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The unprecedented declassification of French nuclear archives sheds light upon the nuclear tests in Algeria circa 1960.
The national broadcaster has a special role in preserving audio and visual materials, not least to underpin its own reportuing
Australia’s stunning galleries of rock art are vast repositories of knowledge that can teach us much.
National archive documents raise questions about how definitive British efforts to prevent arms transfers to Iran really were after the revolution that toppled the Shah.
History always served as a weapon in the former Soviet Union, a way to control the narrative and deny the truth of the past. Vladimir Putin is now attempting to control this narrative through war.
On Dec. 2, 1941, a publication date was set for Mori’s first book. Five days later, the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, upending the writer’s life and throwing the book’s publication into doubt.
Archives are working had to document stories from Protestants, Catholics, Nationalists, Unionists and even the British Forces.
Nottingham Black Archive is recovering the stories of those who made important contributions to the national story of Black British history. The UK needs more like it.
Historians, archivists and other researchers got in touch with tales of their archival finds and bizarre research moments. These ranged from the quirky to the disturbing to the profound.
Portions of the internet disappear every day. Preservation of this historical record requires a proactive approach by archivists and everyday citizens.
An immense trove of the most important royal historical material for decades has just quietly been made public in the United Kingdom.
Following the war, the South African authorities were anxious to charge known war criminals, traitors and collaborators. But nothing came of it.
Losing archives has significant implications in a country like South Africa with a fraught and contested history because voices from the past, which may carry alternative histories, are lost.
Media coverage of the recent Dr. Seuss controversy are rooted in both a lack of awareness of the challenges and realities of maintaining collections and a false understanding of history.
Sacred sites where rituals are performed by the community should be protected as living archives that house local heritage.
During the coronavirus pandemic, digitizing archives can help increase access. But in addition to the labour and financial costs, issues of privacy, copyright and resources need to be considered.
The curator at UC Merced describes the evacuation and shows a selection of photographs from the 110-year history of the park.
In a year of lockdowns, The Impossible Project gives life to shows that never reached the stage. More than 150 events are listed on this online archive, and sadly, more are likely to come.
Two Lumbee scholars who have mined local archives in search of tribal history raise the profound question: Who has the rights to memories and artifacts of their people’s past?
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Professor of History, Rochester Institute of Technology
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Assistant Archivist, Germaine Greer Archive, The University of Melbourne
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Lecturer in Data & Society, University of Edinburgh
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Professor of History, University of Waterloo
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Assistant Curator for History and Culture, National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution
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Extraordinary Professor, Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria
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Ph.D. Student in Information Studies, University of California, Los Angeles
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Professor, School of History and International Relations, Flinders University
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Postdoctoral Fellow in History, Vanderbilt University
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Professor of History, Vanderbilt University
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Professor of Paleontology and Director of the University of California Museum of Paleontology, University of California, Berkeley
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Senior Lecturer in Law, King's College London
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Professor Emeritus, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University
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Humanities Librarian, University of Rochester
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Assistant Professor of Physics, University of Maryland, Baltimore County