Review of the 17th International Oral History Conference

Held in Buenos Aires from 4 to 7 September 2012, the XVII International Oral History Conference: “The Challenges of Oral History in the 21st Century: Diversity, Inequality and Identity Construction" concluded successfully. For five days we could share and exchange experiences with colleagues from all over the world in discussions and debates that went further the sessions and panels. Co organized by the International Oral History Association and the Asociación de Historia Oral de la República Argentina; the Conference received more than 600 participants from the five continents.

Top book began with a burning question

BILL Gammage was farming in the Riverina district of NSW in the 1960s when he read accounts of the area from a century before that described it as a "pastoral paradise". It wasn't the country he recognised. IBNA: According to news, "I knew that country was now red gum forest," Gammage said in Melbourne yesterday. "If it's red gum forest now, why was it grass then? It was the first time I thought that the Aborigines have been involved in this."

Rereading the roots of Islamic Revolution

The first session of 'Rereading the Roots of Islamic Revolution' on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Imam Khomeini Movement will be held tomorrow at the National Library. IBNA: According to the database of Jamaran Institute for Organization and Publication of Imam Khomeini Works, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the conception of Imam Khomeini Movement, director of Iran and Islam Studies of the National Library and Archives of Iran said: "The first session will be held on Saturday, October 20, with the presence of Dr Mohammad-Hassan Rajabi historian and researcher of contemporary history of Iran and Eshaq Salahi director of the National Library."

Book on Iran’s Constitution unveiled in Paris

A ceremony was held in Paris to unveil the French rendition of an Introduction to the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Constitution by IRI Ambassador and Permanent Representative at UNESCO Mohammad-Reza Majidi. IBNA: The ceremony was held at Iran’s cultural center in Paris in the presence of Ali Zareie Najafdari, presidential advisor, Mohammad-Reza Majidi, the book’s author, Papa Momar Diop, Ambassador of Senegal in UNESCO, along with a number of French-speaking officials.

Sacred Defense fair expected to sell 300m rials daily

Deputy executive director of the third National Sacred Defense Book Fair surmised that 200 to 300 million rials of books will be purchased on a daily basis during the course of the book fair. IBNA: Over 5,700 titles have been presented for the Book of the Year Award fair which is running at the permanent fairgrounds of Shiraz. 7% of the showcases are first prints by various publishing companies in Iran.

U.S. Supreme Court Halts Turnover Of Secret IRA Tapes

BOSTON — The U.S. Supreme Court has temporarily blocked a federal judge in Boston from turning confidential taped interviews with a former member of the Irish Republican Army over to police in Northern Ireland. The interviews, with convicted IRA car bomber Dolours Price, were part of a Boston College oral history project on the bloody violence between Catholic and Protestant paramilitaries. A judge had ordered that the tapes be turned over to help British police solve the IRA’s 1972 killing of a Belfast woman. But the two project researchers appealed the judge’s order, saying it would endanger their lives.

We Killed: Women In Comedy, From Stand-Ups To Sitcoms

We Killed: The Rise Of Women In American Comedy is a sprawling oral history that grew out of a Marie Claire piece. It has the loose structure of most similar books (of which there are more and more), though the introduction unfortunately ties it to the tired women arent funny assertions that apparently were not through talking about yet. I must admit, Im a bit biased against this approach, since for me, women trying to respond with seriousness to women arent funny is a little like astronauts trying to respond with seriousness to the sun goes around the Earth. In both cases, its certainly unfortunate if anyone whos in charge of anything believes it, but its not a belief likely to be vulnerable to dissuasion through logical argument if its still held at all.

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