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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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