The Centre for Archive and Information Studies at the University of Dundee, is holding an interdisciplinary conference, 'The Philosophy of the Archive' to be held in Edinburgh on Thursday April 10th and Friday 11th April 2008. This conference is part of a Royal Society of Edinburgh project 'Investigating the Archive: an interdisciplinary enquiry into the concept and role of archives'.
This conference will be relevant to theorists, archivists, philosophers, historians, literary historical critics and other discipline specific scholars, with the aim of encouraging debate and developing a critical understanding of these issues. In particular, we see this seminar as breaking down barriers between academic disciplines and challenging the insularity that sometimes characterises those working with archives.
Keynote speakers include Verne Harris, Head of Memory for Justice Programme, Nelson Mandela Foundation, South Africa and Professor Terry Cook, University of Manitoba, Canada and Dr Elizabeth Shepherd, University College, London.
The programme and registration form are available at: www.investigatingthearchive.org