The meetings will take place usually from 10:00am to 1:00pm on the third Friday of the month. All meetings will take place in E-501 unless otherwise specified.

• Friday September 20th, 2024 (Meeting 1 #meeting01)
  • The room has been changed from E-501 to E-322 for this meeting.
  • Topics: Introduction to Oral History; Orientation to the seminar objectives and goals
  • Activities:
    • CTL housekeeping announcements (https://bit.ly/3ZdofjC )
    • Icebreaking — self-introductions
    • Establishing background context and theory of the unique field of oral history and its uses.
  • Readings:
    • General introduction to oral history
      • Smithsonian Institution Archives (2020). How to Do Oral History. Smithsonian Institution Archives. https://s.si.edu/3PH9Cj6
      • Ritchie, Donald A. (2014). Doing Oral History: A Practical Guide. Cambridge, Mass.: Oxford University Press. (Only chapter 1, especially pp.11-14) (LaGuardia Library link: https://bit.ly/3PnC4FB )
      • “Oral History Research Method”: https://bit.ly/3rcgQm3
      • Dávila Gronros, V., Hamilton, M., Collett, G., Thompson, K., Daly, L., Wantsala, N., & Riter, R. (2023). Developing a Student-Led Podcast on Community Archives. Archival Outlook, January/February, 3. (https://bit.ly/3PkRTgj; pages 3 and 17)
      • Making it here Women in New York City Politics (https://bit.ly/3reGqH4 )
    • For the seminar session:
      • Sullivan, S. & Schreiner, M. (2023). If You’re Thinking About Starting An Oral History Project. The City Amplified: Oral Histories and Radical Archives. (https://bit.ly/46ahGyw )
      • “Jack Currier,” An excerpt from Terkel, Studs (1997). Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do. xxx, xxx: The New Press. (https://bit.ly/4dTAcPM )
• Friday October 18th, 2024 (Meeting 2 #meeting02)
  • Topics: Introduction to Oral History: Different Disciplines
  • Activities:
    • Participants will listen to oral histories, learn about different projects, and practice listening closely.
    • Following this, participants will present and workshop their lesson plan in small groups.
    • Participants start to develop lesson plan ideas (How do you plan on incorporating OH into your class?)
  • Readings (link to the reading discussion page ):
    • Biddle-Perry, G. (2005). Stimulating critical thinking in the theoretically timid: the role and value of oral history assignments within an interdisciplinary context. Art, Design & Communication in Higher Education, 4(2), 85-99. (https://doi.org/10.1386/adch.4.2.85/1 )
    • Kenny, H. (April 15, 2020). Self-Care: The Social Worker’s Story. Electronic document, https://bit.ly/48fFZgg , accessed Monday, March 20, 2023.
    • DasGupta, S. (July 24, 2008). Teaching Medical Listening Through Oral History. Electronic document, https://bit.ly/44YVrdM , accessed Monday, March 20, 2023.
    • Tobar, C., LaNasa, N., & Feldmann, G. (May 13, 2022). “American Icons” (https://bit.ly/3LucYUf ), accessed Monday, March 20, 2023
• Friday November 15th, 2024 (Meeting 3 #meeting03)
  • Topics: Invited Speaker Meral Agish / Queens Memory Project & Johnathan Thayer / Olde Towne of Flushing Burial Ground: Oral History as Activism (flyer )
  • Activities:
    • Participants will attend the talk by the invited speaker and will engage in Q&A/discussion.
  • Readings:
    • Review Queens Memory Project (https://queensmemory.org)
    • Review Olde Town of Flushing Burial Ground Project (https://queensmemory.org/olde-towne-of-flushing-burial-ground/) and the interviews from the project (https://bit.ly/4anhaPT).
• Friday, December 13th, 2024 (Meeting 4 #meeting04)
  • Topics:
    • Invited Speaker #2 Bridget Bartolini @ Five Boro Story Project / 34th Avenue Oral History (flyer )
    • Working on the seminar projects
  • Activities:
    • Participants bring in notes from readings to discuss in to the next meeting
    • Working on the seminar projects
      • Project Planning Sheet: https://bit.ly/47LkF1q | https://bit.ly/487v9I9
  • Readings:
    • Bartolini, B. (2022). Story of a Street. https://urbanomnibus.net/2022/07/story-of-a-street/ .
    • 34th Avenue Oral History
      • Pick a profile from https://34aveoralhistory.org/profiles/ and read about them.
    • Optional:
      • Explore the “Five Boro Story Project” website (https://www.fiveborostoryproject.org )
      • 34th Avenue Oral History: Manuela Agudelo Profile (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hfq9i5ObR8 )
      • Portelli, A. (2018). Living Voices: The Oral History Interview as Dialogue and Experience. The Oral History Review, 45(2), 239-248. (https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1093/ohr/ohy030 )
• Friday, March 21, 2025 (Meeting 5 #meeting05)
  • Topics: Invited Speaker TBA
  • Readings: TBA
• Friday, April 25, 2025 (Meeting 6 #meeting06)
  • Topics: Invited Speaker TBA
  • Activities:
  • Readings: TBA
• Friday, May 16th, 2025 (Meeting 7 #meeting07)
  • Topics: Invited Speaker TBA
  • Activities:
  • Readings: TBA
• Friday, June 13th, 2025 (Meeting 8 #meeting08)
  • Topics: Invited Speaker TBA
  • Activities:
  • Readings: TBA
• An optional showcase event will be scheduled some time in May or June.

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