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Doing Oral History in Asian Contexts: A Methodological Reflection
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2021, 4-5pm (PST)
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Doing Oral History in Asian Contexts
A Methodological Reflection
Oral history is a method of conducting historical research through recorded interviews between a narrator with personal experience of historically significant events and a well-informed interviewer. Why is oral history important in various historical inquiries? What is distinctive about doing oral history in Asian contexts? In conducting oral history research, what strategies do historians usually use to navigate unfamiliar social and cultural terrains? With these questions in mind, this event assembles three scholars, who will discuss how oral history has featured in their respective projects and reflect upon the advantages and challenges of doing oral history in Asia.
Speakers
David Cheng Chang is an associate professor of history at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He is the author of Hijacked War: The Story of Chinese POWs in the Korean War (Stanford University Press, 2020).
Amelia Allsop is a freelance oral historian based in London and is currently pursuing a PhD at King's College London. For the past 14 years she has worked for the Hong Kong Heritage Project (HKHP), the archive of the Kadoorie family based in Hong Kong.
Commentator
Diu-Huong Nguyen is Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of California, Riverside. She is currently developing her dissertation research into a book manuscript, entitled Eve of Destruction: A Social History of Viet Nam’s Royal City, 1957-1967.
Moderator
Taoyu Yang is a PhD candidate from the History Department at UCI.
This event is sponsored by the Center of Asian Studies at University of California, Irvine. If you have any questions or concerns, please direct them to Taoyu Yang at taoyuy@uci.edu.
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Irvine, CA 92697
Center for Asian Studies Mar 3 2021 | 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Zoom Webinar