundtables, or colloquia are invited to the conference, addressing the humanities through one of the following themes:

"The Gift of Memory"

National Oral History Association of New Zealand Conference, 20-21 Sept. 2014: The National Oral History Association of New Zealand (NOHANZ) is seeking abstracts for papers for presentation at our oral history conference in Wellington, New Zealand, Sept. 20-21, 2014. It is a biennial event that provides interesting and thought-provoking conversations, and the company is warm and enthusiastic. We would love to see a large international delegation this year too!

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