Oral History News of August-September 2024
Compiled by: Iranian Oral history Website
Translated by: Fazel Shirzad
2024-10-3
Note: According to Iranian Oral History website, "News of the Month" is the title of a series of reports on this website. These reports have a look at the news related to the topic of the site in written and virtual media. In the following, you will read news from August-September 2024.
►The poster of the fourth national oral history conference was unveiled. This February conference will be held this year with the cooperation of the Organization of Documents of the Holy Defense and the Research Institute of Documents in the Organization of Documents and the National Library of Iran. The main themes of the conference include analysis and criticism of published works, editing, and publishing methods in the oral history of holy defense. Also, the conference secretariat welcomes articles related to theoretical foundations, developmental and applied approaches, and presentation of experiences and case studies.
Those who are interested can send their works to hamayesh@defadocs.ir until the 21st of December 2024.
► The General Director of Preservation and Publication of the Values of the Holy Defense of Mazandaran announced the documentation of 4 documentary works and the oral history of the Holy Defense of Education in Mazandaran province this year.
►The secretary of the children's and teenagers' film festival said: compilation of the oral history of the children's and teenagers' film festival is on the agenda.
►Gholamreza Azizi, the scientific secretary of the 4th National Conference of Oral History, announced the pathology of oral history with a forward-looking approach at the 4th National Conference of this event.
►Simultaneously with the meeting of martyrs of jihadists of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer Ahmad province, the unveiling ceremony of four titles of documentary reference books on the role of Jihad in the construction of the province during the holy defense period and 6 titles of oral history was held in Yasouj on 2nd of September.
► At the same time as the meeting of security martyrs of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer Ahmad provinces, the unveiling ceremony of 3 titles of the oral history of the warriors of the holy defense of the police command of was held in Yasouj on 2nd of September.
►The head of Zanjan province's Arts Center said: Zanjan's oral history is being documented and made into a book.
►Publications of the Islamic Revolution Documentation Center published the book "Restless Anonymous”, an oral history of the life and struggles of Seyyed Hossein Alam Elhadi" with the authoring and research of Marzieh Begizadeh in 260 pages and at a price of 185 thousand Toman (Iranian currency).
►The book "Narrative of Health" on the subject of oral history of Iranian health was unveiled in the presence of the Minister of Health and the President of the Academy of Medical Sciences.
►The head of cultural, social and sports organization of Qom municipality announced the publication of the oral history book of Qom neighborhoods.
►The head of the Institute for editing and publishing the works of Imam Khomeini (PBUH) said: In addition to the works of the Imam we published more than 1,200 books about Imam and analytical, descriptive works and memories of him, as well as oral history.
► Director General of Preservation of Sacred Values and Publication of Semnan said: 35 books were published in the field of sacred defense in different formats including memory, story, poetry, research, analysis and oral history in 2024.
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