01 mai 2026

Cooking With COHDS: Palacsintá – Sharing Stories and Pancakes from the Hungarian Montreal Community

13h00 - 16h00
Concordia’s SHIFT Centre for Social Transformation (LB-145), 1400 Boulevard de Maisonneuve Ouest
Montréal,
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With Sonya Di Sclafani   In Montreal’s Hungarian community, food is not only a reflection of stability, tradition, and assimilation, but also carries meanings of family, nostalgia, and joy. Palacsintá, […]

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30 avril 2026

Personal Archives in the Interview Space

14h00 - 16h00
LB-1019 (Sunroom), COHDS, 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd W.
Montreal, Québec Canada
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With Kelann Currie-Williams and Derek Garcia   Much of oral history interview preparation rightly (and evidently) revolves around the audio and visual recording of the event. But what happens when […]

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20 avril 2026

Introduction à l’histoire orale

15h00 - 17h00
LB-1019 (Sunroom), COHDS, 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd W.
Montreal, Québec Canada
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Avec Lea Kabiljo Cet atelier vous permettra d’explorer certains des éléments fondamentaux dans le domaine interdisciplinaire de l’histoire orale. Les participants découvriront une approche aux entretiens spécifique à l’histoire orale, […]

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17 avril 2026

Ethics in Research: How to Apply for Ethics Certification

14h00 - 16h00
LB-1019 (Sunroom), COHDS, 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd W.
Montreal, Québec Canada
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With Barbara Lorenzkowski, Tesfa Peterson, Franklin Bonivento Van Grieken and Derek Xavier Garcia To obtain the informed consent of our research participants is both an ethical and institutional obligation for […]

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15 avril 2026

COHDS Postdoctoral Oral History Showcase: A Roundtable

10h00 - 12h00
LB-1019 (Sunroom), COHDS, 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd W.
Montreal, Québec Canada
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With Martín Giraldo-Hoyos, Camille Robert, Florence Darveau Routhier This year, we are proud to highlight three outstanding postdoctoral researchers at COHDS and to showcase their work. Together, their projects reflect […]

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10 avril 2026

Montreal Book Launch of Gaza: The Dream and the Nightmare

13h00 - 15h00
LB-1019 (Sunroom), COHDS, 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd W.
Montreal, Québec Canada
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With Julie Norman   In this urgent and compelling book, Julie M. Norman and Maia Carter Hallward tell the story of Gaza from its early foundations, across decades of occupation, […]

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01 avril 2026

Faire parler les sons de la ville. Réflexions sur les ambiances et les paysages sonores en tant que récits géographiques

13h00 - 15h00
LB-1019 (Sunroom), COHDS, 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd W.
Montreal, Québec Canada
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With Violaine Jolivet   Cette présentation de recherche vise à montrer comment les sons produits et perçus par des individus et des groupes peuvent être compris comme des récits possibles […]

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30 mars 2026

Cooking With COHDS: Cantos y Coco – Preparing Alegría to the songs of Palenqueras

14h00 - 16h00
Concordia’s SHIFT Centre for Social Transformation (LB-145), 1400 Boulevard de Maisonneuve Ouest
Montréal,
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With Hannah Pinilla   In this hands-on workshop, participants will explore the intersections of storytelling, music, and cooking through the preparation of alegría, a traditional coconut and panela sweet closely associated […]

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27 mars 2026

Symposium Channels of Testimony: Artistic Mediations of Listening

14h00 - 16h00

How does art channel and reshape the way we listen to lived experience? Join Amy Starecheski, Director of Columbia University’s Oral History Master of Arts, and Luis C. Sotelo, Director of Concordia […]

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24 mars 2026

POSTPONED : The River That is Not: Teaching Oral History and Photography through Fieldwork

13h30 - 15h00
Concordia University, LB-1042 (COHDS), 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd O
Montreal,
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With Lea Kabiljo This event marks the opening of The river that is not, an exhibition presenting a research project developed in collaboration with students from the visual arts program at […]

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