On February 21, 2024, leading experts in oral history and archival studies will gather to discuss the archival preservation of oral testimonies related to Russia’s war in Ukraine. This event is organized by the Ukrainian Oral History Association and the State Archival Service of Ukraine, in partnership with the National Museum of the Revolution of Dignity and the Ukrainian Institute of National Memory.
On February 29, 2024, at 7:00 PM, the authors of the book Unspeakable: Stories of Ukrainian Women about the Russian Invasion and Evacuation to Germany—Svitlana Nyzhnikova, Alina Ponypaliak, Svitlana Telukha, and Yevheniia Shyshkina—will discuss the experiences of living through and sharing stories of war, focusing on women’s experiences and perspectives.
On January 25, 2024, Nadiia Pastukh presents the results of her research, “It Is Impossible to Put into Words:” Searching for Language in Stories About Personal Experiences of Russia’s War Against Ukraine, at the next online seminar in the Ukrainian Oral History Association’s “Field. Risks. War” series.
The Ukrainian Oral History Association invites scholars and professionals in the field of oral history to become members and engage in our activities. We look forward to receiving your applications and collaborating with you.
The Ukrainian Oral History Association is organizing its first international scientific conference since the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, titled “Oral History in Wartime: Academic Knowledge and the Researcher’s Responsibility.” The conference will be held from June 13-15, 2024, in Uzhhorod, Ukraine. We invite you to submit your applications and join us for this important event!
The Ukrainian Oral History Association continues its series of online seminars “Field, Risks, War”. We invite you to join the conversation with Hanna Zaremba-Kosovych about the peculiarities of researching the experiences of people with intellectual disabilities.
On November 29, 2023, at 18:00, the documentary oral history series “About Kharkiv and About Myself: Experiences and Fates of the Great City in the Oral Histories of Its Residents”, by Gelinada Grinchenko, will be screened at a cinema in Münster, Germany. This film explores the daily lives of Kharkiv residents during the Nazi occupation of 1941-1943. Admission is free, and we invite you to join us for this special screening!
The Ukrainian Oral History Association is launching the online seminar series “Field. Risks. War.” We invite you to the first seminar, which focuses on the unique ethical challenges faced by oral history researchers documenting war. Join us for a difficult but necessary conversation with Svitlana Makhovska on October 25 at 7:00 PM.
Due to the Russia’s war against Ukraine, new challenges have emerged for the academic community both in Ukraine and globally. These challenges require specialists in the social sciences to remain actively engaged and mobilize all available resources. In response to the growing need for professional documenting of the war testimonies, the expanding research field, and the urgent necessity for processing and preserving war testimonies, the Ukrainian Oral History Association announces a restructuring and reorganization of its activities.