NOHCE
Network for Oral History Collections in Europe
Connecting voices, archives, and research across Europe
ExploreBridging Europe's Oral Heritage
Across Europe, universities, museums, and cultural institutions are building digital oral history archives. Some focus on curation and archiving, others on research and education. Some have a thematic scope, others a national one.
Yet despite facing the same methodological, technical, ethical, and financial challenges, there is little cross-national cooperation or exchange of ideas. NOHCE was created to bridge this gap — bringing together archivists, researchers, and technologists to build a shared future for Europe's oral history collections.
Why, How, and What
Why a European network?
Individual oral history collections across Europe face common challenges — methodological, technical, ethical, and financial — but lack a shared space to exchange ideas and solutions. A collaborative framework is needed to address these together.
How we work together
Through online workshops, shared standards, and collaborative projects, we bring together archivists, researchers, and technologists from across Europe to build a common framework for digital oral history.
What we aim to build
A distributed European infrastructure for oral history: a network of collections, a shared catalogue, greater visibility in research infrastructures, and a roadmap for sustainable cross-national collaboration.
Common Perspectives
Common Projects
Assessing requirements and options for joint initiatives across European institutions.
Shared Catalogue
Creating a European catalogue of oral history collections, making them discoverable across borders.
Research Visibility
Achieving greater visibility for oral history within European research infrastructures.
Roadmap
Drawing a roadmap for a distributed European oral history infrastructure, ensuring long-term sustainability.