SOHA Annual Conference

Welcome to the Southwest Oral History Association (SOHA) 2013 Conference Website

Reinventing Realities: Creating Identity and Community through Oral History
April 4-6, 2013
University of Nevada Las Vegas
Las Vegas, Nevada

Registration is now open for the conference. Register by March 31 to avoid paying late registration fees.

To see the program for this year’s conference click here.

We are also collecting items for the silent auction and raffle at the 2013 conference.  If you would like to donate, please email us at sohaconference@yahoo.com.

We are excited to announce that this year’s performance will be by Dr. E. Patrick Johnson entitled, “Pouring Tea: Black Gay Men of the South Tell Their Tales.”  The presentation is a dramatic reading of some of the oral histories that Dr. E. Patrick Johnson collected through interviews with gay black men of various generations, revealing not only the struggles they face but also their ability to thrive in an often-hostile world.  Dr. Johnson is a performer, scholar, and activist, who has taught at Northwestern University for the past twelve years. The performed oral histories come from his book Sweet Tea: Black Gay Men of the South- An Oral History.