Join the Archival Educators and International Archival Affairs Sections for a discussion on international education! Global Horizons: Exploring Study Abroad and PhD Opportunities in Archival Science will be an informational and conversational session about two international aspects of archival higher education: Study Abroad, and PhD programs around the world.
Global Horizons: Exploring Study Abroad and PhD Opportunities in Archival Science
Presented by Archival Educators Section and International Archival Affairs Section, Society of American Archivists
Date: March 5, 2024
Time: 10 am central time
Location: online via Zoom
Please register in advance at:
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUuf-2hrz4jHNT9cLWN_yf8_BdT7Yj7zYe4#/registration
Thank you to our two expert presenters:
Dr. Kimberly Anderson is Director of Distinctive Collections at the University of Nevada, Reno where she leads the activities of the Special Collections and University Archives Department and provides administrative support for the Jon Bilbao Basque Library. Prior to her return to practice she was lead faculty for the archives concentration in the graduate Library and Information Studies program at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Throughout her decades-spanning career she has been interested in reflective, cross-cultural, and critical practice. She led a study abroad trip to Melbourne, Australia with the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 2013.
Dr. Forget Chaterera-Zambuko is an Assistant Professor in Records Management and Archival Science at Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi. She serves as a Research Fellow at the University of South Africa in the Department of Information Science and is a Co-editor for the Archives and Records Journal. Prior to her current appointments, she lectured at Midlands State University and the National University of Science and Technology in Zimbabwe. Currently, Forget is co-ordinating the 16th edition of the Archival Education Research Institute (AERI 2024). She also participates in the InterPARES Trust AI research alliance spanning from 2021 to 2026. Her research pursuits encompass various facets of archival science, with a particular focus on archival pedagogies, displaced archives, access and use of documentary heritage, greening information, and the application of emerging technologies in records management and archival science.
The speakers' presentations will be recorded and made available on the SAA Youtube channel.
This session is one of three within the International Archival Affairs Section's Archival Vistas Briefings Series, the theme of which this year is international education and work opportunities for archivists.
This event is open to all. Please join us and bring your questions!
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Ellen Engseth
Senior Co-chair, International Archival Affairs Section, SAA
Curator, Immigration History and Head, Migration & Social Services Collections
University of Minnesota Libraries
Minneapolis MN
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