📜NEW BLOG Read our interview with Dr Joe Redmayne about this summer's exhibition on the 1926 General Strike at the Philip Robinson Library: blogs.ncl.ac.uk/oral-history...

Read more about the ideas behind our policy paper in History & Policy on our blog, The Lug: blogs.ncl.ac.uk/oral-history...

The Collective has just published a policy paper in History & Policy on community collaboration in the UK research landscape! Read it here: Who Holds the Agenda? Participation, Partnership, Power, and the Funding of Collaborative Oral History Research historyandpolicy.org/policy-paper...

EXHIBITION: When Britain Stood Still: The General Strike at 100 A new exhibition has begun in Newcastle, part of national centenary commemorations of the 1926 General Strike Where? Philip Robinson Library When? to 18 Oct Interview with Collective Associate Researcher Dr Joe Redmayne coming soon!

As part of our ongoing collaboration with Mustansiriyah University, Dr Hannah James Louwerse recently gave a guest lecture to some of their students, where she discussed digital processes from recording to reuse. This topic was part of Hannah’s recently-completed PhD project at Newcastle.

NEW BLOG 📝 In April, we welcomed Dr Lena Ferriday to the Collective. Lena will work on the UK section of Accessing the Wellbeing Commons, a Wellcome-funded project exploring barriers to accessing green space in a global context. Read more on our blog, The Lug: blogs.ncl.ac.uk/oral-history...

One of the Collective's PhD students, Lily Tidman, is recruiting interviewees for her project! Lily is interested in interviewing people who volunteered in hospitals in Cumbria, Northumberland, and County Durham, 1979-1997. For more info, get in touch with Lily via email. #oralhistory

Conference: 11 days to go! Promises to be an illuminating day at NU, organised by Dr Joe Redmayne and featuring a talk by previous Collective member Dr Andy Clark. Scan the QR code to get involved! #remember1926 #oralhistory

Undergraduate Research Assistant Role ! The Caring Communities project is recruiting a Newcastle UG student for an 8-week summer job June-July 2026. Please share with any students you feel may be suitable, and contact Dr Kate Wilson for more information. Applications are due 23 April!

🗂️New Blog: Before Easter, members of the Collective enjoyed a day brainstorming, strategising, and sharing ideas to the backdrop of sunshine (and hail!) on a North Sea beach, where shared perspectives and ideas for the future were set out. Read more at The Lug: blogs.ncl.ac.uk/oral-history...

‼️ Call for Papers ‼️ UKRI-funded Caring Communities project, led by Dr Claudia Soares, is taking applications for its first conference: Rethinking Histories of Care, Class, and Kinship 1800–Present, 3-4 Sep 2026. Applications due 10 April. For details, see: caringcommunities.co.uk/conference/

Collective Researcher @joeredmayne.bsky.social is giving a talk entitled Chopwell: From the Miners' Lockout to the General Strike, 1925-'26 in Chopwell THIS FRIDAY 13th March! There are only a handful of (free!) tickets left - don't miss out! Get tickets: ticketsource.com/booking/sele...

Collective researcher Dr Wendy Rickard presents to @britishlibrary.bsky.social staff tomorrow alongside their Oral History Curators Mary Stewart and Madeline White! They will reflect on BBC documentary Aids: The Unheard Tapes (2022) and oral histories it uses, held at the British Library.

New Video! 📽️ Collective researcher @silviefisch.bsky.social discusses the Byker Community Archive, the history of the Estate, and the work being done to transform the space in the near future! 📃 Watch on the OHC YouTube channel here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTEw... #oralhistory #byker

Byker Community Archive: What's New for 2026

YouTube video by Oral History Collective at Newcastle

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🗂️New Blog: Introducing Dr Sally Watson as Research & Innovation Associate at the Collective! 📖Read more about Sally's project work with the Oral History Collective on our blog, The Lug: blogs.ncl.ac.uk/oral-history...

We are pleased to share that Oral History in Iraq entered the top 10 for sales of Arabic-language history books in late 2025! 📈 The guide was written by Dr Alaa Alameri of Mustansiriyah University, with Collective guidance. 📙 #oralhistory #highereducation #iraq blogs.ncl.ac.uk/oral-history...

We are pleased to share that Oral History in Iraq entered the top 10 for sales of Arabic-language history books in late 2025! 📈 The guide was written by Dr Alaa Alameri of Mustansiriyah University, with Collective guidance. 📙 #oralhistory #highereducation #iraq blogs.ncl.ac.uk/oral-history...

CfP: The British General Strike of 1926: New Directions of Research, 7-8 May 2026 @newcastleuni.bsky.social Deadline: 6 February 2026 More details: @sslh.bsky.social sslh.org.uk/2025/10/13/c... sslh.org.uk/wp-content/u... Kindly supported by @leverhulme.ac.uk #GeneralStrike1926 #GeneralStrike100

CfP: The British General Strike of 1926: New Directions of Research

To commemorate the centenary of the British General Strike and miners’ lock-out, Newcastle University’s Labour & Society Research Group (LSRG) is organising a conference that revisits the…

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🗂️New Blog: Professors Alaa Alameri & Graham Smith are bringing oral history teaching into Iraqi universities, having co-created an Arabic oral history guide. 📖Read more: blogs.ncl.ac.uk/oral-history... #OralHistory #HigherEducation #Iraq

📝 Former nurses revisit Newcastle General Hospital - now set to become a Health Innovation Neighbourhood. Part of the NGH Community History project by Northern Cultural Projects & Newcastle University Engagement & Place. 📽️ Learn more: blogs.ncl.ac.uk/oral-history... #OralHistory

🌎Dr Wendy Rickard has been awarded a Daphne Jackson Fellowship for her project on global HIV oral histories. Her research will uncover how the HIV pandemic is remembered and recorded globally. 📖Read the blog: blogs.ncl.ac.uk/oral-history... #OralHistory #DaphneJacksonFellowship

📢The Glasgow Housing Struggle Archive (GHSA) is launching an education programme (Feb–May 2025) at the Glasgow Zine Library. 🎓📜 Learn how it is documenting housing struggles & providing training in historical skills. 📖 Read more: blogs.ncl.ac.uk/oral-history... #OralHistory

The UK’s children’s social care system has long faced challenges—from rising demand to quality concerns. 🔎Caring Communities: Rethinking Children’s Social Care explores its history to shape the future 📖 Read more: blogs.ncl.ac.uk/oral-history... #SocialCare #HistoryOfCare #OralHistory

🏘️The Byker Estate in Newcastle: an international icon of pioneering urban regeneration. Discover how dedicated individuals are preserving its human stories for future generations. 📖Read more: blogs.ncl.ac.uk/oral-history... #OralHistory #BykerEstate #UrbanRegeneration #BykerStories

Last summer, Ed Garnett the new Communications Intern for the Collective spent a month at the Srebrenica Memorial Center Potočari. Here Ed writes about the Center’s oral history work and its significance to remembering genocide. Check out the post: blogs.ncl.ac.uk/oral-history...

#Oralhistory of Lockerbie first responders from @ohcollective Andy Clark and UoWS Colin Atkinson.

Newcastle University project captures Lockerbie memories

Academics speak to those who helped in the aftermath of the 1988 terrorist attack on a plane.

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