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An annual essay competition from Oxford Journals open to anyone currently registered for a higher research degree in the UK and abroad, or who completed one no earlier than October 2008.

The winner will get his/her essay published in Twentieth Century British History , a cash prize of £300, £200 worth of OUP books and one year's free subscription to Twentieth Century British History.

 Closing date is 15th October 2009.

Spotted on my alerts:

A Press Release from Michigan State University about the African Oral Narratives, funded by the U.S. Department of Education, in which  MSU will partner with African scholars to collect and digitize life histories, folklore and songs from men and women.

<snip>Over a four-year period, the African Oral Narratives project will collect information from Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Malawi, Nigeria, South Africa, and Tanzania. The audio and video resources will be in the languages of Akan (Twi), Wolof, Bamanakan (Mandinka), Igbo, Fula (Pulaar), Farefare, Amharic, Oromo, Swahili, Zigula, Chewa, Zulu, Sepedi, Sesotho, Tswana, Afrikaans and English.

Collaborating on the project are MSU’s MATRIX, Department of History and African Studies Center in partnership with scholars at Addis Ababa University, University of Ghana, University of Malawi, South African History Association, United Nations, Indiana University and Oakland University.

Spotted on Intute.ac.uk 

The Genocide Prevention Mapping Initiative is a project of the UnitedStates Holocaust Memorial Museum. It uses Google Maps technology andanimated maps to provide users with mappings of where the Holocausttook place. These are then linked to oral histories, encyclopaediaentries and articles giving an extra layer of understanding to theperiod. Maps include death marches, concentration camps and sites ofNazi atrocities. Other sections of the mapping cover current andpotential sites of genocide worldwide. Technical and copyrightinformation is displayed on the website.