‘History and Archives in Practice’ 2024
Conference
Cardiff University
Wednesday 6 March 2024
The National Archives, Royal Historical Society, and the Institute of Historical Research, is pleased to announce details of its ‘History and Archives in Practice’ Conference for 2024.
History and Archives in Practice (HAP) is an annual event building on its partners’ long experience of bringing archivists and historians into close conversation to consider shared interests in archive collections, their interpretation and use. The first event ‘HAP23’ was hosted in March at the Institute of Historical Research exploring the theme ‘Collecting Communities: working together and with collections’.
Theme
The theme for HAP24 is ‘Historical Legacies: collecting history, historical collections, and community voices’.
‘HAP24: Historical Legacies’ looks to the future (through the past) to discuss the impact of legacies past, present, and future. The event provides opportunities to reflect on the durability of legacies (historical, physical, digital), the democratisation of history, and our collective responsibility in working with communities to ensure that our collections and our practices are rooted in co-creation and collaboration.
Submission details
With co-creation and collaboration in mind, we now invite proposals for ‘History and Archives in Practice, 2024’ on this theme.
We welcome submissions from historians, archivists, and heritage organisations alike. We are particularly keen to highlight and support smaller organisations, underrepresented collections, and marginalised voices as well as new and emerging research.
Please submit an abstract (300 words) by Friday 15 December 2023 via the following form: Call for Participation
'History and Archives in Practice’ encourages a wide range of formats that best showcase a collection and the experience/lessons of collaborative working between archivists and historians on shared projects. Suggested formats include:
20-minute papers
Interactive workshops
Full panels on a chosen topic (3-4 speakers with chair, 15-20 minutes per speaker)
Introductions to specific collections and their potential for historical research
Demonstration and handling sessions, introducing attendees to selected items from your collections, and their potential in research
Other proposals and formats for communicating activity, experience and research are also welcome as we look to move on from traditional conference models
If you have any questions at all, please email: research@nationalarchives.gov.uk