Abrams, Lynn. Oral History Theory, second edition. New York: Routledge, 2016.
“Alessandro Portelli”. Wikipedia, 4 May 2022.
Argyris, Chris. Overcoming Organizational Defenses: Facilitating Organizational Learning. Boston, Ma.: Allyn and Bacon, 1990.
Frisch, Michael. “Commentary: Sharing Authority: Oral History and the Collaborative Process,” The Oral History Review, Vol. 30, No. 1 (Winter – Spring, 2003), pp. 111-113.
Frisch, Michael. A Shared Authority: Essays on the Craft and Meaning of Oral and Public History. Albany: SUNY Press, 1990.
“Great Questions,” Story Corps (StoryCorps, Inc., 2003-2022).
“Historical Thinking Skills.” The AP U.S. History Curriculum Framework (New York: The College Board, 2014).
“Historical Thinking Skills.” The American Historical Association.
“Introduction to Oral History.” Workshop on the Web: Introduction to Oral History, Baylor University Institute for Oral History, 2016.
Keefe, Patrick Radden. Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland. Doubleday, 2019.
Lowenthal, David. The Past is a Foreign Country (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1985).
Morrissey, Charles. “Oral History Interviews: From Inception to Closure,” in The Handbook of Oral History, eds. Thomas L. Charlton, Lois E. Myers, and Rebecca Sharpless. Landham, MD: Altamira Press, 2006, pp. 170-206.
Perks, Robert and Alistair Thomson, The Oral History Reader, 2nd edition. New York: Routledge: 2006.
Portelli, Alessandro. “What Makes Oral History Different,” The Death of Luigi Trastulli and Other Stories: Form and Meaning in Oral History. Albany: SUNY Press, 1991, pp. 45-58.
“Positionality.” Dictionary.com, 23 August 2008.
Ritchie, Donald. Doing Oral History. London: Oxford University Press, 2015.
“Selecting Narrators.” Workshop on the Web: Introduction to Oral History, Baylor University Institute for Oral History, 2016.
“Shared Historical Authority.” Wikipedia, 4 December, 2022.
Sharpless, Rebecca. “The History of Oral History,” in The Handbook of Oral History, eds. Thomas L. Charlton, Lois E. Myers, and Rebecca Sharpless. Landham, MD: Altamira Press, 2006, pp. 19-42.
Shopes, Linda. “After the Interview Ends: Moving Oral History Out of the Archives and into Publication,” The Oral History Review 2015, Vol. 42, No. 2, pp. 300-310.
Shopes, Linda. “Commentary: Sharing Authority,” The Oral History Review 2003, Vol. 30, No. 1, pp. 103-110.
Shopes, Linda, “Insights and Oversights, Reflections on Documentary Traditions and the Theoretical Turn in Oral History,” The Oral History Review 2014, Vol. 41, No. 2, pp. 257-268.
“Tell Me Your Stories,” An Oral History Curriculum for High School and Middle School Students (Living Legacies Historical Foundation, 2012),
Thompson, Paul. “The Voice of the Past: Oral History,” in The Oral History Reader, 2nd edition, eds. Robert Perks and Alistair Thomson. New York: Routledge, 2006.
Tonkin, Elizabeth. Narrating Our Pasts: The Social Construction of Oral History. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992.
Yow, Valerie. “Do I Like Them Too Much?”: Effects of the Oral History Interview on the Interviewer and Vice-Versa, The Oral History Review, Vol. 24, No. 1 (Summer 1997), pp. 55-79.
Clark, Mary Marshall. “Oral History of Disasters and Pandemics,” Oral History Master’s Program Workshop Series, Columbia University Incite, (April 16, 2020).
Cramer, Jennifer A. “First, Do No Harm: Tread Carefully Where Oral History, Trauma, and Current Crises Intersect”, The Oral History Review, 47:2 (2020), pp. 203-213.
Leitch, Laurie. “Information Gathering after Trauma: Considerations for Human Rights Work, Peacebuilding, and Interviewing,” Africa Peace and Conflict Journal, 3:1 (June 2010) pp. 80-87.
Strong, Liz H. “Shifting Focus: Interviewers Share Advice on Protecting Themselves from Harm,” The Oral History Review, 48:2 (2021), pp. 196-215.
Theidon, Kimberly. “‘How Was Your Trip?’ Self-Care For Researchers Working And Writing On Violence,” Social Science Research Council, (April 2014).
Selection of Oral History Associations and Institutes
“International Oral History Association”
“The Oral History Association”
“The Institute for Oral History.” University Libraries, Baylor University.
Berghof Handbook for Conflict Transformation (Berghof Foundation Operations GGMBH, 2023).
Jones, Briony, Elisabeth Baumgartner, Sidonia Gabriel. A Transformative Approach to Dealing with the Past. (Swisspeace, 2015).
Hawli w Hawalaye (About and Around Me): A Children’s Summer Camps Toolkit, (Beirut: forumZFD and Steps, 2019).
Davis Collaborative in Conflict Transformation, Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont.
Psaltis, Charis, Mario Carretero, Sabina Čehavjić-Clancy (Eds.). History Education and Conflict Transformation: Social Psychological Theories, History Teaching and Reconciliation. (Palgrave, Macmillan, 2017).
Ahmida, Ali. Genocide in Libya; Shar, A Hidden Colonial History. Routledge, 2021. Public talk video.
Allan, Diana, ed. Voices of the Nakba; A Living History of Palestine. Pluto Press, 2021.
Bashshur Abunnasr, Maria. “We are in this Together”: An Oral History of Ras Beirut. Beirut: AUB Press, 2023.
Sayigh, Rosemary. “Palestinian Camp Women Tell Their Lives,” Oral History 1997, Vol. 25, No. 2, pp. 39-48.
Wick, Livia. Sumud: Birth, Oral History, and Persisting in Palestine. Syracuse University Press, 2023.
Al-Alem Bechnaq, Samira. “A Regression towards the Lebanese Civil War: Samira’s story.” Interview by Jihane Francis. N.D. Lebanese Association for History (LAH).
Al-Hussein, Fairouz. “Rough 1.” Interview by Ali Msarah. N.D..
al-Utruq, Sa’īd Ismāīl. Interview by Mahmud Zaydan. N.D. nn_0001, Al-Nakba Collection, Palestinian Oral History Archive, American University of Beirut (AUB).
al-Zabadi, Muhammad Ahmad. “Nakba Oral History.” Interview by Rakan Mahmoud. July 21, 2009. Palestineremembered.com.
Bechara, Soha. “Untitled Part 1: Everything and Nothing.” Interview by Jayce Salloum (orig format DVM, France/Canada, 2001(1999)).
Ṣabḥah, Maryam Mahmūd. Interview by Mahmud Zaydan. N.D. nn_0226, Al-Nakba Collection, Palestinian Oral History Archive, American University of Beirut (AUB).
Shammās, Marie. Interview by Mahmud Zaydan. N.D. nn_0191, Al-Nakba Collection, Palestinian Oral History Archive, American University of Beirut (AUB).
Tayyim, Dr. Abdil Jabir Hussein. “Nakba Oral History.” Interview by Rakan Mahmud. September 25, 2011. Palestineremembered.com.
Abourahma, Dahna. “Kingdom of Women: Ein El Hilweh.” Beirut, Lebanon: al-Jana, 2010.
Boyd, Douglas. “Survey of Oral History Podcasts.” Digital Omnium, 30 November 2016,
El Gantri, Salwa. “Voices of Memory” Project (2018), Tunis, Tunisia.
“National Park Service Oral History.” Apple Podcasts Preview, 2022.
“Interactive Map, Palestinian Oral History Archive.” AUB University Libraries, American University of Beirut (AUB), 2019.
Kellou, Dorothee-Myriam. “In Mansourah, You Separated Us.” 2019.(film based on interviews documenting forced relocation of 2 million peasants and massacres during the Algerian War of Independence).
“Khabberna,” Oral History Project, ACT for the Disappeared Map
“Nowhere Line: Voices from Manus Island.” Directed by Lukas Schrank. Visitor Studio, 9 August 2015.
Mansky, Jacky. “This Haunting Exhibition Unearths the Story of Syria’s Slain.” Smithsonian Magazine, 11 April 2016.
Raby, Sam. “A Visualization of Four Syrian Refugees’ Narratives of Displacement.” Placing Oral Histories, July 2017.
Tawil, Anthony and Cédric Kayem. “Maabar, The Podcast” Maabar Podcast, 2022.
“Testimonies” Act for the Disappeared, 2012.
“Testimonies for Change” Fighters for Peace, 2016.
“The Forgotten Atrocities: Britain’s history of abuse in Palestine.” Tom Bateman, BBC Newsnight, BBC, October 7, 2022. Video, Article.
“Unpacked: Refugee Baggage.” Mohamad Hafez, 2020-2021.
“Urtina Hoxa. Moving Image – 7th September 2020.” Intern, 2022.
“When War Sank In.” Directed by Fadi Yeni Turk & Roger Nasr. The Memory of War: Activities Handbook, Lebanese Center for Civic Education, Ala Boued Amtar/A Step Away, Forum Civil Peace Service (forumZFD), Beirut, forumZFD: 2016. Links to individual sections of the film: “Friendly Fire,” “Shrapnel,” “Borders/Life (Crossing / Feeling Alive),” “That’s How We’re Going to Continue?”.
“Archive.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 2 October 2022.
“Archiving Oral History: Manual of Best Practices.” Adopted October 2019. Oral History Association (OHA), 2022.
“Archive Research Tutorial: What is an Archive?” Mildred F. Sawyer Library, Suffolk University Boston, 17 October 2022.
“Introduction to Oral History.” The Institute for Oral History, 2016, Baylor University.
“Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe.” LOCKSS Program, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford University.
“What is an Archive?” The National Archives UK, 2013.
“University on the Square,” American University of Cairo.
“Audiovisuals, Archives and Special Collections.” AUB University Libraries, American University of Beirut (AUB).
“Guide to the Faris and Yamna Naff Arab American Collection.” Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Online Virtual Archives, Smithsonian Institution, 2022.
“Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History.”University of Kentucky Libraries, University of Kentucky.
“Nakba’s Oral History Interviews Listing.” PalestineRemembered.
“Oral History.” Collection Guides, The British Library.
“Oral History Archives.” Columbia University Libraries, Columbia University.
“Oral History Collections,” Tarikhi.
“Oral Narratives of the Residents of Karantina.” Digital Archives. February 28, 2022. Beirut Urban Lab. American University of Beirut (AUB).
“Storytelling and Oral History,” Knowledge Workshop 2023.
Syrian Oral History, Dawlaty 2023.
“The Palestinian Oral History Archive.” AUB University Libraries, American University of Beirut (AUB), 2019.
Women and Memory Forum: Archive of Women’s Oral History.
Haugbolle, Sune. “A Modern History of Lebanon: Book Review.” The Arab Studies Journal, vol. 15 no. 1, 2007, pp. 143–47.
Haugbolle, Sune. “The Historiography and the Memory of the Lebanese Civil War, Mass Violence & Resistance.” SciencePo (25 October 2011).
Salibi, Kamal. A House of Many Mansions: A History of Lebanon Reconsidered (London: IB Tauris & Co. Ltd, 1988).
Irani, George Emile. “The Lebanese War Revisited: The Long Road from Breakup to Reconciliation: Review Article.” Middle East Journal, vol. 55, no. 2, 2001, pp. 320–22.
“Lebanon’s War: Any End in Sight?” Middle East Report 162 (January/February 1990). Includes essays on the war by prominent historians that can be used as background readings for participants or facilitators
“MHPSS Guidelines for Working with the Families of the Missing in Lebanon,” Act for the Disappeared (November 2021).
The Memory of War: Activities Handbook, Lebanese Center for Civic Education, Ala Boued Amtar/A Step Away, Forum Civil Peace Service (forumZFD) (Beirut, forumZFD, 2016).
Wenger, Martha. “Primer: Lebanon’s 15-Year War,” The Middle East Report 162 (January/February 1990). https://merip.org/1990/01/primer-lebanons-15-year-war-1975-1990/
“Lebanon Profile – Timeline.” BBC.com, 25 April, 2018.
“Timeline: Major Events of the Lebanese Civil War (1975-1990).” Lebanese Civil War: 1975-1990, University Libraries, American University of Beirut.
“Timeline: Lebanon; A Chronology of Key Events in Lebanese History.” AlJazeera.com (4 June, 2009).