In-person bookings for our #hybrid conference ‘Making Histories Together’ in #Nottingham CLOSES ON FRIDAY 16th! Booked your place yet? Come join us, engage with other #oralhistory folk and celebrate the Society’s 50th anniversary! #OHS50 NTU Research ohs.org.uk/conferences/

Last chance to book in-person delegate places Oral History Society conference 'Making Histories Together' Nottingham Trent University by Friday 16/6 Online bookings are open until Thursday 2/6 ohs.org.uk/conferences/

Book now: #OHS50 conference 23-24 June 2023 Great line-up of plenary sessions - In Conversation: Oral History Society at 50 - Collaborative #oralhistory practice - Does oral history have a future? Full programme & registration: ohs.org.uk/conferences/

Good luck to all OHS ECC-SIG friends presenting Oral History Society 'Making Histories Together' #OHS50 conference today & tomorrow. Sad not to make it in person this time. Having to make do with joining in the hybrid sessions online.

Follow #OHS50 for all the action Oral History Society 'Making Histories Together' conference.

Thanks Dr. Amy Tooth Murphy for shout-out to Oral History Society Special Interest Groups #OHS50 Check us out at: ohs.org.uk/environment/

And do come to the Special Interest Groups drop in session later today. Session 4D at 5pm in Lecture Theatre 10!

👀 Did you know that the East Midlands has an Oral History Archive? Collecting & sharing spoken memories from across the region. Including coronation memories, coal mining histories & Covid-lockdowns #richdata #storytelling #OHS50 ⁦NTU School of Social Sciences⁩ eastmidsoha.home.blog

"it was very much trying to involve local people"; "we didn't encounter any particular resistance to oral history": Cynthia Brown on 50 years of the Oral History Society #OHS50

✍🏿 The Oral History Society journal welcomes submissions across disciplines, including academics, archivists, social workers, journalists, health & community workers, educationalists, librarians, photographers, visual artists & museum curators #OHS50 ohs.org.uk/journal/

"Everybody can quickly record" these days "is there a tension with a society that sets the rules"? Amy Tooth Murphy poses an important question Oral History Society: "We do want to encourage people along the way" Cynthia Brown responds, "I don't think the tension is too great" #OHS50

Donald Hyslop replies that OHS has always been more about being a beacon of good practice, and not a regulatory body. Always driven by values. #OHS50

"The future is bright for #oralhistory", says Donald Hyslop. So now is a good time to join the Oral History Society and support its many activities. Be part of a friendly, welcoming and collaborative group of people. #ohs50 ohs.org.uk/membership-joi…

The OHS ECC-SIG SIG will also be there. Pop in to say hello. Last year's SIG session at OHS Conference sparked off the collaborative project 'An #oralhistory of the Transition Movement'. ohs.org.uk/environment/in… #OHS50

The SIGs session starting at 17:00. Do pop in to say hello and find out what all the SIGs are doing. #OHS50

Book now for: ‘In Dialogue at the IHR: The OHS@50’: Irish and African-Caribbean Nurses This Thursday 13 July at 18:00 UK time. ohs.org.uk/events/in-dial…

"there's a face behind the tragedy ..." 50 years since the widespread contamination of livestock feed, the Michigan #oralhistory project researchers work with community partners to document stories of those affected. sph.emory.edu/pbbregistry/st…

Our AGM yesterday marked another brilliant year of stimulating talks, growing map of environmental projects & great progress on the international #oralhistory project. Big thank you to our Chair Rib Davis & Secretary Jude Allen for making it a success. ohs.org.uk/environment/