Local educators participate in national oral history project

Eight-year-old Harleé Patrick's wide, frightened eyes caught the heart of her teacher as she walked into class at T.C. Walker Elementary School in Gloucester.

Franco’s Spain revealed from the inside out

Martha Heard of Albuquerque will chat about her long-running oral-history project in a talk titled “Revolution Within a Civil War” at 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 11, at the National Hispanic Cultural Center.

$225,000 grant to sustain Flight 93 oral history project

The Friends of Flight 93 National Memorial has received a $225,000 grant from The Heinz Endowments to sustain the Flight 93 Oral History and Documentation Project directed by the National Park Service for the next three years.

Shapur Bakhtiars Memoir to be discussed on radio

Saye-Roshan radio program will discuss Shapur Bakhtiars Memoir. The book contains his interview with Harvard University Center for Middle Eastern Studies.

Teamed memory telling shields Sacred Defense from distortion

Head of Sacred Defense Values and Relics Preservation and Publication Foundation said the center is seriously considering expansion of teamed memory telling.

Oral History Project Captures Stories of Haiti Earthquake Survivors

Two years after Haiti was rocked by a 7.0 magnitude earthquake near Port au Prince, a New York University (NYU) graduate student and staff at the University of Kentucky (UK) Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History are teaming up to capture, save and share the stories of survivors of the terrible event and its aftermath.

Phale highly accomplished poet and cultural enthusiast

Meet Morake Phale, a poet and cultural enthusiast with a fascinating historical inclination. The 77-year-old from Mmathubudukwane-Dikalakaneng in Kgatleng East has never been to school but his knowledge of the oral history of Batswana tribes, especially Bakgatla, gives him that aura of an accomplished scholar.

Iranians to read Gyorgy Lukacs political notes

Gyorgy Lukacss political notes taken during the years 1919 to 1929 are converted into Persian by Omid Mehregan and will be released in a volume entitled as Blooms Theses.

Irans National Archives house to Sacred Defense docs, pictures

The donated documents collection of martyr Ali Ghouchanis family has been added to the National Archive by the experts of the National Library and Archives of Iran.

50-year History of Iran underway

Manager of Negah-e Moaser Publications announced the publication of "The 50-Year History of Iran: sociopolitical transformations 1892-1942".
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Reza in Revolution

Memoirs of Hujjat al-Islam Reza Motalebi

Hujjat al-Islam Reza Motalebi is a cleric from Isfahan. Before the revolution, he was the imam of the Fallah Mosque – which was later renamed Abuzar Mosque. By his presence and efforts, Abuzar Mosque soon became a base for supporters of the Imam and the revolution. After the victory of the revolution, he played a role in uniting forces and maintaining political vitality in southwest Tehran.

The Necessity of Receiving Feedback in Oral History

Whenever we engage in a task, we naturally seek ways to evaluate our performance — to correct shortcomings and enhance strengths. Such refinement is only possible through the feedback we receive from others. Consider, for instance, a basketball player whose shots are consistently accurate; should he begin shooting blindfolded, his success rate would rapidly decline, as he would be deprived of essential feedback from each attempt.
Book Review

Sir Saeed

The book “Sir Saeed” is a documentary [narrative] of the life of martyr Seyyed Mohammad Saeed Jafari, written by Mohammad Mehdi Hemmati and published by Rahiyar Publications. In March 2024, this book was recognized as one of the selected documentary biographies in the 21st edition of the Sacred Defense Book of the Year Award. The following text is a review on the mentioned book.

Morteza Tavakoli Narrates Student Activities

I am from Isfahan, born in 1336 (1957). I entered Mashhad University with a bag of fiery feelings and a desire for rights and freedom. Less than three months into the academic year, I was arrested in Azar 1355 (November 1976), or perhaps in 1354 (1975). I was detained for about 35 days. The reason for my arrest was that we gathered like-minded students in the Faculty of Literature on 16th of Azar ...