International Oral History Association
23.09.2008-26.09.2008, Guadalajara (Mexico)
Deadline: 15.07.2007
The International Oral History Association in collaboration with the University of Guadalajara and the Mexican Oral History Association (AMHO) invite proposals from around the world for the 15th International Oral History Conference in Guadala-jara, Mexico.
Proposals may be for a conference paper, a thematic panel, a special interest group session or a workshop session. Only those proposals clearly focused on oral history will be given consideration. Proposals will be evaluated according to their oral his-tory focus, methodological and theoretical significance and relevance to the confer-ence theme and sub-themes.
Sub Themes
– Contributions of Oral History to the understanding of the 20th Century
– Time in Memory: Lived experience; what is remembered and what is forgotten
– Spaces of Memory: Community, the local, the global and everyday life
– Ecology and Disasters: Environmental themes, natural heritage, cultural resources
– Memory and Politics: Experiences of political participation; NGOs, political groups, political agency and individuals
– Family and Generations
– Migrations: Diasporas, international and local migratory movements, networks, borderlands, religious migration, the human capital of
immigrants
– Sharing and Transmitting Faith: Religious traditions
– Oral Tradition
– Theory and Method in Oral History
– Memories of Violence and War: Justice, trauma and memory, survivors, civil rights and human rights
– Memories of the Body: Dance, tatoos, dramatizations and the emotions
– Work: Experiences, conceptions and modalities of work
– Health: Illnesses, healing, myths, the handicapped, elderly and retired people
– Gender
– The Teaching of Oral History: Experiences in formal and informal education
– Archiving Memory: The interview as a source for social research, multiple readings of interviews, publication and dissemination of oral
history, audio archives, audiovisual media, access and questioning
– Museums and Oral History
– Oral History and the Visual Image
– Legal and Ethical Issues in Oral History
Master Classes
Several Master Classes and workshops on Oral History will be offered before the Conference by internationally renowned scholars and
specialists in Oral History.
Special Interest Groups
Continuing the precedent set in Sydney, Special Interest Groups sessions will be scheduled so that participants can get to know one another,
establish contacts and exchange resources and ideas.
Proposals
Please submit a 300-word maximum proposal summarizing your presentation, via the Conference Website
Deadline: July 15, 2007
Only those proposals clearly focused on oral history will be given consideration. Proposals will be evaluated according to their oral
history focus, methodological and theoretical significance and relevance to the conference theme and sub-themes. The Organizing Committee will
notify acceptance or rejection of proposals by October 15, 2007.
Proposals must be written in English or Spanish. If your proposal is accepted, you will be required to send the final paper in English or
Spanish, attaching an abstract summary translated professionally into the second language.
Individual Papers: Will be assigned by the Organizing Committee to international panels or workshops with other papers with similar theme
or focus. Thematic Panels: Proposals for thematic panels must have no more than four presenters, preferrably from different countries.
Workshops: Workshop proposals must identify the theme or focus of the presentation and should propose a structure and a workshop chair.
Special Interest Groups: Suggestions and proposals for sessions are accepted.
Final papers and abstracts must be received on or before February 28, 2008, for inclusion in the Book of Abstracts and the CD of the
proceedings of the Conference.
Contacts
Maestra Ana María de la O Castellanos
Email: iohacongress@csh.udg.mx
Departamento de Historia
Centro Universitario de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades
Guanajuato # 1045
Colonia Alcalde Barranquitas
Guadalajara, Jalisco, México. C.P. 44260
Phone Number/FAX (52) 33 38 19 33 79/74