On 24 April 2023, I shared news of my upcoming publication (book) relying on Elie Wiesel and Alfred Kazin.
Unfortunately, publication on 28 May 2023 is no longer going ahead as legal issues have arisen preventing the publisher from publishing as is.
Narratives of Trauma and Memory: The Legacies of the Human Rights Violations Investigations Commission (The Oputa Panel) in Nigeria and National Reconciliation Commission (TRC) in Ghana
Location: University of Ibadan, Nigeria - Hybrid
Date: August 2-3, 2023
Abstract Deadline: June 25, 2023
The broken friendship of Elie Wiesel and Alfred Kazin and the impossibility of humans measuring faith. A new book on surviving trauma and mystical relationship relies on both post-Holocaust writers.
As part of the East Asian Studies speaker series at Worcester State University, Dr. Ling Zhang (Boston College) will present “Seventy Meters Below Is My Home: Geotrauma and Earthly Memories of East China” at Worcester State University in Sheehan 109 on Monday, April 24 at 2PM. The event will be in-person only.
The UK Oral History Society has recently developed some advice for interviewers on 'Looking after yourself'. This is intended for a public rather than an academic audience, but the section on 'Care and support' may be of particular relevance - along with guidance to which interviewers can refer those engaging them to work on projects when negotiating terms and conditions. You can download it as a PDF at https://e554ji8k8hn.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Looking-after....
Hi Joseph,
I wrote an article on this in 2021, and I hope it can be helpful to you: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00940798.2021.1947144?journa...
There has also been helpful discussion of this in the Oral History Review Blog: https://oralhistoryreview.org/
Best of luck!
Liz
Here is a piece i wrote a few years back for an interview team conducting life history interviews (where you never know what might come up), The readings are a bit out of date now, but hopefully there's some use, best wishes, Al Thomson
SOME THOUGHTS ON CHALLENGING INTERVIEWS…
Al Thomson, 29 November 2012
Joseph,
I will be curious to hear what you learn. Also, if you have anything to share about related care for interviewees, that would be so useful too.
Judith Monachina
Housatonic Heritage Oral History Center at Berkshire Community College
I am currently part of an initiative to help discover, analyze, and assess the role of race and racism during my university’s 200-year history. We want to open a conversation on how to acknowledge and learn from the past.
Call for Papers: Journal of Global Diaspora & Media
