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OHRO Summer Summer Institute: Oral History, Advocacy and the Law, June 8 – June 20, 2008
The 2008 annual Summer Institute on Oral History, “Oral History, Advocacy and the Law,” will focus on the rich intersections between oral history, advocacy work and the law. Drawing upon themes that emerged from our 2007 Summer Institute on oral history and human rights, the 2008 institute will explore the parallel uses of oral history and legal testimony in the classical definition of advocacy as “finding and giving” voice. Relationships between human rights commissions, tribunals and oral history documentation will be explored – as well as specific uses of oral history in legal advocacy work in capital crimes proceedings, land claims work involving oral memory in indigenous communities and the documentation of vulnerable communities in transition generally. The Institute will also include presentations on the role of oral history in documenting legal reform work. Workshops will include training for interviewing vulnerable and traumatized families/communities, developing archives of cultural memory, and using digital technology to record and preserve interviews.
Please note: the formal deadline for application was April 24, 2008, however we are still accepting applications at this time.
SUMMER INSTITUTE 2008 APPLICATION
SUMMER INSTITUTE 2008 PROGRAM
SUMMER INSTITUTE 2008 FACULTY
Oral History Master of Arts Launched
 In fall 2008, students in the nation's first master's degree program in oral history will begin their first semester at Columbia University. A partnership between ISERP and Oral History Research Office (OHRO) at the Columbia University Libraries, Oral History Master of Arts (OHMA) is an interdisciplinary program that links social science and humanities research and focuses on interviewing methodologies and interpretive methods. More details can be found here.
Please note: the deadline for application has been extended through May 1, 2008.
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