In this piece, The Lug intern Charlotte Stobart considers the powerful use of oral histories in the BBC2 docuseries ‘AIDS: The Unheard Tapes’, drawing on work by Newcastle Oral History Collective Associate Wendy Rickard.
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Niamh Dillon appointed as Associate Researcher in Oral History @ Newcastle
Dr Niamh Dillon joined the Oral History Collective @ Newcastle as an Associate Researcher in January 2023.
Continue readingWendy Rickard appointed as an Associate Researcher in Oral History @ Newcastle
Dr Wendy Rickard joined the Oral History Collective @ Newcastle as an Associate Researcher in early 2023.
Continue readingOral History and Memory Module (HIS2219) at Newcastle University
In this blog post, the Lug intern Charlotte Stobart outlines the form and structure of the second year Oral History and Memory module offered at Newcastle University, in conjunction with current module leader Dr Sarah Campbell.
Continue readingFrom a lively archive in Bangalore
In this Lug piece, PhD student Hannah James Louwerse offers some insights on her time researching in the Archives at the National Centre of Biological Sciences in Bangalore, and reflects on the workflows and processes which go into keeping an archive running smoothly.
Continue readingOral history and Ageing
In this blog post Graham Smith, Professor of Oral History at Newcastle, reviews the position of the University’s Oral History Collective in relation to ageing, ageism and intergenerational research.
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