Literary Archives on the ESARBICA Agenda

Posted on 18 July 2017 by David Sutton

At the upcoming conference of ESARBICA (the Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Branch of the International Council on Archives), Lilongwe, Malawi, 7-11 August 2017, SLA President David Sutton will give a keynote speech on methodologies for collecting literary manuscripts in … Continue reading →

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Marbach Weimar Wolfenbüttel Research Association – fellowships in Digital Humanities

Posted on 13 June 2017 by Sebastian Gurciullo

The Marbach Weimar Wolfenbüttel Research Association is a consortium that brings together the research activities of three significant institutions: the German Literature Archive Marbach , the Klassik Stiftung Weimar and the Herzog August Library Wolfenbüttel. Collectively these institutions are custodians … Continue reading →

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International Archives Day, 9 June 2017

Posted on 8 June 2017 by David Sutton

Celebrate International Archives Day! June 9, a day of international celebration. Archives represent an unparalleled wealth. They are the documentary product of human activity and as such constitute irreplaceable testimonies of past events. They ensure the democratic functioning of societies, … Continue reading →

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Special Literary & Artistic issue of ‘Comma’ in 2018

Posted on 2 May 2017 by David Sutton

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I am delighted to inform SLA members that the editor of Comma magazine has confirmed that there will be a special literary archives issue of Comma, scheduled for the second half of 2018. Published by Liverpool University Press, Comma is … Continue reading →

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Anthony C. Winkler archive goes home to Jamaica

Posted on 19 April 2017 by David Sutton

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Acquiring Winkler’s Archives for the National Library of Jamaica by Kim Robinson-Walcott The Jamaican writer Anthony C. Winkler died in September 2015. His death was a personal loss for me in many ways. First of all, I was the person … Continue reading →

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GENESIS – HELSINKI 2017

Posted on 24 March 2017 by David Sutton

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From our friends in the Finnish Literature Society GENESIS – HELSINKI 2017 Creative Processes and Archives in Arts and Humanities Helsinki, 7th – 9th June 2017 Registration open! The Finnish Literature Society (SKS) and Institut des textes & manuscrits modernes … Continue reading →

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Art and activism producing new archives

Posted on 9 March 2017 by Sebastian Gurciullo

Artists, scholars and activists are leading the way in the creation of new archives that document important social and political events. Increasingly they are filling some important gaps in the documentation of such events, particularly those resulting from major and … Continue reading →

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SLA in Mexico City, November 2017

Posted on 26 February 2017 by David Sutton

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It has been confirmed that SLA will be presenting a session on Caribbean literary archives as part of this year’s ICA Annual Conference, to be held in Mexico City, 27-29 November 2017. The long title of the session is this: … Continue reading →

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Safe Havens for Archives at Risk

Posted on 30 January 2017 by Sebastian Gurciullo

As described in earlier posts, SLA has continued to support work being conducted on Archival Safe Havens (cases of archives in extreme danger which may, as a last resort, be physically moved to a safe location or be digitally copied … Continue reading →

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SLA in 2017

Posted on 21 December 2016 by David Sutton

This is an update to some earlier posts on future SLA activities.

Society of American Archivists Annual Meeting, Portland, July 2017. SLA will not be represented at SAA. Several members have indicated that they would be uncomfortable travelling to the USA following the presidential elections there.

Meeting of ESARBICA, Lilongwe, August 2017. SLA hopes to be represented at the next ESARBICA meeting and to present a session on literary archives in southern Africa, using recent work in Namibia as a case study.

ICA Annual Meeting, Mexico City, 27-29 November 2017. SLA hopes to be represented at the ICA Annual Meeting. A proposal has been submitted for a session on Caribbean literary archives; and it may be possible to hold a Section meeting in addition to this.
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Archival Safe Havens. SLA will continue its support for this project, working with UNESCO and swisspeace and other partners, and will be represented at the next meeting, Amsterdam, January 2017.

Documentary Heritage at Risk. Continuing work in this area will also be supported by SLA during 2017, with active partners including UNESCO, swisspeace and the Diasporic Literary Archives Network.
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Caribbean literary heritage: recovering the lost past and safeguarding the future. Following a successful grant application to the Leverhulme Trust, a team led by Professor Alison Donnell of the Diasporic Literary Archives Network and including several SLA members will be working on this exciting and detailed project from 2017 to 2020.

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