Oral History Network of Ireland

 Oral History Network of Ireland

The latest update from the Oral History Network of Ireland:

‘Happy New Year! I hope that you’re all enjoying a good start to 2021. I’m writing to update you on our activities and share details of our upcoming events.

2021 Membership

We are now accepting new memberships and renewals for 2021. We have four categories of membership: individual, concessionary, group and institutional. Membership runs for a calendar year, i.e. until 31 December 2021. For full details of pricing and membership benefits, please see our website.
Upcoming Events

We believe that, given the current restrictions, it is in the best interests of our members that we deliver our events online for the foreseeable future. We will resume face-to-face events and hopefully see you all again in person as soon as it is safe to do so. The first training session of the year is our ‘Oral History Basics’ workshop, which will take place from 10am-12:30pm on Saturday 20 February. Further information and registration details are available here. In April we will also host our ‘Ethics and Oral History’ workshop, full details of which will be announced shortly. We are also happy to run training courses on request for groups or organisations. Please contact us to discuss available dates and costs.
On Tuesday 23 March, we will host a free networking event to celebrate OHNI’s 10^th birthday and to launch our brand-new website. We will circulate registration details for this event in the coming weeks – make sure that you have your party hats and balloons at the ready!
Our annual conference, titled ‘Storytelling and Oral History’ will take place from 18-19 June. We hope to include a range of interactive sessions and workshops – details for submissions and registrations will be circulated in due course.
2020 Annual Lecture

In December, we were honoured to welcome Siobhán McHugh to present our fourth annual lecture titled ‘The Poetry of Podcasting: Emphasising the Oral in Oral History’. The event was well attended and Siobhán offered a fascinating insight into turning audio interviews into podcasts and using sound to create narrative. A recording of the lecture can be found here.
Feedback
We always welcome suggestions or feedback you might have for new or different events. We also appreciate any feedback you might have for us more generally. Please do get in touch with us via info@oralhistorynetworkireland.ie or through our Facebook and Twitter.’