Review Testimonials

Testimony, the Journal Digital Oral History Association of Argentina (NOW) invites nominations for the receipt of items for your third number. Dossier: Oral History and exiles in Latin America.

When Janey Comes Marching Home

New Photography Exhibit, “When Janey Comes Marching Home,” Opens at CDS on February 6 The recent launch of the Veterans Oral History Project in North Carolina brings When Janey Comes Marching Home: Portraits of Women Combat Veterans to CDS. The exhibit includes forty large-scale (one is 50 in. x 60 in., the rest are 30 in. x 40 in.)

A gripping panorama: World War II pilot is military museum s 2,000th Veterans Oral History Project subject

Charles P. Evans got a bird’s eye view of Normandy the day before D-Day while on one of 30 harrowing bombing missions he was assigned to during World War II. The 94-year-old Wilton resident recounted those missions and other incredible stories during a fascinating Veterans Oral History Project session at the New York State Military Museum on Lake Avenue.

Local educators participate in national oral history project

StoryCorps did interviews in 3 Hampton Roads cities HAMPTON — Eight-year-old Harleé Patrick's wide, frightened eyes caught the heart of her teacher as she walked into class at T.C. Walker Elementary School in Gloucester.

Western Illinois Museum shares local war veterans’ stories in new exhibit

The Western Illinois Museum will open a new oral history exhibit this weekend that celebrates local war veterans, to run concurrently with Home Front: Life During the Civil War, which begins today.

UBC profs say Aboriginal oral history misunderstood

Recognized by the Supreme Court of Canada as a legitimate form of evidence in 1997, Aboriginal oral history is too often cast aside as an inferior or even illegitimate form of proof in the Canadian justice system, according to scholars at the University of British Columbia.

Nicholls seeking veterans to record war stories

Nicholls State University is looking for Louisiana veterans willing to tell their stories as part of an oral-history project.

Revolution literature should not be neglected

All experts attending a session to assess the growth of Persian literature under the Islamic Revolution maintained that the literature still lacks many of the features it requires to be recognized in the society.

World Prize for the Book of the Year names winners

Concurrent with the 29th edition of Iran's Book of the Year Award, the winners of the 19th World Prize for the Book of the Year of the Islamic Republic of Iran were announced in which 24 foreign books were picked up.

Air Force s Role in Islamic Revolution

In the unveiling ceremony of the Role of the Air Force in the Islamic Revolution, head of the Islamic Revolution documents center said that the obedience of the air force to Imam Khomeini was memorable and unexpected for the Shah's regime.
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Book Review

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.

Daily Notes of a Mother

Memories of Ashraf-al Sadat Sistani
They bring Javad's body in front of the house. His mother comes forward and says to lay him down and recite Ziarat Warith. His uncle recites Ziarat and then tells take him to the mosque which is in the middle of the street and pray the funeral prayer (Ṣalāt al-Janāzah) so that those who do not know what the funeral prayer is to learn it.

A Critique on Oral history of War Commanders

“Answering Historical Questions and Ambiguities Instead of Individual-Organizational Identification”
“Oral history of Commanders” is reviewed with the assumption that in the field of war historiography, applying this method is narrated in an advancing “new” way, with the aim of war historiography, emphasizing role of commanders in creation of its situations and details.