Oral history at the University of Plymouth offers you the chance to work with our leading historians.
Learning and using this distinctive, compelling, and very un-traditional way of doing history with living, breathing, and talking human beings!
Learning and using this distinctive, compelling, and very un-traditional way of doing history with living, breathing, and talking human beings!
‘the recording of people’s memories, experiences, and opinions’.
“Conducting and analysing our own oral history interview, as well as others, gave us a sense of how valuable and interesting these stories are to understanding and preserving the past.”
?“WRN’s to RN Voices – A study into the impact of the disbanding of the Women’s Royal Naval Service” – MA dissertation, 2019
@“The Impact of Mexican Immigration on the Rise of Anti-Mexican Sentiment and the Revival of White Supremacy in the United States between 1986-2010” – BA dissertation
?“Reflections of Childhood in Exeter during the Second World War” – BA dissertation, 2017
@“Saddam Hussein’s Invasion of Kuwait: British Human Shield” – HIST522 project, 2018
?“The Golden Milk-Cow: An Analysis of the effects of China’s ‘Economic Miracle’ on society in Shanghai” – BA dissertation, 2019
Work with oral historians who boast global reputations for innovation in historical scholarship, community heritage, and community engagement, across a range of topics and time periods (contemporary modern, and even early modern!).