International Conference on Archiving in the 21st Century: 80 Years Collection IAV

Atria, the Dutch National Institute on Gender Equality and Women’s History, is hosting the International Conference on Archiving in the 21st Century to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Collection International Archives for the Women’s Movement (Collection IAV). The Collection IAV, preserved by Atria, is a unique resource for research on women’s and gender history, and for the study of women’s movements in the Netherlands and around the world.

Conference topics and speakers

The conference will focus on the social, cultural, political and academic importance of women’s archives and of institutions for the enhancement of gender equality in the 21st century. With keynote speeches from Marens Engelhard, National Archivist of the Netherlands; Buhle Mbambo-Thata, Executive Director, Library Services, University of South Africa; Francisca de Haan, Professor of Gender Studies and History, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary; Joyce Follet, Co-director, Steinem Initiative, Smith College, Northampton, MA, USA as well as contributions by Adele Patrick, Lifelong Learning and Creative Development Manager, Glasgow Women’s Library, UK; Patricia Kaersenhout, Visual Artist, the Netherlands; Gerda Jansen Hendriks, Director at the History Department of NTR, Dutch Public Service Broadcaster; Sebastian Finsterwalder, Researcher on the “Raubgut” Project, Zentral- und Landesbibliothek Berlin (ZLB), Germany; and, Agnes Jongerius, member of the European Parliament, Chair of the Board of Trustees of Atria, and many more.

Registration

You can register for the conference via the website www.iav80conference.nl.

Information about the programme, speakers, schedule, location and more can be found on www.iav80conference.nl or on www.atria.nl. Should you have any questions, please contact event manager Mariet Dingemans, m.dingemans@atria.nl, +31 (0)20 – 30 31 500.

We are looking forward to meeting you at the conference.