Would it be ethical not to share your own story?

A performative participatory workshop to deconstruct the concept of shared authority in the Oral History Interview, with Zeina Ismail-Allouche and Jad Orphée Chami. In English

COHDS Annual General Assembly

In English and French

Keynote Oral histories of the dead: Studying immigration, settlement, community, and integration through one Jewish Cemetery, with Anna Sheftel.

In-person and Online

Introduction à l’histoire orale (annulé)

LB-1019 (sunroom), COHDS

Avec Eliot Perrin En français Cet atelier de formation couvre les concepts fondamentaux de la méthodologie de l’histoire orale. On y aborde l’évolution de la discipline, son approche de l’entrevue, […]

Introduction to Oral History

LB-1019 (sunroom), COHDS 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd W., Montreal, Québec, Canada

Photo caption: Day planners documenting garment worker Cornelia Caruso's daily piece work rates, ca. 1967. Photo by Lauren Laframboise   with Lauren Laframboise English This workshop will provide you with […]

Roundtable: Revisiting COHDS Ethics

LB-1019 (sunroom), COHDS 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd W., Montreal, Québec, Canada

with Anna Sheftel, Aude Maltais-Landry, Catherine Richardson, Indira Chowdhury, Monica Toca and Steven High moderated by Eliot Perrin English and French In the past year, we have received a series […]

Emotions in Oral History

LB-1019 (sunroom), COHDS 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd W., Montreal, Québec, Canada

with Nadia Hausfather, Ioana Radu, Elise Olmedo and Piyusha Chatterjee English (Q&A in En/Fr) Oral history interviews are dialogic conversations between two (and sometimes more) people. Just as looking back […]

Introduction to Audio Recording

LB 1042.03 (Moonroom) 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd W., Montreal, Québec, Canada

with Vitalyi Bulychev English Best practice and basics of working with microphones and recorders. Vitalyi Bulychev is the COHDS Lab Coordinator. He studied film production at Mel Hoppenheim School of […]

Camera Basics

LB 1042.03 (Moonroom) 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd W., Montreal, Québec, Canada

with Vitalyi Bulychev English This is a comprehensive workshop aimed at introducing affiliates to the new camera equipment at COHDS and providing the basic know-how to use them. Vitalyi Bulychev […]

Archiving Oral History

LB-1019 (sunroom), COHDS 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd W., Montreal, Québec, Canada

with Eliot Perrin English (Q&A in En/Fr) An introduction to the principles and best practices of archiving oral history. This workshop will provide an overview of the archiving standards at […]

Introduction to Documentary Cinematography for Interviews

LB-1019 (sunroom), COHDS 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd W., Montreal, Québec, Canada

with Magdalena Hutter In this workshop we’ll take a look at documentary cinematography and its role in capturing interviews. What are some responsible strategies for filming material that will be […]

Annual General Assembly

LB-1019 (sunroom), COHDS 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd W., Montreal, Québec, Canada

Keynote: Dr. Stacey Zembrzycki , “Chasing Cancer in Canada’s Nickel Capital” In 2014, Stacey Zembrzycki began to conduct interviews with Sudburians who have long resided in Canada’s nickel capital. Interested […]

Introduction to Oral History – Part 1

LB-1019 (sunroom), COHDS 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd W., Montreal, Québec, Canada

with Lauren Laframboise and Kelann Currie-Williams  English This workshop will provide you with some of the fundamentals in the interdisciplinary field of oral history. Participants will learn about an oral […]