UTSA, OLLU host Oral History Institute in San Antonio

UTSA and Our Lady of the Lake University (OLLU) launched a collaborative new research project today to document the diverse experiences of women veterans during different times of war at the Oral History Institute (OHI) in San Antonio.

Experts from Texas and around the country will share their best theoretical, methodological, and pedagogical practices for collecting oral histories during the OHI from May 20-24, 2019 at the OLLU campus.   Faculty who attend the OHI will be asked to share the oral history methods they learn in their courses and encourage their students to participate in the female oral history project for course or internship credit.

UTSA researcher, Kirsten E. Gardner, and Valerie A. Martinez, assistant professor of history at OLLU, are the co-directors of this two-year project called “An Oral History Project Dedicated to Women and War.”

The researchers were awarded a $100,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) for the creation of a digital archive of oral histories of women in the military from World War II to the present.

Humanities students from UTSA and OLLU who attend the OHI will benefit from hearing experts describe how to organize historical data and conduct oral histories.