Announcements

Colleagues, 

The International Council on Archives Section on University and Research Institution Archives<https://www.ica.org/ica-network/professional-sections/suv/> is pleased to announce a call for papers for its annual conference to be held at the University of Coimbra<https://www.uc.pt/fctuc/dcv/>, Portugal in collaboration with the Committee on the Archives of Science and Technology and with the support of the Portuguese Association of Librarians, Archivists and Information and Documentation Professionals<https://bad.pt/> (BAD).

Dates: 8-10 September 2026
Host: Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, Portugal
Theme: University and Research Institution Archives for the Environment: imagining archives of the natural world

The conference theme covers the following topics:
                Environment and sustainability 
                One health and the non-human turn
                Natural history collections 

We are looking for a range of perspectives on these topics from both a humanities and scientific perspective with a focus on university and research institution archives. More information can be found at https://cfe.uc.pt/en/eventos/ica-suv-2026-annual-international-conference-and-fifth-workshop-on-scientific-archives/

Please consider submitting a proposal and joining us!