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 ([log in to unmask])
Africa - Sean Field ([log in to unmask])
Europe - Rob Perks ([log in to unmask])
Mexico – Ana Maria de la O Castellanos ([log in to unmask])
North America - Alexander Freund ([log in to unmask])
South America - Marilda Menezes ([log in to unmask])
Oceania – Megan Hutching ([log in to unmask])

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

Maestra Ana María de la O Castellanos
Email: [log in to unmask]

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

Maestra Ana María de la O Castellanos
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
Email: [log in to unmask]
Visit the website at http://www.congresoioha2008.cucsh.udg.mx


E. Roy Weintraub