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 In
November Dr.
Richard Cox will be participating in two
international conferences.
On November 12, Dr. Cox is participating in a conference, "Unleashing
the Archive," in London organized by the School of Advanced
Study of the University of London and The National Archives
in Kew, and concerning the historical importance of archives.
At this conference, His paper is on "Archiving Archives:
Rethinking and Revitalizing a Concept," examining the various
modern notions of archives -- a repository for scholars,
a cultural institution, a memory house, a database back-up,
a museum for dead records, an educational institution,
a bastion for institutional and societal culture, a trashcan
for unwanted and old records, and an arsenal for democratic
regimes supporting accountability and preserving evidence
-- with some suggestions about where the concept of the "archive" may
be heading.
On November 26, Dr. Cox is participating in a conference
in São Paulo, Brazil at the Institute Fernando Henrique
Cardoso concerning the private papers of public officials.
His paper is on "The Dangers of the Eroding Influence of
the Public Ownership of Public Records," considering the
growing government secrecy, weakening National Archives,
and the lessening of accountability of American government
to its people. |
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