EnglishEspañolEnglish Director of the OHL Ricia Anne Chansky has been named the 2025 Senator John W. Maitland, Jr. Commitment to Education Award Winner by her alma mater Illinois State University. This award is presented to honor legislator officials, government officials, or individuals who have made extraordinary contributions to or advocated for the field of education.…
EnglishEspañolEnglish The short film Nuestro Pedazo de Tierra will be shown on April 22 at Noche de Cortos, hosted by Film Nights Puerto Rico. Nuestro Pedazo de Tierra was made by UPRM students enrolled in documentary filmmaking courses (CINE 4016) taught by award-winning filmmaker Guillermo Gómez Álvarez in the 2022-23 academic year. Exploring food insecurity, the film uses historic…
EnglishEspañolEnglish Don’t miss “Climate Change, Natural Disaster, and Oral History,” a conversation about climate change and oral history featuring esteemed scholars Stewart Weaver (University of Rochester), Ricia Chansky (OHL Director, University of Puerto Rico), and Liz Skilton (University of Louisiana). At The Albert Lepage Center for History in the Public Interest at Villanova University on…
EnglishEspañolEnglish From left to right: Diego Vera (director), Carhianie Vargas (producer), and Andrea Carolina (director) at a of Cine Más Corto on April 5 Our Piece of Land will be screened at Caribbean Cinemas Western Plaza in Mayagüez on Saturday, April 26. The film will be presented as part of Cine Más Corto’s curated program…
EnglishEspañolEnglish Approximately one hundred students attended the April 8th event with Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez, graphic novelist and creator of La Borinqueña. Miranda-Rodriguez spoke about the inspiration and ongoing creation of his comic book series and welcomed questions from the audience. The event was organized for American Library Association National Library Week by the Oral History Lab (OHL),…
EnglishEspañolEnglish Oral History Lab Director Ricia Anne Chansky has been selected as one of the “20 of the best climate storytellers from around the world” to be featured in the Climate Storytellers’ Summit cohosted by the My Climate Story Project; the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication; the Penn Center for Science, Sustainability, and the…
EnglishEspañolEnglish A photograph taken by Andres Octavo of Gesellie “Chela” Caraballo Ruiz—part of the OHL ACLS project undertaken with CAMJI Bartolo to record stories told by women coffee farmers—was selected for the cover of the Spring 2025 cover of the Oral History Journal, the journal of the Oral History Society. Ricia Anne Chansky has an…
EnglishEspañolEnglish The Oral History Lab (OHL) will host Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez, graphic novelist and creator of La Borinqueña, in an event on April 8 at 10:30 a.m. (AST) in the Figueroa Chapel auditorium. Miranda-Rodriguez will be attending the event virtually. This event is cohosted with the UPRM General Library and the UPRM English Department. The theme…
EnglishEspañolEnglish The Oral History Lab (OHL) and the UPRM General Library are pleased to invite you to this semester’s activities. April 4 (10:00 am – 12:00 AST): Nvivo para análisis cualitativo de las entrevistas. We invite you to this presentation to discover how NVivo can facilitate the coding and analysis process of your oral history…
EnglishEspañolEnglish The Oral History Lab (OHL) is excited to announce that we’re working with award-winning filmmaker Guillermo Gómez Álvarez and the Grupo del Acueducto de Rubias de Yauco in collaboration with the Centro Hemisférico de Cooperación en Investigación y Educación en Ingeniería y Ciencia Aplicada (CoHemis) to document an energy justice project in Yauco. This…