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
The Ukrainian Oral History Association begins publishing papers from the UOHA-2024 conference “Oral History in Wartime: Academic Knowledge and the Researcher’s Responsibility” on the YouTube channel.
At the conference, Ukrainian researchers shared their experiences in conducting oral history research amid the Russia-Ukraine war, once again highlighting the urgent need for a shift in Western perspectives on Ukraine.
UOHA Co-Chair Natalia Khanenko-Friesen and working group member Yuliia Skubytska shared their insights on the current state of the Ukrainian oral history field.
In an interview with the Higher School of Social Sciences in Paris, UOHA Co-Chair Gelinada Grinchenko shared her insights on the development of oral history in Ukraine.
On October 31, 2024, the IX International Scientific and Practical Conference “Oral History: Cognitive-Documentary Potential and Public Archiving” was held, with members of the Association’s working group actively participating.
The Association co-organized the 1st All-Ukrainian Student Conference on History “SpIlnoSTORIIA” 2024 “Dimensions of War: People, Territories, Identities”, organized by the National Center “Junior Academy of Sciences of Ukraine”.
The program for the Summer Institute dedicated to studying testimonies of the war in Ukraine, which will take place from August 27-30, 2024, in Wrocław, Poland, is now available. Over the course of four days, invited speakers will lead a series of presentations, workshops, and mentoring sessions for participants.
We invite you to participate online in the panel discussions, roundtables, and sessions of the UOHA-2024 International Conference, “Oral History in Wartime: Scientific Knowledge and the Researcher’s Responsibility,” which will take place from June 13-15 in Uzhhorod.