Transnational Archives & Feminist Oral History: Public Scholarship Workshop Series
PS2 x Center for the Humanities present Transnational Archives & Feminist Oral History, a 3-part monthly virtual oral history workshop led by award-winning oral historian Dr. Cynthia Tobar.
OPEN TO CURRENT GC STUDENTS ONLY
This workshop series introduces Graduate Center students to feminist oral history, transnational archival practices, and public-facing scholarship methods. Drawing on community-based storytelling, decolonial research frameworks, and socially engaged art practices, participants will learn how to ethically document, interpret, and share community knowledge across borders and contexts.
The series foregrounds listening as a feminist and political practice, explores diasporic and Latinx community archives, and offers tools for transforming research into accessible public scholarship formats such as zines, digital micro-archives, and public storytelling platforms.
Participants will develop an ethical oral history framework, design a small-scale community storytelling or archival project, and experiment with collaborative and creative public-facing outputs.
This workshop is in conversation with Mujeres Atrevidas, a cross-border artist residency and research platform connecting Quito and New York City, and seeks to open pathways for future transnational collaboration in public scholarship.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: Friday, April 24 by 11:59pm
APPLY TO THE 2026 ORAL HISTORY WORKSHOP SERIES
Session 1: Feminist Oral History & Transnational Archives
Focus: Feminist, decolonial oral history methodologies and diasporic archival practices
Participants will explore oral history as a feminist and decolonial research method, with attention to ethics, consent, reciprocity, and power. Case studies from Latinx and diasporic community archives will illustrate how transnational histories are preserved and contested across borders.
Session 2: Listening as Method & Community Storytelling
Focus: Listening as scholarly and artistic practice; community-based research design
This session centers listening as a methodological, ethical, and creative practice. Participants will learn strategies for community-based research and experiment with formats such as interviews, memory mapping, and micro-archives to document lived experience.
Session 3: Public Scholarship Outputs
Focus: Translating research into public-facing formats
Participants will learn how to transform research into accessible public scholarship, including zines, digital archives, storytelling stations, and public conversations. The session will include collaborative brainstorming for student-led public scholarship projects.
Schedule, Application
APPLICATION DEADLINE: Friday, April 24 by 11:59pm
- Session 1 Feminist Oral History & Transnational Archives will be held virtually the week of September 22, 2026 at 7pm, lasts one hour
- Session 2 Listening as Method & Community Storytelling will be held virtually the week of October 19, 2026 at 7pm, lasts one hour
- Session 3 Public Scholarship Outputs will be held virtually the week of November 17, 2026 at 7pm, lasts one hour
- For further details, scheduling, and workshop expectation see application form
APPLY TO THE 2026 ORAL HISTORY WORKSHOP SERIES
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