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CALL FOR APPLICATIONS Deindustrialization and the Politics of Our Time Artist in Residence (AIR) Program Industrial Closure Thematic Initiative (2 positions – 2022-23) Brexit, the election of Donald Trump as US President, and the rise of right-wing populism across continental… Read More →

    Please check out our COVID-19 Oral History project transcripts. They originate from the work of Queen’s undergraduate History students working on the module Recording History. In Spring 2021, they carried out interviews with a diverse range of individuals… Read More →

Drawing on over twenty years’ experience of post-conflict oral history research, this paper will consider the role and function of oral history in facilitating access to truth, justice and accountability. In particular, it will draw on work that Dr Bryson… Read More →

Since the publication, in January 2021, of the historical report on mother and baby homes and Magdalene laundries in Northern Ireland, there has been impressive momentum towards a public inquiry to examine allegations of historical abuses in these institutions. After… Read More →

The report, co-authored by Quote Hub’s Sean O’Connell has been published. To download a copy go to https://www.health-ni.gov.uk/publications/research-report-mother-and-baby-homes-and-magdalene-laundries-northern-ireland… Read More →

Fermanagh and Omagh District Council (FODC) will be seeking a facilitator(s) to work directly with groups in the district as part of a reminiscence and oral history project to record and archive local stories relating to the legacy in Ireland… Read More →

(Above: Marianvale, the former mother and baby home outside Newry) In August 2019, QUOTE Hub member Sean O’Connell and Leanne McCormick (of Ulster University) submitted a research report on the history of mother and baby homes and Magdalene laundries in… Read More →

Update June 2020: Oral History Society / NLS-BL oral history training courses are being delivered online over Zoom call during the Covid-19 pandemic. In-person training courses have been postponed. If you would like to be contacted when new training dates… Read More →

QUOTE Hub’s Sean O’Connell is the speaker at OHNI’S annual lecture for 2019. Details here:… Read More →

(Image – Marianvale: former mother and baby home outside Newry) In August 2019, QUOTE Hub member Sean O’Connell and Leanne McCormick (of Ulster University) submitted a research report on the history of mother and baby homes and Magdalene laundries in… Read More →

Dr Sean Field, Cape Town University, South Africa ‘Irreconciliable economies: memory-work in the most unequal country’ Time: 4.00-5.00, 25 June 2019 Venue: Institute of Irish Studies Seminar Room, 27 University Square, QUB Sean Field is an internationally recognised oral historian.… Read More →

Researchers examining history of Mother and baby homes in NI make final appeal for volunteers The research team examining the history of mother and baby homes and Magdalene laundries in Northern Ireland is making a final appeal for oral history… Read More →

Oral Histories of Structural Violence Scottish Oral History Centre Post Graduate Conference 2019 The role of oral history in contesting elite, top-down narratives of history through privileging the voices of marginalised communities. How oral history sources can be used to… Read More →

Conflict, Memory and Migration: Northern Irish Migrants and the Troubles in Great Britain The Centre for Memory, Narrative and Histories at the University of Brighton is seeking a postdoctoral researcher for this three-year AHRC-funded research project working in partnership with… Read More →

Irish Conference of Folklore and Ethnology Tionól Béaloideasa agus Eitneolaíochta (Incorporating the annual Almqvist Lecture / Léacht Almqvist) ULSTER UNIVERSITY BELFAST CAMPUS YORK STREET BELFAST THE ALMQVIST LECTURE 2018, entitled ‘Penetrating Social Forgetting: The Challenges of Collecting Ulster Folk History… Read More →

AHRC-funded PhD studentship available: Cross-Community Oral History, Post-Conflict Geography and Conflict Resolution at West Belfast Interfaces Applications are invited for an AHRC-funded PhD at the University of Brighton: “Cross-Community Oral History, Post-Conflict Geography and Conflict Resolution at West Belfast Interfaces”.… Read More →

This joint conference of the Oral History Society and the Oral History Network of Ireland will be held at Queen’s University Belfast on Thursday 28 and Friday 29 June 2018. The conference is titled ‘Dangerous oral histories: risk, responsibilities and… Read More →

To register for this event go to https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/oral-history-interviews-in-the-arts-and-humanities-tickets-45521225210    … Read More →

QUOTE Hub is delighted to welcome many of our oral history colleagues from across the globe to the European Social Science History Conference 2018. The event is hosted by the School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics at Queen’s University… Read More →

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Our colleagues at the UK Oral History Society are running an oral history training day, on 21 March 2018, AT RIDDEL HALL, QUEENS UNIVERSITY BELFAST, 185 STRANMILLIS ROAD, BT9 5EE You can find a programme for the day, which begins… Read More →

Exciting news from the Oral History Network of Ireland. On 5 December, they hold their inaugural annual lecture. Delivered by leading oral historian Maura Cronin, this will be a fascinating evening.… Read More →

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Jack Crangle and Pete Hodson, two Queen’s PhD students for whom oral history is central to their research, recently took their emerging research findings on tour. Both gave well received papers at the Northeast Conference on British Studies, at Endicott… Read More →

On Friday 24th November 2017, Graham Smith will visit Belfast to talk about hte relationship between oral history and public history. Graham is one of the UK’s leading oral historians and was, for many years, Chair of the Oral History… Read More →

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On 28-29 June 2018, Quote hub will host the joint annual conference of the Oral History Network of Ireland and the Oral History Society. The theme is Dangerous Oral Histories: Risks, Responsibilities and Rewards. More details will appear on this… Read More →

The Linen Hall Library are launching an exhibition based on their Divided Society reminiscence workshops. Please RSVP (details on image) if you wish to attend this exciting event.    … Read More →

On 23-24 June, the annual conference of the Oral History Network of Ireland addresses the exciting themes of leisure and work. Highlights of the weekend include a chance to listen to leading US oral historians Anne Ritchie and Donald Ritchie.… Read More →