Past Projects
UKRI-funded "Living Deltas" Global Research Hub 
Living Deltas Hub: Graham Smith with Siobhan Warrington are part of an international team exploring popular memories of environmental change funded by the Global Challenge Research Fund (GCRF).
Last modified: Wed, 02 Apr 2025 16:37:11 BST
Covid-19 and Mutual Aid
The Oral History Collective is undertaking a pilot study into mutual aid networks in light of Covid-19, to understand how these groups operate, the reasons people have become involved, and their hopes for the future.
Last modified: Wed, 06 May 2020 14:38:20 BST
Deindustrial Pasts and Present Inequalities
NOHUC Research Associate Andy Clark has received a prestigious ESRC New Investigator Award to undertake the project 'Deindustrial Pasts and Present Inequalities: An Oral History of Deindustrialisation and Experiences of Ageing’.
Last modified: Tue, 07 Sep 2021 09:09:54 BST
Foodbank Histories
Foodbank Histories is a collaboration with Northern Cultural Projects and the Newcastle West End Foodbank, led by Silvie Fisch and Dr Alison Atkinson-Phillips.
Last modified: Fri, 03 Sep 2021 21:43:11 BST
Funding Success: Oral History of Lockerbie Disaster
Congratulations to our research associate, Dr Andy Clark, who has been awarded a British Academy / Leverhulme Trust grant to undertake an oral history of the 1988 Lockerbie Disaster.
Last modified: Tue, 21 Apr 2020 10:36:30 BST
Collaboration with UNITE
The Oral History Unit is assisting UNITE on an oral history project about the union's work since 1920.
Last modified: Thu, 23 Apr 2020 10:23:22 BST
Wastes & Strays collaboration with Newcastle University Law School
We are delighted to have appointed a new member of the Oral History Unit, Olivia Dee, working on a major AHRC-funded research project, Wastes and Strays: The Past, Present and Future of English Urban Commons
Last modified: Thu, 23 Apr 2020 10:22:01 BST
New public history website: We Made Ships
A new education website, We Made Ships, has been created by unit members Rosie Bush and Dr Alison Atkinson-Phillips to make the history of shipbuilding accessible to a new generation of students.
Last modified: Thu, 23 Apr 2020 10:19:50 BST
Consultancy on 'Roma Stories' Heritage Lottery Fund Project
Graham Smith has worked as a consultant on this important community oral history project, led by the London-based Roma Support Group.
Last modified: Thu, 23 Apr 2020 10:23:01 BST
Deindustrialisation, Heritage and Memory Network
Oral History research associate, Dr Andy Clark, has received funding from the British Academy to establish a new network for academic and community historians & heritage practitioners interested in deindustrialisation.
Last modified: Tue, 21 Apr 2020 12:27:03 BST
PHD of Dr Hannah James Louwerse
Dr Hannah James Louwerse's AHRC-funded PhD explores innovative oral history preservation through the lens of "wicked maintenance," with a focus on Seaton Delaval Hall and collaborations across leading heritage institutions.
Last modified: Tue, 22 Jul 2025 16:49:17 BST