Join us for a live listening room with the five finalists of SOHP’s 2019 Sonic South short doc audio competition In Sickness and In Health on Thursday, May 9 at 7PM at the Chapel Hill Public Library. Featuring short audio works from … Continued

Celebrate Women’s History Month and learn about pioneering Carolina women. This is the Time walking tour highlights the history and experiences of women connected to Carolina, as captured in Southern Oral History Program collections. The tour is available on Friday, March 29 … Continued

Join us for programming commemorating the 50th anniversary of the 1969 UNC Foodworkers Strike at the Wilson Library on Tuesday, March 20, 2019 from 4:30-6:30pm. On February 23, 1969, after repeated attempts to bring their grievances to the attention of … Continued

I have had the pleasure of working with Orange County’s Department on Aging to help bring filmed oral histories about the history of Orange County to its citizens. The idea was first suggested by members of the Project EngAGE Intergenerational … Continued

“As I think back about my taste of death, it is clear that my preparatory thinking enhanced the possibility of a peaceful letting go. Can we ever be sure when our lease is up? Waiting until coda-time may be too late.” David … Continued

The spring semester is underway and flying by, and we’re thrilled to introduce our 2019 spring SOHP interns. They’ll be focusing their research and fieldwork on interviews with North Carolina members of the 2020 Vote Centennial Initiative, leading up to … Continued

  Since May of 2018, I’ve been interviewing a variety of narrators—from nurses and doctors to clergy and academics—about their experiences with medicine. With my own research centering around aging and end of life, death and dying is a natural … Continued

Each year the Southern Oral History Program offers grants and fellowships as a means for undergraduate and graduate students to have the opportunity to expand their skillset and conduct research using oral history. Currently applications are open for both our … Continued

R. Joshua Sipe is the recipient of the 2018 Jacquelyn Dowd Hall Research Fellowship  The award was crucial to providing me the resources necessary to embark on several research trips to explore race relations and African American community formation in … Continued