The Challenges of Oral History Weekly

The number 100 is sacred for some people and has a special meaning for many people of the world. But most people believe that the number implies plentitude and excess. That is why this number is used at the time of joyfulness among Iranians. The children also count number 100 many times and every time they want to create in others minds the plentitude of something, they will use it. I wrote the above few sentences to show my intention of writing this article. I think probably the significance and the meaning which is hidden in the number 100, has made those who are involved in Oral history weekly to open a special account on the weeklys issue 100.

When a prison, is not prison

A short while after the 1953 Iranian coup détat (known in Iran as the 28 Mordad coup), they set most theaters on fire, closed them down and captured the artists. Under Bakhtiars military command in Tehran, they incarcerated the local populace under the pretext of the Article V of Law and imprisoned every artist. I was, too, arrested in the street. At first, they kept me in a detention center in Tehran where I met Mohammad Ali Jafari and many other artists and radio staff; then, a few days later they took me and Mr. Jafari to Qasr Prison due to lack of room for the detainees in the detention center. The word had gone out that those taken to Qasr would never return home.

Book to be unveiled on Qezel-Qale (Red Castle)

A book will be unveiled and published on Qezel-Qale (Red Castle) at Iran’s Ebrat Museum next Sunday. IBNA: The unveiling ceremony of Yaghub Lotfi’s latest publication was scheduled to be held today (Sunday) but was postponed to next Sunday due to certain unforeseen events. The prison’s geographical status, the prisoners, campaigners and memories of the prisoners are the themes of the book’s chapters.

Every province to hold oral history workshops

Talking about the importance of writing oral history as books, an official of the Art Bureau said: “Considering the work’s significance in registering the revolution and Sacred Defense’s incidents, every province will hold 36 hours of workshops.” IBNA: The resistance literature and studies office of Art Bureau’s province’s affairs held the 10th edition of its educational workshops, themed on oral history, in Isfahan. The workshops are held in order to promote provincial researchers and writer’s activities for writing better oral history books.

2013 Annual Meeting Call for Papers

The 2013 annual meeting of the Oral History Association will offer an opportunity to showcase the ways in which oral history has been used to unearth hidden stories and contest accepted truths. Through work to address silences, oral history provides a method by which unknown experiences and fresh perspectives can come to light and provide scholars and communities a more robust understanding of the past. It holds the power to defy stereotypes and challenge simple generalizations. Conference organizers invite proposals for panels or individual papers exploring the ways in which oral history has recorded and presented critical counter narratives, bringing needed diversity and enhanced complexity to the study of events, ideas, or issues. Our hope is that oral historians from a wide range of settings and disciplines will contribute to this discussion of how their work has uncovered new stories or defied popular notions.

Conference: Faculty of Asian and African Studies Saint Petersburg State University

THE XXVII INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON HISTORIOGRAPHY AND SOURCE STUDIES OF ASIA AND AFRICA The Faculty of Asian and African Studies of the Saint Petersburg State University is organizing the XXVII International Conference on Historiography and Source Studies of Asia and Africa «Local Heritage and Global Perspective»

Book recounts activists journey From Shanghai to Berkeley

Ying Lee isnt slowing down. The former city councilwoman is 80 now, but she has a limited amount of time to talk because shes heading downtown to a protest at the historic Berkeley Post Office building. Shes worried about the impending closure of branches across the country, both because of the service and the jobs that will be lost. "I really think of the post office as being one of the fundamental institutions of the United States," Lee says. "Not only in terms of providing basic services but also in terms of work opportunities. Job opportunities for African-Americans."

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