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OHS / IHR Oral History Seminars 2014-2015, London | The Oral History Noticeboard

Oral History Seminar Series, 2014-2015

Held at Institute of Historical Research, London.

Convenors: Anne Gulland (Oral History Society), Dr Shelley Trower (Roehampton), Dr Michelle Winslow (Sheffield)
For enquiries relating to this seminar please contact Shelley Trower: Shelley.Trower@roehampton.ac.uk

Venue: Room G21A, Ground floor, Senate House

Time: Thursday, 6.00pm

This seminar is jointly funded by the IHR and the Oral History Society

Some podcasts from this Seminar are available online

Autumn Term 2014
Date Seminar details
4 September The Australian Readers Remember project in retrospect, or why we (still) need an oral history of reading
Professor Martyn Lyons (University of New South Wales, Australia)
6 November Scientists’ stories of their childhoods
Dr Paul Merchant (British Library)
Spring Term 2015
Date Seminar details
6 January The Continuous Thread of Revelation: Chrononormativity and the Challenge of Queer Oral History
Dr Amy Tooth Murphy (University of Roehampton)Joint seminar with the History of Sexuality seminarPlease note:  this session will take place in the Holden Room, 103, on the first floor of Senate House.
5 February Constructing Post-War Britain: building workers’ histories 1950-70
Dr Christine Wall (University of Westminster)
Summer Term 2015
Date Seminar details
7 May In the time between then and now: Memory, Social Change and Everyday Life
Dr Fiona Cosson (Manchester Metropolitan University)
4 June Male Mental Illness since the 1950s: Oral Histories from General Practice
Dr Alison Haggett (University of Exeter)

 

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