Their Finest Hour
Their Finest Hour
Oxford University
A series of podcasts from Oxford University's 'Their Finest Hour' project. Led by the Faculty of English, this project aims to collect stories, objects, and memories around British involvement in the Second World War using Oxford's Community Collection Model (OCCM). The podcasts will cover what the project is about, how it works, what it is trying to achieve, but also will take deeper looks at material that is submitted and the range of research going on in the field at Oxford. This project is funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.
The Women behind "the Few"  - Interview with Dr Sarah-Louise Miller
Interview with Dr Sarah-Louise Miller about the role of the WAAF in British air intelligence. For our first expert interview in the podcast series, our Project Coordinator, Dr. Joseph Quinn, speaks to Dr. Sarah-Louise Miller about the role of Women's Auxiliary Air Force servicewomen in British air intelligence during the war, and her new book, 'The Women behind the Few'. Dr. Miller, who is serving as a Steering Group member and Academic Advisor on TFH Project, is a member of Kellogg College and a visiting scholar at the Faculty of Modern History at the University of Oxford. She also lectures at the Defence Studies Department at Kings College London.
Apr 11, 2023
1 hr
Building the digital archive
A short interview with the project's technical lead, Catherine Conisbee, on building the digital archive. A short talk by the project's technical lead, Catherine Conisbee, on building the digital archive. In this Catherine covers a brief outline of crowd-sourcing at Oxford, digital humanities, and the platforms we are building the project on.
Mar 23, 2023
25 min
A Postcard from Hitler
The Project Lead, Dr Stuart Lee, discusses his most memorable finds on previous crowdsourcing projects In this short episode, presented by Stuart Lee (the project lead), he shares his most memorable finds and moments on 'Lest We Forget' and 'Europeana 1914-18' - the precursor crowdsourcing projects to 'Their Finest Hour'. Stuart provides us with a 'Top 5' breakdown of the most unforgettable discoveries and personal encounters while coordinating Digital Collection Day events in the UK, Ireland and Germany... including being handed a postcard written and signed by Adolf Hitler.
Feb 8, 2023
16 min
Introducing 'Their Finest Hour'
A brief introduction by the project team to 'Their Finest Hour' Introduced by Joseph Quinn from the project, this podcast features Stuart Lee (the project lead) and Matthew Kidd (the project manager) discussing 'Their Finest Hour'. What the project aims to do, its history, how it will work. The project is crowd-sourcing material held by the public related to the Second World War to go into a freely available online archive. It will also train people on how to run their own collection days around the UK.
Jan 23, 2023
21 min