Recently published by Brill, The Handbook of Global Oral History is an important addition to the field of oral history. Edited by Marc Cave and the late Selma Leydesdorff, this volume compiles contributions from authors worldwide offering new perspectives on the theory, methodology, and application of oral history.

Topics range from memory studies and indigenous narratives to journalism, anthropology, trauma research, and archival science. Thus, the work invites readers to consider oral history in all its polyphony and global dynamics — as a research approach that extends far beyond national traditions and disciplinary boundaries.

In the article "Bits and Bytes: Oral Histories of Holocaust Survivors as Digital Research Data", our colleague Verena Nägel uses Holocaust interview projects as examples to describe and question how digitized testimonies can be conceived, described, and made accessible as research data in a responsible manner.

• Nägel, Verena Lucia: Bits and Bytes: Oral Histories of Holocaust Survivors as Digital Research Data, in Cave, M., Leydesdorff, S. (Eds.). Handbook of Global Oral History. Leiden 2025. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004737181_012