Memoir of Martyred governor to be published

The Only Martyred Governor is the probable title of a book on the life of martyr Ali Ansari by Dr Rashid Jafarpour. Presently the book has been passed to the martyr''s wife for final considerations.

Writing neo-memoirs

A distinctive feature of neo-memoirs is their direct contact with war events and the people related to war. Memoirs are mainly reports with thought provoking traces void of any discrete literary devices.

Change of Iranian historical geometry and ways for facing falsification

The head of Islamic revolution specialized library of the Majlis library referred to the importance of Iran oral history which this center has paid special attention to and said that we should face the falsifications more seriously.

National Oral History Association of New Zealand Conference

Oral History in the 21st Century: Voices of Identity in a Globalised World National Oral History Association of New Zealand Conference 2011 - 2-3 April 2011

The 4th and 6th volumes of “History of navy force in Holy Defense”

The 4th and the 6th volumes of the 32-volume “History calendar of Naval Holy Defense" will be published concurrent with the Navy Day, November 28. These volumes are titled; “Roaring of warships”, “Flames of wrath” and “pearl”.

78th volume of "The calendar of Sacred Defense history" released

Researchers of Iran''s Army''s Sacred Defense Researches Center said that 78 volumes of "The calendar of Sacred Defense history", which is a 96-volume book, has been released. The collection will conclude by the end of the year.

In Memory of Memoir

This book; »In Memory of Memoir «has been arranged in 3 volumes. In the first volume )this book( generalities of memoirs studies - including definitions, scientific terms and dimensions of the subject from the view point of religion, mysticism, history, literature and to some extent social science - has been concisely noted and analysed.

A report about XVI International Oral History Conference

XVI International Oral History Conference was held from July 7th-11th, 2010 in Prague, Czech Republic and participated by hundreds of Oral historians. More than 700 proposals had been presented to the conference and about 500 papers were accepted from 50 countries.

2011 Oral History Society Annual Conference: 1-2 July, 2011, at the University of Sunderland

Oral history’s contribution to ‘regeneration’ has been wide ranging. On the one hand it has been used as a tool to encourage or improve community engagement and participation. On the other, it has been a tool to inspire pride in a local area or to reaffirm or create cultural identity. However, oral history’s role has, so far, been ill-defined and remains unexplored both in theory and in practice. To what extent, for example, can oral history be the critical voice of regeneration as well as the nostalgic voice of the past? Can the use of oral history make regeneration more sustainable? What part does oral history play in creating sustainable communities? To what extent should oral history and oral historians work together alongside developers and architects?

Communities of Memory - OHAA Biennial Conference 2011

In recent years memory has been an increasingly significant resource for many different types of communities: for survivors of natural catastrophe and human-made disaster; in country towns dealing with demographic and environmental change; for cities and suburbs in constant transformation; in the preservation of special places or the restitution of human rights; for the ‘Forgotten Australians’ and ‘Stolen Generations’; for migrants and refugees creating new lives; among virtual communities sharing life stories online.