22 July 2015

Let Us Interview You in Honolulu!

Jarita Holbrook University of Edinburgh

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The AAS Historical Astronomy Division (HAD) has been running an oral history project for two years, partially funded by the American Institute of Physics Niels Bohr Library, with ongoing funding coming from the AAS. For the XXIX International Astronomical Union (IAU) General Assembly in Honolulu, Hawaii, 3-14 August 2015, we will be conducting oral history interviews with AAS members and international attendees.

We have been asking members to sign up to be interviewed for this project. Our goal is to interview 60 people during the two weeks of the General Assembly. Each interview lasts 1.5 hours, during which we will discuss your education, career moves and strategies, work-life balance, intellectual preferences, collaborations, reputation, leadership, and mentoring. We like to end with career advice to the next generation. We would like astronomers at all career stages, from graduate student to emeritus, to sign up to be interviewed.

For IAU XXIX, we have a team of five people interviewing from 10:30 am to 9:30 pm, Monday through Friday, in the Ilima Boardroom and Tiara Suite at the Hilton Hawaiian Village hotel. If you are interested in interviewing another astronomer for the project, we have training sessions each Wednesday, from 10:30 am to 12 noon, in Room 326B of the Hawaii Convention Center. After training you are welcome to use our equipment and our interview rooms; you just need to schedule dates and times. It is easiest to interview someone you know, but you can use interviewing as a way to get to know someone new.

To arrange to be interviewed, please fill out our sign-up form. To arrange a time to conduct an interview, please email Jarita Holbrook.