Author Archives: Sebastian Gurciullo

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About Sebastian Gurciullo

Webmaster, Section on Literary and Artistic Archives, International Council on Archives

Diasporic and literary archives on the agenda in Malta

Posted on 20 April 2015 by Sebastian Gurciullo

The Commonwealth and its People: Diasporas, Identities, Memories (DIM’2015) Conference and Exhibition, affiliated with the People’s Forum of Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Valletta, Malta 24-25 June 2015 The Commonwealth is one of the most striking examples of extensive relocation … Continue reading →

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Nick Cave’s archive, between fact and fiction

Posted on 3 March 2015 by Sebastian Gurciullo

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20000 days on earth is a film portrait of singer-songwriter Nick Cave by British artists Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard. Cave himself contributed to the writing of the film’s script which means it is also a partial self-portrait. Scenes intercut … Continue reading →

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Literary archives, materiality and the digital – latest issue of Archives and Manuscripts – now online

Posted on 14 December 2014 by Sebastian Gurciullo

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The latest issue of Archives and Manuscripts, the journal of the Australian Society of Archivists, features a special themed issue: ‘Literary archives, materiality and the digital’. The issue is available online via Taylor and Francis, with free access provided to … Continue reading →

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Literary manuscripts in Brazil

Posted on 24 July 2013 by Sebastian Gurciullo

Our colleague in São Paulo, Luciana Negrini, who posted the article on Osman Lins here in May 2013, has sent us a lot more information about literary archival collections in Brazil.  It appears that Brazil meets two of the suggested … Continue reading →

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Diasporic Literary Archives – Third Workshop: The stakes of public/private ownership [review in Italian by Anna Antonello & Giovanni Battista Boccardo]

Posted on 11 July 2013 by Sebastian Gurciullo

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L’Institut Mémoires de l’Édition Contemporaine (IMEC) May 30-31, 2013 Il quesito a cui il terzo workshop dedicato al progetto “Diasporic Archives”, coordinato dall’Università di Reading, ha cercato di dare delle risposte concerne la natura dei vari interessi che convergono intorno … Continue reading →

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Quebra-cabeça literário: o trabalho de recomposição de uma narrativa de vida presente no Arquivo Osman Lins

Posted on 15 May 2013 by Sebastian Gurciullo
Osman Lins retrato

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Osman Lins (1924–1978), escritor brasileiro [pernambucano], optou por dedicar sua vida à Literatura. Seu projeto literário mescla-se com sua biografia, posto que muitos dos fatos que marcaram sua história pessoal surgem (e ressurgem) em sua obra de maneira significativa. Um … Continue reading →

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New Diasporic Literary Archives website

Posted on 7 July 2012 by Sebastian Gurciullo

The Diasporic Literary Archives (DLA) Network aims to promote international collaboration in the preservation of, and access to, literary archives. The network brings together a group of established scholars and experts from a variety of institutional backgrounds, and across different disciplines and … Continue reading →

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