CALL FOR PAPERS - 15th INTERNATIONAL ORAL HISTORY CONFERENCE

“Oral History - A Dialogue with our Times”
September 23 - 26, 2008
Guadalajara, Mexico

www.congresoioha2008.cucsh.udg.mx

The International Oral History Association in collaboration with the University of Guadalajara and the Mexican Oral History Association (AMHO) invite paper proposals from around the world for the 15th International Oral History Conference in Guadalajara, 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 history focus, methodological and theoretical significance and relevance to the conference 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.

DEADLINE FOR PROPOSALS: JULY 15, 2007

PROPOSAL SPECIFICATIONS
Please submit a 300-word maximum proposal summarizing your presentation, via the Conference Website:
www.congresoioha2008.cucsh.udg.mx

You will also be requested to supply the following information:

• Name (last name in CAPITALS)
• Institutional or Academic Affiliation
• Postal Address
• Email Address
• Telephone and Fax numbers
• Relevant Sub-theme/s
• Indicate if the proposal is an individual paper, a thematic panel or a workshop
• Suggestions for Special Interest Groups Sessions.

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.

Insofar as possible, papers and presentations should allow the audience to hear the voices of the interviewed narrators.

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.

TRAVEL SCHOLARSHIPS
The International Oral History Association (IOHA) has a small Travel Scholarship Fund aimed at providing partial financial support for travel to and/or accommodations at the Conference, particularly for those participants from developing countries. Related information and the application form are available on the IOHA Website (http://www.ioha.fgv.br). To be eligible for a travel scholarship, candidates must first have their paper proposals accepted. To receive a scholarship, finalists must submit their final paper by the published deadline.

CONTACTS
If you have questions or would like advice from an IOHA Council member about a conference proposal, you may contact your regional representative as follows:

Asia - Tomoyo Nakao (tomoyopow@aol.com)
Africa - Sean Field (sean@humanities.uct.ac.za)
Europe - Rob Perks (rob.perks@bl.uk)
Mexico – Ana Maria de la O Castellanos (anadelao@cencar.udg.mx)
North America - Alexander Freund (a.freund@uwinnipeg.ca)
South America - Marilda Menezes (marildamenezes@uol.com.br)
Oceania – Megan Hutching (megan.hutching@hotmail.com)

To contact the Conference organizers in Guadalajara, please email or write to:

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