Applications are now open for WWSI 2025. It will bring together theorists and practitioners of oral history in Ukraine and elsewhere to advance the dialogue on the relationship between oral historical research, formation of (in)tangible national heritage and evolving memory landscapes in Ukraine, Europe and elsewhere.
As part of the “Public Archiving in Ukraine” project, the “History of My Big Family” contest has been announced to collect and preserve family stories about the Russian-Ukrainian war. The application deadline is March 31, 2025.
A collection of articles of the UOHA members “Listening, Hearing, Understanding: An Oral History of Ukraine in the Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries” (Kyiv, 2021) has been published.
The collection of academic works features research by Ukrainian and international scholars analyzing various aspects of women’s experiences during World War II in Central and Eastern Europe.
On February 20, 2025, the Düsseldorf Central Library hosted a screening of the unique documentary “About Kharkiv and About Myself” – the first large-scale oral history project dedicated to the German occupation of Kharkiv in 1941-43.
On January 16, 2025, Albert Venger, a member of the working group of the Ukrainian Oral History Association, officially transferred video recordings of oral testimonies to the Central State Audiovisual and Electronic Archive
On May 5, 2025, Serhii Zvilinskyi will speak at an online seminar, where he will share his experiences of preserving cultural heritage in the frontline communities of the Zaporizhia region during wartime.
On March 31, 2025, Viktoriia Nesterenko will speak at an online seminar with a presentation titled “Researcher-Respondent Interaction: Within and Beyond the Interview Space.” Join the conversation!