Oral History Network
Welcome!
Welcome to the Warwick Oral History Network. We are an interdisciplinary network engaged in theoretical and practical issues involved in interviewing for research. We offer a variety of academic seminars and workshops which are open to all, as well as guidance and support for people's oral history projects. Use this website to meet our members, find out about our events, and explore examples of the research being undertaken at Warwick and in the local community.
Forthcoming events
University of Leicester Oral History Reading Group
October's meeting will be held on Wednesday 1 October 2025 at 12.30 p.m. (BST). We will be reading a chapter from Sherna Berger Gluck and Daphne Patai (eds), Women's Words: The Feminist Practice of Oral History (Abingdon: Routledge, 1991). The chapter is by Claudia Salazar and is titled 'A Third World Woman's Text: Between the Politics of Criticism and Cultural Politics', pp.93-106.
MS Teams:
Please contact Sue Bishop with any enquiries: sb1059@leicester.ac.uk
Nottingham Trent University Oral History Online Seminar Series
Wednesday 15th October 2025, 1–2 pm
Katarzyna Szarla, University of Warsaw, Transformation, Testimonies, and Trust: Oral Histories of the HIV/AIDS Crisis in Poland (1985–2000)
Chair: Verusca Calabria
MS Teams:
Please contact Gabriella Mutale with any enquiries: gabriella.mutale@ntu.ac.uk
Got an idea for an event or need support with a project?
If you've got an idea for an event, want us to help you organise or promote something, or if you're working on a project which involves oral history or interviews and you need help with anything (e.g. ethical approval, consent forms, reaching out to interviewees, conducting the interview), we are happy to advise. Email: oralhistorynetwork@warwick.ac.uk
Irish Women's Oral History
Network members recently attended a wonderful talk by the Una Gan A Guna team, who are working to collect and preserve the stories of Irish women. Have a look at their work, get involved with their project, or make a donation on their website. You'll also find them on Instagram and X.
Recent oral history publications by our members
- Raymond Hyma et al., 'The power in re-telling research: A Cambodian community-based approach generating knowledge by subjects of study’, Development in Practice (2025), 1–13. doi:10.1080/09614524.2025.2463913.
- Pierre Botcherby, 'Coal and community: an oral history of Binley colliery', Oral History, 52:4 (2024), 121-132. Read a pre-publication version of the manuscript here.
- Joseph Price, 'The HIV/AIDS epidemic and the University of Warwick, 1987-1994', Midland History, 49:2 (2024), 225-243.
- Susannah Wilson, Now We Are Forty: Conversations with Women, (Seraphine Press, 2023)