Oral History Crash Course: A Community-Based Workshop

Please join the “In These Times: Documenting Stories Through Our Own Lenses” community conversation and workshop series for a dynamic one-day introduction to using oral history as an approach to documenting the past.

Oral history is a term used to describe recorded interviews with first hand witnesses to past events. Typically conducted by an informed interviewer, oral history can produce a number of different outcomes useful for public history, museums, research, family and community histories, and more. Over the course of the workshop, faculty will define oral history, describe several different approaches to oral history interviewing, and lead hands-on exercises supporting participants in learning how to plan interviews and elicit dynamic stories during these conversations.

Come learn valuable oral history skills with other members of the community and trained oral historians from the UMass Amherst Public History Program and History Department! See profiles below.

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This event is free and open to the public, but space is limited and registration is required! Priority will be given to people living or working in the Holyoke and Springfield area. Click here to register.

Free on-street parking may be available on a limited basis. Garage parking is available for $5 at the Tower Square Parking Garage. Lunch will be provided.

This workshop is sponsored by the UMass Amherst Public History Program and is part of a series presented by the University Without Walls Department of Interdisciplinary Studies in collaboration with the UMass Amherst Henry M. Thomas III Center at Springfield and partners.