IHR Workshop: Using Archival Research in the Heritage Sector

This session will explore how archival research is used within the heritage sector, from curatorial interpretation to conservation and capital projects. Speakers from a range of organisations, career stages and disciplinary backgrounds will reflect on how historical, archival sources are used in heritage sector decision-making today.

Speakers will explore:

How do archives inform heritage practice?
Who are the custodians of archives used within the heritage sector?
Which job families within the sector use archives for their work?
How can heritage professionals make archives relevant to contemporary audiences?

Speakers:

Aimee-Anna Akinola, Built Heritage Project Administrator, Blenheim Palace
Kathryn Maude, Team Leader: Medieval Specialists, with a focus on gender and sexuality, The National Archives
India Wright, Doctoral Placement Student with Historic Royal Palaces and Oxford Heritage Partnerships and PhD student at the University of Cambridge
Amilia Gillies, Doctoral Placement Student with Historic Royal Palaces and Oxford Heritage Partnerships and PhD student at the University of Kent

This event is part of the IHR’s People, Place and Community events series and is co-hosted by the Centre for the History of People, Place and Community with the Oxford University’s Heritage Partnerships Team.

All are welcome at this free event, but pre-registration is required.

Everyone participating in and attending the seminar is kindly asked to make themselves familiar with the IHR’s code of conduct available here.

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