Corporate Voices: Institutional and Organisational Friday 5th - Oral Histories The Annual Conference of the Oral History Society ,Saturday 6th July 2013

From: Margaretta Jolly <M.Jolly@sussex.ac.uk> Date: April 5, 2013 7:16:21 PM GMT+03:00 Corporate Voices: Institutional and Organisational Oral Histories The Annual Conference of the Oral History Society in conjunction with  the Centre for  Life History and Life Writing Research, University of  Sussex Venue: University of Sussex Date: Friday 5th - Saturday 6th July 2013 FULL DETAILS, PROGRAMME AND BOOKING FORM AVAILABLE AT  http://www.ohs.org.uk/conferences/2013.php See also http://ohs.org.uk What is the business of oral history? What is the relationship between  oral history and  business? Why have institutions and businesses wanted  to record their histories? And how  have they used their oral history? This conference opens up our traditional focus on community and  domestic lives to  explore the hidden histories of private companies  and business, public institutions,  hospitals, universities, museums,  public utilities, local and national governmental,  campaigning bodies  and charities. We would like to hear about what interviews with those   who work in institutions and organisations tell us about  organisational history and  memory, the institutional or educational  community, and more. This conference would bring into dialogue historians of business,  education and health  with oral historians who have been commissioned  to work with and within institutions to  create and document their oral  history. We would like to hear from those, too, who work  in public  history, scholars of business memoir or biography, and, ideally,   institutional commissioners or archivists, and interviewees  themselves. We also invite  honest and practical sharing of experiences  of negotiating with private sector funders  or large institutions, and  of working with those with high public profiles. The  conference will  additionally encourage discussion of how these experiences relate to   working with the media and the general public, which are often part of  the package of an  institutionally-framed oral history. Keynotes confirmed include: Bruce Weindruch (Founder/CEO, History Factory, USA) Founded in 1979, History Factory is a US-based pioneer of 'heritage  management':  'leveraging the collective memory of organizations—the  stories told, the words used,  and their commonly understood meanings— to help implement strategies and tactics that  shape the future.'  Working with clients as varied as Subaru, Campbell Soups, Prudential   and Whirlpool, History Factory offers a range of products and services  from publications  and exhibitions to archival services and oral history. AbdelAziz EzzelArab (American University in Cairo, Egypt) Professor Abdelaziz Ezzelarab directs the American University in  Cairo's Economics and  Business History Research Center, whose staff  members have interviewed leading figures  active in Egyptian business,  industry, commerce, and government since the mid-20th  century. He will  introduce us to a unique oral history archive in Egypt, a land known   for its business culture and also one which has been at the forefront  of the Arab Spring. For queries, please contact the conference administrator Belinda  Waterman at  Belinda@essex.ac.uk