Category Archives: News and events

Literary Archives edition of ‘Comma’ published

Posted on 15 November 2018 by

We are pleased to announce that the special literary archives edition of the ICA journal Comma has now been published (November 2018). The online version can be accessed here. The contents are as follows: * Preface * Veno V. Kauaria … Continue reading →

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Directory of Literary Archives

Posted on 4 October 2018 by

Directories of Literary Archives and Sports Archives As reported in the recent ICA publication Flash 36, SLA Secretary Heather Dean has prepared a proposal to ICA’s Programme Commission (PCOM) for a thoroughgoing revision and updating of our World-Wide Directory of … Continue reading →

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SCOLMA Conference on African literary archives

Posted on 3 September 2018 by

The conference of SCOLMA (the UK Libraries and Archives Group on Africa) will be held at the University of Birmingham, UK, on Monday 10 September 2018, with the subject of African literary archives, and the pleasing title of Things come … Continue reading →

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SLA in Yaoundé, November 2018

Posted on 23 August 2018 by

The Annual Conference of the International Council on Archives (ICA) for 2018 will take place this November in Yaoundé, the capital of Cameroon, with the main conference being held at the Yaoundé Conference Centre (Palais des Congrès de Yaoundé) on … Continue reading →

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‘The Future of Literary Archives’

Posted on 4 July 2018 by

The long-awaited collection of essays reflecting the work of the Diasporic Literary Archives Network has now been published. Entitled The Future of Literary Archives (edited by David C. Sutton and Ann Livingstone), the book is published jointly by ARC Humanities … Continue reading →

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Meetings of other ICA Sections in October 2018

Posted on 21 May 2018 by

SLA members may be interested in the upcoming meetings of our friends in two other ICA Sections. SUV (the Section on University Archives) will be holding its conference in Salamanca, from 3-5 October 2018, with theme ‘What value do historical … Continue reading →

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ICA’s 70th birthday

Posted on 21 April 2018 by

At the most recent meeting of the ICA Executive Board, held at the Château de Vincennes, on the outskirts of Paris, on 19th and 20th April 2018, all members of ICA were invited to use the official logo to celebrate … Continue reading →

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