OHMA alum Nicki Pombier Berger will teach a workshop, Memory Loss and Mixed Ability Interviewing, at this summer's Oral History Summer School in Hudson, New York.
Finding a Thesis, Part 2: Advice from Kristen La Follette
This blog post is the second in a three-part series by Laura Barnett. In the series, Laura shares lessons gleaned from OHMA alumni about finding a thesis topic.
Read MoreFinding a Thesis, Part 1: Advice from Jeff Brodsky
This blog post is the first in a three-part series by Laura Barnett. In the series, Laura shares lessons gleaned from OHMA alumni about finding a thesis topic.
Read MoreNicki Berger: Listening to the life stories of disabilities
Dong Kue Lee reflects on Nicki Pombier Berger's workshop, which discussed the work she did for her OHMA thesis, a multimedia collection of stories from self-advocates with Down syndrome. This talk took place on Thursday, November 13, 2014.
Read MoreNicki Berger: OHMA Alum Who Reminds Us to Listen to Our Passion's Voice When Pondering Thesis Projects
Nicole JeanBaptiste reflects on Nicki Pombier Berger's workshop, which discussed the work she did for her OHMA thesis, a multimedia collection of stories from self-advocates with Down syndrome. This talk took place on Thursday, November 13, 2014.
Read MoreOral History as Performance
Kate Brenner reflects on Sam Robson's workshop. This workshop featured a staged reading of Robson’s one-act play Timothy and Mary, which is based on the oral histories of two interviewees from his OHMA thesis. This talk took place on Thursday, September 11, 2014.
Read MoreCongratulations to Nicki Pombier Berger!
This summer Nicki Pombier Berger [OHMA 2013] launched an innovative oral history project in partnership with Toward Independent Living and Learning, Inc (TILL), a Massachusetts-based agency serving individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families.
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One Take on Oral History and (International Human Rights) Litigation
I recently published an article—available here —in which I argued that the International Criminal Court (ICC) should create a public interviewing guide. The ICC should do so because it has a well-recognized statutory duty to protect those who put themselves at risk on account of the ICC’s work, and ICC interviewers put themselves at risk.
Read MoreCongratulations to Sarah Dziedzic!
Sarah Dziedzic (OHMA 2011), who has been a grant-funded Project Coordinator for CCOH’s Carnegie Corporation Oral History Project since 2011, recently transitioned to a new permanent Project Coordinator position at CCOH. Starting this fall, Sarah will be working on the two most recent CCOH projects.
Read MoreJob announcements: Congratulations OHMA alumna Erica Fugger!
OHMA is excited to share the successes of its graduates and we will be posting announcements about all of the exciting things our alums are up to in the coming days and weeks!
Erica Fugger [OHMA 2014] was recently hired for the full-time position of Administrative Assistant at the Columbia Center for Oral History (CCOH). As a work-study editorial assistant at CCOH during the 2012-2013 academic year, Erica gained experience in the archives by aiding researchers utilizing the collections, audit editing transcripts, and serving as a staff member of the 2013 Oral History Summer Institute. In her new role, Erica directs the work of the graduate assistants, offers consultations to individuals and organizations on implementing oral history projects, and develops projects to expand access to the archive. Erica is currently completing her thesis project, which will include an audio documentary based on narratives of practitioners in the tradition of Vietnamese Zen Master Thích Nhất Hạnh and a guide to oral history interviewing through Buddhist practice.
Congratulations to OHMA Graduate, Ellen Brooks!
Ellen Brooks [OHMA graduate 2013] was recently hired as the Oral History Archivist and Curator at the Wisconsin Veterans Museum in Madison, WI. Aside from coursework and fieldwork experiences, her position as Education Intern at the Lower East Side Tenement Museum this past summer helped prepare her for the role of integrating oral history into public programming. She also has considerable experience archiving and analyzing oral history through her work as research assistant to Professor Amy Starecheski, whose work utilizes oral history to explore the experiences of squatters on the Lower East Side. In her role at the Wisconsin Veterans Museum, Ellen will be splitting her time between organizing the extensive current collection of oral histories, collecting additional interviews, training volunteers and designing exhibits and programming that feature the Museum’s oral history collection. Ellen’s primary objective at the Veterans Museum will be to promote oral history as an essential facet of museum education and public history.