Photo Credits: Film still from Crossing the Seventh Gate (2017) by Ali Essafi Description by Bouchra Assou and Salma Chouqair Drawing from a post-colonial concern with the preservation of different forms of oral traditions in Morocco, this lecture performance seeks to restage a halqa as both a space and a conduit for ancestral storytelling, performance […]
Description by Eve Garnier and Jacynthe Desjardins In a movement-based workshop, we propose an exploration of relational possibilities and their bodily expression, anchored in silence(s). Here, silence is not a rupture but a dynamic space of exchange between individuals sharing the same space-time. The connection between narrator and audience is a key part of any […]
Description by Cristina Alejandra Jimenez Gomez. In an intimate space within the exhibition space, a copera will interact with volunteer participants who visit this spot individually. Before the interaction begins, each participant will be given a token amount, which will be used to exchange stories and typical beverages of the Colombian cafés. The tokens have […]
Description by speaker Sunjay Mathuria. "Walking Interludes is a reflective reading about walking, place, race, identity, and memory. In this reading, I share short excerpts from my field journal that I kept during my research visits to Belfast and Lahore. In an autoethnographic style, these vignettes focus on movement (walking) through the cities and consider […]
Description by Cristina Alejandra Jimenez Gomez, Javi Fuentes Bernal and David Diaz Méndez. This is an event composed of two artist presentations followed by a joint Q&A. It will begin with a performance and talk by Cristina Alejandra Jimenez Gomez (Resonant roots: an intergenerational storytelling), followed by a presentation from Javi Fuentes Bernal and David […]
May 12-26, 2025 Open to university students (for credit course) and community members Call for applications COHDS Summer Institute 2025 Storytelling, as both an art and a practice, occupies a central role in many cultures. The evocative power of oral history has made a major impact in the worlds of public history, museum/curatorial practice, and […]
COHDS is partnering with the Montreal Holocaust Museum and the Cummings Centre to present the following event, The Generations After: “Olga, Erika, and Me” Podcast at the Montreal Holocaust Museum on Tuesday, September 9, 7 pm. The creator of the podcast, Ilanit-Michele, and her mother, Erika Eriksson, will be in attendance to discuss their experiences as second and third […]
with Andrew Jackson You are warmly invited to join us for an artist talk with Andrew Jackson at the McCord Museum, 690 Sherbrooke St. W. Jackson’s exhibition Little Burgundy – Evolving Montreal is a foray into this south-western district of the city. Over a two-year period, the photographer documented important landmarks for the Black […]
With Constanza Ramírez Molano and Luis C. Sotelo Held in Spanish with consecutive interpretation by Franklin R. Bonivento. This event will take the form of a conversation in which Colombian artist and researcher Constanza Ramírez Molano presents three of her recent works. The dialogue will be moderated by Luis C. Sotelo, director of the […]
This year, “Team COHDS” will be joining the Concordia Shuffle – an annual fundraiser for student scholarships and bursaries – to help raise funds for our annual “Award of Distinction in Oral History.” We are warmly inviting all members of our community to come and walk with us from Concordia’s downtown campus to Loyola on Friday, […]
This event will happen in-person and online Keynote speaker: Dr. Steven High "Reflecting Back on Twenty Years of Oral History at COHDS" Our Annual General Assembly is fast approaching. This year, we are delighted to welcome as our keynote speaker oral historian Steven High, who co-founded COHDS almost twenty years ago. Dr. Steven High is […]
The event will take place in person at the University of Michigan-Deaborn’s James C. Renick University Center, Kochoff Hall C, and online via zoom. You are warmly invited to a special book launch celebrating REMNANTS and What Remains: Moments from a Life Among Holocaust Survivors, the latest publication by Henry "Hank" Greenspan. The event […]
Join the Radio Elsewheres collective for a two-hour event introducing our ongoing radio art project and offering a preview of its upcoming third edition. The next iteration, , will take place from October 16 to November 5, 2025, at Art Windsor-Essex, presented within Elsewhere, on Record — a solo exhibition by Velibor Božović curated by […]
with Karen Dubinsky You are cordially invited to join author Karen Dubinsky on Thursday October 9, 4-6 pm for a discussion of her new book: Strangely, Friends: A History of Cuban-Canadian Encounters. Strangely, Friends delves into the rich, often overlooked history of personal and cultural connections between Cubans and Canadians. From the early days of […]
In this interactive performance-workshop, Brett Davidson explores listening not just as a personal practice, but as a vital political act. Combining elements of storytelling, theory, dialogue, audio, and visual imagery, the session invites participants to reflect on the ways listening shapes democracy, public life, and our collective ability to imagine change. Drawing from his extensive […]
Walking tour participants will meet at the Union United Church at 3007 Rue Delisle, Montréal, QC H4C 1M8 at 2:55 pm “Photographing Change: Reform and Photography in 1960s Little Burgundy” is a walking tour which invites guests to learn about and engage in discussion on the expropriation photos of Little Burgundy. Taken throughout the 1960s, these photos show the expropriated […]
With Lea Kabiljo English This workshop will provide you with some of the fundamentals in the interdisciplinary field of oral history. Participants will learn about an oral history approach to interviewing, ethics in research, and the many ways that oral histories are shared with the public. This workshop is strongly recommended to all new affiliates, […]
This workshop with artist and researcher Lucia Farinatti invites participants to explore the interview as both a method of research and a form of artistic and critical practice. Through collective listening, transcription, and discussion, the session examines how oral history, sound archives, and curatorial approaches can open new ways of engaging with voices, memory, and […]
With Alisa Kovalenko and Stéphane Siohan The Chair in European Intellectual History of the Munk School, Marci Shore, is pleased to collaborate with the Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling of Concordia to invite you to the first screening of My Dear Theo (2025) with Alisa Kovalenko and Stéphane Siohan who will share […]
With Gabryelle Iaconetti and Liam Devitt The workshop and discussion will offer reflections on methodological and ethical approaches to undertaking queer oral history in research. How does one conduct oral history interviews with queer narrators? What is particular about queer oral history? How has oral testimony been significant in the figuration of queer histories? This […]