כנס " ארכיוני אוניברסיטאות ומכוני מחקר למען הסביבה" (פורטוגל, ספטמבר 2026)
David Amitai
We are delighted to share the draft programme for our conference
University and Research Institution Archives for the Environment: Imagining Archives of the Natural World
Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, Portugal 8-10 September 2026
Registration will be open soon at https://cfe.uc.pt/agenda/conferencia-internacional-anual-ica-suv-2026-e-quinto-workshop-sobre-arquivos-cientificos/ and there is an opportunity to apply for bursaries – we have two Diversity Bursaries (€1000 each) and five New Professional Bursaries (€1000 each) with thanks to EMBL and the Medical Heritage Library. For more information and how to apply https://forms.gle/Qm13SU8RcY74RTty9 . The closing date for applications is 12 April.
Tuesday 8th September 2026
9.30 – 10.30 Keynote speaker TBC
10.30-11.00 Break
11.00-12.30 Session 1: One Health: exploring the links between animal and human
One Health through the lens of historical patient records and human ecology research
Polina Ilieva, Associate University Librarian for Archives and Special Collections and Library Development, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)
Life, Environment, and Archives: AI-Driven Reinterpretation of the Joan Oró Holding within a One Health Framework
Pepita Raventós Director Archives and Records Management Unit and Adrià Font, Archival Technician, University of Lleida
Pulling a tiger out of the hat: finding the unexpected in animal related collections at the University of Edinburgh
Fiona Menzies, Project Archivist, University of Edinburgh
12.30 – 1.45 Lunch
1.45 – 3.15 Session 2: Addressing colonial connections
Invisible Hands, Visible Traces - Local Collaborators and the Archival Afterlives of Diamang’s Scientific Production in Colonial Angola (1947–1974)
Diogo Rocha, Student, Department of Life Sciences
Invisible Collectors, Imperial Collections: Networking the Colonial Herbaria of Kolkata and Kew
John Schaefer, PhD Student, University of Cambridge
Contested Collections of Angolan Primates Shipped to Germany, a case-study of provenance metadata enhancement for zoological collections and databases
Catarina Madruga Researcher Technische Universität Berlin and Catarina Santos, PhD Student, FCT-NOVA Lisboa
3.15 – 3.45 Break
3.45 – 5.15 Session 3: TBC
Wednesday 9th September 2026
9.30 – 10.30 Keynote speaker
10.30-11.00 Break
11.00-12.30 Session 1: Pushing the archival boundaries: the role of non-textual records
Natural history as resistance – Korbinian Aigner's pictures of apple and pear varieties
Dr. Katrin Bäumler, Head of Archives, Technical University of Munich
A Teaching Herbarium in the Archive: Amos Eaton, Science and the Natural World During the Industrial Revolution
Jenifer Monger, Institute Archivist and Matthew Golebiewski, Archivist, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
From Repository to the Landscape: Rethinking Archaeological and Environmental Evidence as Archival Primary Sources
Brenda Gunn Associate University Librarian for Special Collections and Preservation University of Virginia
12.30 – 1.30 Lunch
1.30 – 3.00 Session 2: Data and discoverability
Microscopes, Shipwrecks, and Chameleon Eggs: Reconstructing Knowledge Networks in 18th-Century Natural History Archives
Ilaria Maggiulli, Archivist and Lucia Giagnolini, Archivist, University of Bologna Historical Archive
Avenues to enhance discovery of 100 years of analogue scientific research data in university archives: lessons from a pilot study
Lois Hendrickson, Curator, Wangensteen Historical Library and Shannon Farrell, Research Data Services Lead and Director of DRUM (Data Repository for the University of Minnesota), University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, USA
Archives as Active Research Infrastructures: Evidence from the University of Coimbra Scientific Repository
Susana Jarmelo, Bibliometrics Specialist, University of Coimbra
3.00 – 3.30 Break
3.30 – 4.30 Session 3: Lightning talks
From Personal Scientific Archives to Institutional Records – The David C. H. Florance Archives
Garfield Lam, University Archivist, University of Hong Kong
An Environmental History of Penn State University: Using Institutional Archives to Explore Interactions Between a University and the Natural World
Ben Goldman, University Archivist, Penn State University
An Elephant Never Forgets: Zoological Archives in Amsterdam
Emma Morse, Collections Manager and Archivist, ARTIS, Amsterdam Royal Zoo
"Public transport is good for you": Creative Engagement with Climate Change Materials in the Campaign for Better Transport Archives at the National Railway Museum
Kait Buchbaum, Archive Cataloguer, National Railway Museum and Michael Solomon Williams, Head of External Affairs, Campaign for Better Transport
4.30 ICA-SUV AGM
Thursday 10th September
9.30-11.00 Session 1: Collecting and preserving environmental records
Governing AI-Mediated Environmental Research Records in University Archives
Kenneth Atuma, Lecturer in Information Studies, The University of Manchester
Sustaining Climate Archives: Navigating Political, Environmental, and Resource Constraints
Julie Judkins, Associate Professor, Special Collections & Archives Department Head and Beth Filar Williams User Experience Research Librarian, Oregon State University
Stronger than above Nature, Science and Man: a 1970s multidisciplinary environmental science course that still has a voice
Deirdre Bryden, University Records Archivist, Queen's University Archives
11.00-11.30 Break
11.30 – 13.00 Session 2: Supporting the environment
Imagining Sustainable Higher Education Archives: Future Strategies for the Porto Polytechnic Archive
Milena Carvalho, CITCEM/FLUP/CEOS/ISCAP - P. Porto / Lecturer at ISCAP Polytechnic of Porto, Susana Martins CEOS/ISCAP - P. Porto / Lecturer at ISCAP Polytechnic of Porto and Olga Ferreira University of Salamanca / Centro de Cultura do Porto.
Assessing Environmental Sustainability Practices in University Archives: A Survey of Federally Chartered Universities
Muhammad Mirza, Principal Librarian and Dr. Muhammad Hamidullah, Librarian, International Islamic University, Islamabad
Developing a Course of Action for Practicing Archivists on the Environmental Impact and History of Archives
Dr. Eric Carlos Stoykovich, College Archivist and Manuscript Librarian, Trinity College. Hartford, Connecticut
Thursday afternoon: visits to archives
Poster sessions will also be available during the conference, full details will be announced soon.
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