Visit our new exhibition, “1968: The Global Revolutions,” in the RBML’s Kempner Gallery on the sixth floor of Butler Library. […]
New! Oral history testimony about conflicts in Chechnya and Nagorno-Karabakh are available
Thomas de Waal’s interview project started as most good oral history and archival projects do: with the unearthing of an object that triggers memories and curiosity. This time it was a box of dusty cassettes. Mr. de Waal spoke with some sixty participants and policymakers during the struggle between former Soviet Republics Armenia and Azerbaijan […]
Arthur Mitchell: a trailblazing exhibition for a trailblazing leader in American Dance
These are the last few days to see the Arthur Mitchell exhibition — closes March 11th! The highly anticipated exhibition, Arthur Mitchell: Harlem’s Ballet Trailblazer, launches January 12, 2018 with a reception at The Wallach Art Gallery at the Lenfest Center for the Arts. “I am a political activist through dance.” Curated by Lynn Garafola, Professor […]
The New Museum is looking for a new Oral History Fellow!
This hybrid position would be an ideal fit for graduate students with an interest in oral history, Contemporary art, and digital humanities. You can see the first phase of the project here. Please see the call below for details. BTW, the first fellow for this program completed the CCOHR master’s degree in oral history. The deadline […]
LGBTQ+ alumni oral histories from Columbia’s Center for Oral History Research
Jamie Beckenstein, Project Coordinator for LGBTQ+ Columbia Oral Histories, shared a few of the themes that emerged from interviewing Columbia alums for the Columbia LGBTQ Oral History Project: We were correct to assume that Columbia’s location in Manhattan allowed narrators potential access to public queer worlds, but the ways that the narrators choose to access these […]