Charlton Oral History Research Grant available from Baylor University
The Baylor University Institute for Oral History invites individual scholars with training and experience in oral history research who are conducting oral history interviews to apply for support of up to $3,000 for the academic year 2013-2014.Summer Oral History Field School in Egypt
Students are invited to participate in the second annual summer oral history field school in Egypt from May 20-June 9. Students will learn about modern Egypt through hands on oral history work.Nooreddin; Son of Iran to be dramatized
Director Meisam Husseini said working on dramatization and production of a TV series on Nooreddin; Son Of Iran will begin. IBNA: According to the Arts Bureau of the Islamic Development Organization, Husseini stated that preliminary studies on the project have been launched and dramatizing and shooting of the series will begin in the near future.A Foot That Was Left Behind to be read in book radio
The manger of book radio said that currently the book Da is being read in the radio every night which will be followed by A Foot That Was Left Behind in the future. IBNA: The manger of book radio Hamid Reza Valian said that the book radio has launched in order to develop the cultural aspect of the Islamic Revolution as well as supporting the publishers, writers and the officials of book related media which work with the framework of the Islamic Republic of Iran.Supreme Leader Meets with Officials in Charge of Resistance and Revolution Literature Office
Ayatollah Khamenei the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution, met Monday morning with officials in charge of Resistance and Revolution Literature Office. His Eminence stated that creating a great, inspiring and motivating movement in areas related to resistance and revolution literature and preventing some hostile movements from distorting concepts and facts about the Islamic Revolution are two important and outstanding characteristics of institutes in charge of artistic activities. He stressed: "This pioneering and influential movement eliminated the need of the country for imported literature."Professor forms oral history course
History students have become filmmakers with the addition of an oral history course on campus. Juniors and seniors have the opportunity to take a class in oral history and learn how to transcribe and archive history. Justin Nystrom, assistant history professor, began teaching his freshmen seminar students how to document history and has decided to make it into a course of its own.Call for Papers European Social Science History Conference (ESSHC)
The European Social Science History Conference (ESSHC) has been held biannually since 1996 and the Oral History and Life Stories Network has met at each conference since 1998. Oral History and Life Stories is currently one of the largest, friendliest and most popular networks of the European Social Science Conference.Local civil rights pioneers will join to give an oral history of their journey
Juanita Cunningham is seen at her residence on Northwest 14th Street in Ocala, Fla., on Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013. Cunningham was a prominent teacher in Marion County and is being honored at Black Ocala, an oral history, in the Webber Center at the College of Central Florida on Tuesday at 7 p.m. (Jacqui Janetzko/Star-Banner Correspondent)Voices and Images from the Oral History Center
I remember staying with my grandparents Bernard Flood Sr. and Ada Little Money Flood in O`Kreek, South Dakota as a small boy. My grandparents didn’t have electricity, running water or plumbing until 1977. They gave me an invaluable gift, instead of sitting in front of a T.V or listening to music from an I Pod, they shared the history of our people and the greatness of our leaders and holy men from stories passed down throughout time.Highlighting significance of books
Sharjah: The second day of the first conference of the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) for the Region of Central Asia and North Africa (Cana), continued with its sessions and activities, at the Sharjah Chamber of Commerce and Industry....
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Attack on Halabcheh narrated
With wet saliva, we are having the lunch which that loving Isfahani man gave us from the back of his van when he said goodbye in the city entrance. Adaspolo [lentils with rice] with yoghurt! We were just started having it when the plane dives, we go down and shelter behind the runnel, and a few moments later, when the plane raises up, we also raise our heads, and while eating, we see the high sides ...The Arab People Committee
Another event that happened in Khuzestan Province and I followed up was the Arab People Committee. One day, we were informed that the Arabs had set up a committee special for themselves. At that time, I had less information about the Arab People , but knew well that dividing the people into Arab and non-Arab was a harmful measure.Kak-e Khak
The book “Kak-e Khak” is the narration of Mohammad Reza Ahmadi (Haj Habib), a commander in Kurdistan fronts. It has been published by Sarv-e Sorkh Publications in 500 copies in spring of 1400 (2022) and in 574 pages. Fatemeh Ghanbari has edited the book and the interview was conducted with the cooperation of Hossein Zahmatkesh.Is oral history the words of people who have not been seen?
Some are of the view that oral history is useful because it is the words of people who have not been seen. It is meant by people who have not been seen, those who have not had any title or position. If we look at oral history from this point of view, it will be objected why the oral memories of famous people such as revolutionary leaders or war commanders are compiled.
