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.
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.
We are delighted to invite you to the third annual symposium, “The Most Documented War: Enacting Archives”, a platform to discuss pressing issues surrounding the documentation and archiving of experiences from the Russian-Ukrainian war.
We are pleased to invite you to participate in the international conference “War, Academy, and Emotions: From Interviews to Memory-Making,” which will be held on February 21–22, 2025 in a hybrid format.
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
We invite you to join a seminar dedicated to the analysis of oral histories that reveal the fates of Jewish survivors in postwar Poland, including their survival strategies, identity, social status etc.
The Ukrainian Oral History Association is launching a new publication project on its official website – the “Author’s Column.” We welcome original texts, reprints, event reflections, publication reviews, and more. Join us in creating unique and engaging content!
On February 4 at 5:00 PM (Kyiv time), Ihor Lyman, a member of the Ukrainian Oral History Association’s working group, and Viktoriia Konstantinova, the director of the Research Institute of Urban History, will present the newly published book, The Sysiuks: The History of a Great Family (Kharkiv, 2024). This publication includes oral history interviews with members of the Sysiuk family.
The goal of this initiative is to promote collaboration between organizations, popularize oral history, and provide convenient access to information about the activities of such centers.
The organizers invite you to join a panel discussion dedicated to the German occupation of Ukraine during World War II. The event will take place on January 28, 2025 at 7:00 PM in Berlin.
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”.
On November 27, 2024, Yurii Pukivskyi will speak at a seminar, presenting the book The Power of Resistance: Ukrainians in Soviet Camps. The discussion will cover various aspects of documenting traumatic experiences
The organizers invite to participate in the workshop “Kharkiv Under Fire: Local History in Times of War,” which will be held in Berlin on October 24-25, 2024, in a hybrid format.
Join us for the next UOHA seminar in the series “Field. Risks. War.” On October 30, 2024, at 6:00 PM (Kyiv time), Tetiana Boriak will discuss a multidisciplinary approach to studying the Holodomor.
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.
We invite you to explore the results of the project “365 Days of Oral History of War,” initiated and carried out by Natalia Khanenko-Friesen at the University of Alberta in 2022-2023.
Join us for the next seminar in the UOHA series “Field. Risks. War.” In April, Yuliia Buyskykh will present her recently published book, West of the Bug: Diaries from the Borderland.
The Ukrainian-German Historical Commission invites applications for the workshop “(Not) Far from the War: The Russo-Ukrainian War in Refugees’ Testimonies, Oral Histories, and Diaries.” The main focus of the event will be on documenting the experiences of Ukrainians who were forced to flee their homeland due to the ongoing war.
The organizers invite applications for the Summer Institute, which will take place from August 27-30, 2024, in Wroclaw, Poland. Over the course of four days, the institute will offer a series of presentations, workshops, and mentorship opportunities examining current trends in scholarly and creative reflections on witnessing the war in Ukraine.
On March 28, 2024, at 7:00 PM, Yevhenia Podobna will discuss the use of testimonies from the Russian-Ukrainian war in public history during the seminar.
During the roundtable “War Testimonies: From Oral History to National Documentary Heritage,” the Head of the State Archival Service of Ukraine, Anatolii Khromov, and the Co-chair of the Ukrainian Oral History Association, Natalia Khanenko-Friesen, signed a Memorandum of Cooperation.
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.