New Issue: Archival Science

Volume 25, Issue 4, December 2025

Introduction: resilience and dissidence in post-Ottoman minority sources
Alexis Rappas, Angelos Dalachanis

A case study of guerrilla virtual reunification from the Morningside Hospital History Project: privacy and access, independence and sustainability
Shir Bach

Situating the animal presence in colonial archives: a case of the Madras Presidency
Joshy Teresa

Counter-surveying apartheid-era forced removals in South Africa: a spatial approach to archival social justice
Siddique Motala, Tlotliso Mokomane, David A. Wallace

Armenian Genocide survivor oral history as an archival resource
Manuk Avedikyan, Arman Khachatryan

Multiple voices in a majlis: the growth of archives in the United Arab Emirates and the role of New York University Abu Dhabi
Brad Bauer

“The desert is coming!”: tracing transitions through a personal archive
Maria João Fonseca

Global sufferings, local voices: archival reactivations in Jewish theatre ephemera from Turkey
Rüstem Ertuğ Altınay

Obligation in Finnish records and information management laws
Tuija Kautto

Toward a performative epistemology of the archive: archival enactment as Rum futurity
Christina Banalopoulou

“The finding aid is the first thing that people see, we don’t want to put anyone off viewing the collection”: how practitioners navigate queerness in finding aids
Travis L. Wagner, Evan M. Allgood, Mateo Caballero

The Greek communities of Egypt and national identity building as reflected in the archival records of the Hellenic literary and historical archive/MIET, 1843–1950
Mathilde Pyrli

Neither imperial nor national? The archival trails and legacies of (post)Ottoman-Armenians
Varak KetsemanianBedross Der Matossian

Exploring non-archival trajectories of written artefacts: an introduction
Markus Friedrich, Konrad Hirschler, Cécile Michel

Removed archives: the case of the royal palace of Mari (ca 1810–1760 BCE)
Philippe Abrahami

Jewish Egyptian archives and heritage sites between dispersal and entrenchment
Alon Tam

The Oyster Model: understanding community roles in sustaining digital cultural knowledge infrastructures
Katrina Fenlon, Jessica Grimmer … Travis Wagner

Beyond capstone: toward a new strategy for appraising and selecting emails to transfer to archives within French public agencies
Edgar Lejeune, Bénédicte Grailles … Patrice Marcilloux

Call for Case Studies – Artificial Intelligence Applications in Oral History

The forthcoming publication from Palgrave Macmillan, Artificial Intelligence Applications in Oral History: Reports from the Field, is launching a call for case studies from oral history practitioners across the world who have utilized artificial intelligence technologies in their work. The possible applications of this technology will be divided into the following chapters:

Chapter 1 – Artificial Intelligence as Oral History Interviewer

Chapter 2 – Artificial Intelligence as Oral History Transcriber

Chapter 3 – Artificial Intelligence as Oral History Indexer

Chapter 4 – Artificial Intelligence as Oral History Researcher

Chapter 5 – Artificial Intelligence as Oral History Curator

Those interested in submitting their work for potential case study inclusion will identify one of these five areas and summarize their efforts in an abstract of around 250 words, focusing on the application of said technologies, the outcomes of said application, and any lessons learned, or opinions held, in the aftermath. 

Those selected for inclusion will be notified by mid-January 2026 and will then have six months to produce their case study. These documents will range in size from 2500-5000 words depending on the scope of the work and the total number of case studies accepted. The book itself is currently scheduled to be submitted by the end of the Summer 2026 and published in Q1 2027.

The deadline for abstract submission is December 31, 2025. If you are interested in submitting a project for consideration, or if you have any questions about this opportunity, please contact author/editor Steven Sielaff at Steven_Sielaff@baylor.edu.

Contact Information

Steven Sielaff

Contact Email

Steven_Sielaff@baylor.edu

CFP: “An International Workshop on Films and Ethnography”

An International Workshop on  Films and Ethnography

January 7-10, 2026

Films and ethnography go back a long way. Ethnographers of the past to the visual anthropologists of the present have turned to film and video as both research tools and presentation medium. They have used the camera to capture fieldwork, deployed cinematic techniques to convey ethnographic insights, and made films and documentaries to challenge the mainstream textual dominance in the dissemination of their research in form of journal articles and monographs. Similarly, many feature films adopt ethnographic traits. This includes immersive attention to everyday life, long observational takes, reflexive narration, or even hybridity between fiction and documentary. Such films become sites for contemplating the human condition much like ethnographic research. 

The coming together of film and ethnography throws up a number of theoretical and epistemological challenges as well and the relationship between the two, although productive, is not without some tension. Issues of representation (who speaks, whose voice is heard, or who holds the camera), authorship and power, aesthetic values versus analytic rigor, the ethnographic gaze on “the Other” and the cinematic gaze on ethnography, the question of objectivity vs subjectivity, the boundary between documentary and fiction, the sensory turn and the limits of textuality are only some examples of this rich and overdetermined relationship. Neither ethnography nor filmmaking can claim neutrality and therefore ‘film in and as ethnography’ and ‘ethnography in and as films’ are also shot through by the dialectics of subjectivities of the researcher-filmmaker. In other words, the point of intersection of film and ethnography is also the site of production of subjectivities which can have radical (or its opposite) consequences politically and culturally. 

This workshop invites contributions from postgraduate students, doctoral scholars, and early career researchers who either want to include films as a method in their research or are already doing it to share their proposals and experiences. We also invite filmmakers who have framed their filmmaking ethnographically to share their work at the workshop. We aim to open a space for reflection on the potentials and tensions of the “ethnographic gaze” in film, as well as the capacity of film to interrogate, complicate or even invert that gaze. Some of the indicative but not exhaustive sub‑themes of the workshop are listed below: 

  1. Ethnographic sensibility in feature film.
  2. Ethnographers as filmmakers. 
  3. Documentary vs textual dissemination of ethnographic research. 
  4. Sensory ethnography and the audiovisual turn.
  5. Film, ethnography, and Disability Studies.
  6. Ethics, reflexivity and collaboration.
  7. Film as critique of ethnographic knowledge.
  8. Ethnography as critique of cinema.
  9. Decolonial, Indigenous and diasporic contexts.
  10. New media, digital, VR and film‑ethnographic futures.
  11. Epistemological and theoretical reflections.
  12. Questions of method. 

This workshop will also have two Masterclass by documentary filmmakers and a space for screening films based on ethnographic research of the participants. 

Confirmed Speakers:

Rashmi Devi Sawhney, Associate Program Head of Film and New Media; Associate Arts Professor of Film and New Media, New York University Abu Dhabi

Sreemoyee Singh, Documentary Filmmaker (And, Towards Happy Alleys 2023)

Submission Guidelines:

  1. Abstract of around 500-1000 words (with title and keywords) for original and unpublished papers, research proposals, work-in-progress (articles, essays, etc.). These will be workshopped with experts at the event to make it publishable. Please include a short bio-note of around 200 words.
  2. For documentary based on ethnographic research, a synopsis of around 500-1000 words. Please include a short bio-note of around 200 words.

Note: Selected papers will be published in Peter Lang’s CUECS Series on Interdisciplinary Humanities in the 21st Century 

Please send your abstract/synopsis to csc@christuniversity.in

Important Dates and Registration Fee:

Registration fee: INR 3000 (for Indian and non-OECD countries’ participants)/USD 70 (for OECD countries’ participants)

Last date to submit abstract/synopsis: December 10, 2025

Intimation of Selection: December 15, 2025

Payment of Registration Fee: December 20, 2025

Submission of draft (3000-5000 words): January 05, 2026

Conveners:

Mithilesh Kumar, Assistant Professor, CHRIST (Deemed to be University) Bangalore

V. Nishant, Assistant Professor, CHRIST (Deemed to be University) Bangalore

Kailash Koushik, Assistant Professor, CHRIST (Deemed to be University) Bangalore

Prachi Pinglay, Professor of Practice, CHRIST (Deemed to be University) Bangalore

Contact Information

csc@christuniversity.in 

Contact Email

csc@christuniversity.in

CFP: Ozarks Studies Association Meeting

The Ozarks Studies Association (OSA) invites presentations, papers, and posters for its fifth annual meeting in Springfield, Missouri on April 3, 2026. Presentations from across the disciplines on broad array of issues related to any aspect of Ozarks life throughout Arkansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, and Kansas are invited. 

We invite proposals 

  • of complete panels (with or without a chair) or individual papers
  • by scholars, archivists, museum staff, independent scholars, and graduate students
  • in the fields of anthropology, archelogy, biology, environmental studies, engineering, geography, geology, history, literature, museum design, pedagogy, preservation, urban studies, zoology, etc.

To be considered, submit

  • an abstract 
  • a two-page CV
  • label it as paper or poster

To Dr. Jared Phillips at jmp006@uark.edu. 

All materials must be received by January 16th, 2026. Notifications will be made by February 6th, 2026. 

If you would be willing to chair a panel, submit a two-page CV Dr. Jared Phillips by March 6th, 2026.

All inquiries should be sent to Dr. Jared Phillips at jmp006@uark.edu. 

Contact Information

Jared Phillips

President, Ozarks Studies Association

Department of History

University of Arkansas

Contact Email

jmp006@uark.edu

URL

https://www.ozarks-studies-assoc.com/about-6

Call for Abstract Submissions: The 18th Annual Bridging the Spectrum Symposium on Scholarship and Practice

About the Symposium

Bridging the Spectrum: A Symposium on Scholarship and Practice in Library and Information Science offers a knowledge-sharing forum and meeting place for practitioners, students, and faculty in Library and Information Sciences and Services. Presentations are selected to showcase innovative practices, projects, and research activities in a variety of library, archives, or information services activities. Because students, faculty, and practitioners all share their work, the Symposium encompasses many different aspects and points of view on library and information professional work. The program’s goal is to foster unexpected connections across the spectrum of the information professions. 

Proposal Submission

Proceedings (including abstracts and select full-text or full-image presentations and posters) from Bridging the Spectrum symposia are published  in the open-access institutional repository powered by JSTOR. This reflects the symposium’s ongoing commitment to advancing scholarship,  practice, and conversation in the information professions.

We are now accepting abstract submissions for 2026 symposium presentations (250-300 words). The Symposium will include three types of presentations: individual papers, posters, and panels.

  • Individual papers are 15-minute presentations of an innovative practice, project, or research activity.
  • Posters are visual representations of a practice, a project, or research findings.
  • Panels are one-hour group discussions by several speakers centered on a specific topic, followed by Q&A or interactive engagements.
  • Participants may propose their own format, including workshops, un-conference sessions, and so on. 

Proposals can be submitted on any topic relevant to library and information science and archival practice or research. Below are some examples (but not an exhaustive list!):

  • Community engagement and outreach, including marketing and advocacy for library and information services.
  • Services for children and/or young adults in libraries.
  • LIS and international migration.
  • Reading practices across the lifespan.
  • Information services against misinformation and propaganda.
  • New developments in information organization (linked data, semantic web, etc.).
  • Preservation and management of born-digital and digitized resources.
  • Management and analysis of data and information.
  • Library networks and international collaboration.
  • Technology trends and their impact on information services.

Please submit your proposals at the Symposium submission portal.
Before you access the submission portal, please be prepared to enter the following information:

  • Your name and affiliation
  • Your email 
  • Your abstract of the required length (250-300 words)
  • Technical requirements that will facilitate your presentation
  • Accessibility requests if you have any

Important Dates

  • Submission of the Abstract: December 15, 2025
  • Notification of acceptance: January 15, 2026
  • Submission of presentation slides and posters for archiving on JSTOR (optional): February 27, 2026

Sponsorship and Partnership

Accommodations

Please include any accommodation requests when you register, or contact the Symposium committee at CUA-slis-symposium@CUA.edu or 202-319-5085. In all situations, a good faith effort (up until the time of the event) will be made to provide accommodations. 

Symposium Committee

Maria Mazzenga (chair), Keren Dali, Shane MacDonald, Heather Wiggins
Committee shared email address: cua-slis-symposium@cua.edu 

SAA Awards: Nominations Open

The Society of American Archivists is in search of excellence! Do you know of an individual or organization that has made an outstanding contribution to the archives profession? Or promoted greater public awareness of archives? Have you published a groundbreaking book, written an outstanding article, or developed an innovative finding aid? Click on the links below to learn more about the below awards and nominate a deserving colleague—or yourself! Please consult the specific award for submission requirements and nomination form. Note that you can apply or be nominated for multiple awards in a single cycle, but may only receive one. The deadline for nominations is February 28. 

New Issue: Collections

Collections- Volume: 21, Number: 4 (December 2025)
(partial open access)

Notes from the Field

Introduction to the Focus Issue “Re-Collections 2025”: Reflections on Collections
Juilee Decker

Affective Collecting: Ethics, Emotions, and Collecting the Holocaust
Victoria Van Orden Martínez

Blackness for Sale: Collections, Auction Block, and (Anti)racist (Counter)framing in Cyber Marketplace
Paul Akpomuje

Making Deafness Visible: Preserving Deaf History in the Deaf Catholic Archives
Lisa M. Villa and R. A. R. Edwards

Rethinking Digital Collections: A Personal Reflection
Martha A. Anderson

Historic Buildings as Living Collections: Cities as Museums of Cultural Narratives
Sanaeya Vandrewala

Library and Archives Conservation: A Re-Collection Retrospection (2005–2025)
Whitney Baker

“Re-Collections” on Conservation
Dee Stubbs-Lee

Preventive Conservation’s Evolution: A Brief Reflection
Mary Coughlin

A Historical Perspective on Collecting and Sorting Methods: Key Issues in the Development of a Small Local Museum’s Policy
Efrat Haberman and Assaf Selzer

Reimagining the World Wildlife Gallery, Kendal Museum: A Community Engagement and Reinterpretation Project
Joseph Rigby, Lavinia Haslam, Ila Colley and Peter Lincoln

Curating the Invisible, the Mundane, the Intimate: On VHS Home Movie Collections
Ursula-Helen Kassaveti

Finding Lived Experiences in Historic Zooarchaeological Museum Collections: A Brief Case Study from Jamestown, Virginia
Magen Grayce Hodapp

From Shells to 3D Printed Art Models: Digitizing David Brown’s Collection of Medically-Important Snails
Adam P. Cieplinski, Jonathan D. Ablett and Aidan M. Emery

The Sanguinetti House Museum and Gardens: Past, Present, and Future of Their Collection
Isabel Allen

Lost Afterlife: Collections and Preservation at Pioneer Cemetery
Alexandra Zoellner

A Journey Through the Past, Present, and Future of Natural History Museum Treasures
Consuelo Sendino

Twenty Years of a World Culture Museum: Between Wonder, Discomfort, and Repair
Adriana Muñoz

Training for the Curatorial Endeavor
Nancy Bryk

Collecting from the Future: Embedding Strategic Foresight in Museum Collections Development
Sandro Debono

Announcement
Introduction of New Editor
Juilee Decker

CFP: RBMS 2026 “Advocacy: Finding Your Voice”

RBMS 2026 is coming up June 23-26, 2026, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and online. Special collections and archives are evolving fast—new technologies, new audiences, new challenges. How do we make our voices heard, tell our stories, and secure the support we need? This year’s conference explores advocacy at every career stage, from speaking up as a newcomer to driving change as a leader. Join us to find inspiration, share strategies, and leave ready to amplify your impact.

The RBMS Conference Program Planning Committee enthusiastically invites you to contribute to an exploration of “Advocacy: Finding Your Voice.” Special collections and archives are transforming. Digitization, collaboration, expanded instruction, community engagement, and new approaches to stewardship are reshaping how we work and who we reach. In this moment of change, advocacy is more important than ever.

The committee invites proposals that explore advocacy in all its dimensions. How do you raise awareness, build support, or create change? What strategies help you amplify your voice—or the voices of others? How do you engage your communities, connect with donors, or make your case to decision-makers? Proposals that share successes, challenges, and lessons learned are also welcome. Together, we’ll explore how advocacy empowers us to move beyond sustaining our work to strengthening and reimagining it.

Join us in inspiring colleagues at every level to find their voice—and make it heard. The proposal deadline is December 12, 2025, and complete details are available on the conference website.

CFP: Istanbul: Cultural Pasts – Urban Futures

Full call and more information here. Abstracts due Dec. 15, 2025.

Definitions of heritages, cultural pasts and urban futures are intrinsically linked. They cross disciplines, geographies and times. They can be complex, contradictory and often contested. As a result, when we think about heritage we must think holistically. UNESCO is explicit about this. Heritage is related to place and the traditions of its peoples. The future of a city is connected to the history on which it was built. Questions of contemporary culture are always aligned with their past, and their future. In this context, heritage, culture and place are all entwined.

To understand this interconnection requires historical knowledge, social context and an awareness of art and design, whether that be related to a community narrative or a global movement. It needs to be viewed through artworks, buildings, cities and objects, both ‘universal’ examples of architecture and sculpture, and more understated design vernaculars and local crafts. It needs to be seen as something ‘intangible’ – a sense of place and identity or the meaning ascribed to a city, neighborhood or local artwork. In short, it needs to be examined across disciplinary boundaries and scales.

Seeking to engage with the varied ways in which we understand heritage, cultural pasts and urban futures then, this conference asks how we interpret these themes locally, regionally and internationally. It does so while seeing the host city, Istanbul, as a place that typifies the varied questions at play.

Historically seen as the meeting point of Europe and Asia, Istanbul was an imperial capital for the Byzantine, Roman and Ottoman Empires. One of the most visited cities in the world, it was European Capital of Culture in 2010. With the centre of the city classified a UNESCO World Heritage Site in its own right, it boasts iconic examples of both art and architecture, the Hagia Sophia and the Grand Bazaar being just two of the most famous examples. Home to cutting edge design, digital art, modern architecture and music, it is seen as a centre of contemporary culture.

Located in this iconic setting, the Cultural Pasts – Urban Futures conference is expressly international and welcomes perspectives from across a range of fields: the humanities and the social sciences; architecture, urban planning and landscapes; heritage studies and design, and more. As such, it is open to local, regional and international discussions of art historical research, building renovation projects, digital art and heritage, anthropological study and socio-cultural critiques – past, present and future….

Reflecting the interests of Işık University and AMPS, presentations will be loosely organized around several strands, including but not limited to:

Architecture & Design – papers on the diversity of research in the fields of architectural, landscape, urban planning and design theory | Digital Heritage – questions and cases studies of technologies and medias such as film, laser scanning, VR and data mapping in the heritage sector | Socio-Cultural Studies – critiques of the socio-cultural issues that comes into play when thinking about culture, place and heritage | Art History – discussions on art historical projects, theories and practices internationally | Historical Conservation– considerations on sites of heritage, whether from the fields of archaeology, museology & conservation, or social questions of heritage led gentrification or regeneration | Art & Design – examinations of how contemporary artists, architects, and designers engage with context and heritage.

CFP: Librarians to Write About Digital Tools for IT (Information Today) Magazine

Information Today (IT) magazine (https://www.infotoday.com/it/) is seeking feature article writers for its Insights on Content: Making Sense of the Digital Maze section. If you’re a library worker who engages with digital tools and/or e-resources and you have knowledge you’d like to share, please reach out to editor in chief Brandi Scardilli (bscardilli@infotoday.com) with your topic idea(s). You can propose one article or multiple. Articles will appear in the quarterly issues of 2026, and they should be a maximum of 800 words. IT pays $200 per article.

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Brandi Scardilli
she/her | Muck Rack
Editor in Chief, Computers in Libraries
Editor in Chief, Information Today
Editor in Chief, ITI NewsBreaks, ITI NewsLink
Contributor, Streaming Media
Ebook Coordinator, ITI/Plexus