Fifteenth Berkshire Conference on the History of Women
Thursday, June 9, 2011
Report by Marc Stein
Approximately sixty people attended this session, which focused on the ongoing relevance and usefulness of the category “lesbian” in historical scholarship on women. Continue reading
Oral History Association Annual Meeting
Saturday, October 30, 2010
Report by Wesley Chenault and Ian Lekus
The Oral History Association held its 2010 annual meeting October 27-31, in Atlanta, Georgia. The conference theme, “Times of Crisis, Times of Change: Human Stories on the Edge of Transformation,” brought focus to practices of collecting and sharing human stories and to the ways in which oral histories help communities and societies make sense of turning points and critical shifts. It was a fitting theme for queer histories and stories. Continue reading