A Secção de Arquivos Universitários e Instituições de Investigação do Conselho Internacional de Arquivos anuncia a realização da sua conferência anual, subordinada ao tema “Arquivos de universidades e instituições de investigação para o ambiente: imaginando arquivos do mundo natural”, bem como do 5º Workshop de Arquivos Científicos, a realizar na Universidade de Coimbra, de 8 a 10 de setembro de 2026, em colaboração com o Comité de Arquivos de Ciência e Tecnologia e o Departamento de Ciências da Vida da Universidade de Coimbra.
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O tema da conferência abrange os seguintes tópicos:
- Ambiente e Sustentabilidade
- One health e non-human turn (arquivos e coleções que demonstram a interligação entre a saúde humana e ambiental)
- Coleções de História Natural (incluindo as suas ligações aos sistemas de conhecimento indígena e às práticas coloniais)
Procuramos uma variedade de perspetivas sobre estes temas, tanto do ponto de vista das ciências humanas como das ciências exatas, com foco nos arquivos de universidades e de instituições de investigação. Preencha este formulário até 19 de janeiro de 2026. Mais informações aqui!
Encorajamos todos a enviar as suas propostas, pois esperamos contar com uma gama diversificada de oradores e propostas.
Program
8.00 – 9.00 Registration
9.00 – 9.30 Welcome session
- Delfim Leão, Vice-Rector, University of Coimbra
- Ana Maria Gama da Silva, Director of the Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra
- Caroline Brown, Chair, Section on University and Research Institution Archives, International Council on Archives
- Paula Meireles, Vice-President, Portuguese Association of Librarians, Archivists, Information and Documentation Professionals
- Ana Margarida Dias da Silva, Chair of the Local Conference Committee
9.30 – 10.30 Keynote Speaker: Cláudia Castelo, University of Lisbon
Chair: Fernanda Rollo, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities NOVA University of Lisbon, History, CFE – Territories and Communities
Scientific archives of Empire and the production of knowledge in post-colonial societies
Cláudia Castelo, University of Lisbon
10.30 – 11.00 Break
11.00 – 12.30 Session 1: One Health: exploring the links between animal and human
Chair: Jorge Varanda, Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, Centre for Research in Anthropology (CRIA)
One Health through the lens of historical patient records and human ecology research
Polina Ilieva, Associate University Librarian for Archives and Special Collections and Library Development, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)
Life, Environment, and Archives: AI-Driven Reinterpretation of the Joan Oró Holding within a One Health Framework
Pepita Raventós Director Archives and Records Management Unit and Adrià Font, Archival Technician, University of Lleida
Pulling a tiger out of the hat: finding the unexpected in animal related collections at the University of Edinburgh
Fiona Menzies, Project Archivist, University of Edinburgh
12.30 – 1.45 Lunch
1.45 – 3.15 Session 2: Addressing colonial connections
Chair: António Carmo Gouveia, Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, Centre for Functional Ecology (CFE)
Invisible Hands, Visible Traces – Local Collaborators and the Archival Afterlives of Diamang’s Scientific Production in Colonial Angola (1947–1974)
Diogo Rocha, Master Student, Department of Life Sciences, Ana Margarida Dias da Silva (CHSC), Helena Freitas (CFE) and Jorge Varanda (CRIA), Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra
Invisible Collectors, Imperial Collections: Networking the Colonial Herbaria of Kolkata and Kew
John Schaefer, PhD Student, University of Cambridge
Contested Collections of Angolan Primates Shipped to Germany, a case-study of provenance metadata enhancement for zoological collections and databases
Catarina Madruga, Researcher Technische Universität Berlin and Catarina Santos, PhD Student, FCT-NOVA Lisboa
3.15 – 3.45 Break
3.45 – 5.15 Session 3: Global perspectives on energy sector archives
Chair: Kolya Abramsky, Special Advisor on Archives, World Wind Energy Association
Speakers TBC
Tuesday Evening: Reception – City Hall time TBC
9.30 – 10.30 Keynote speaker: Fernanda Ribeiro, University of Porto, Portugal
Chair: Maria Beatriz Marques, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Coimbra, Transdisciplinary Culture, Space and Memory Research Centre (CITCEM)
The University of Porto Archives: preserving institutional memory and promoting the use of information in management
Fernanda Ribeiro, Full Professor, University of Porto, Portugal, Transdisciplinary Culture, Space and Memory Research Centre (CITCEM)
10.30 – 11.00 Break
11.00 – 12.30 Session 1: Pushing the archival boundaries: the role of non-textual records
Chair: Anne-Flore Laloe, Information Management Officer · EUMETSAT
Natural history as resistance – Korbinian Aigner’s pictures of apple and pear varieties
Katrin Bäumler, Head of Archives, Technical University of Munich
A Teaching Herbarium in the Archive: Amos Eaton, Science and the Natural World During the Industrial Revolution
Jenifer Monger, Institute Archivist and Matthew Golebiewski, Archivist, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
From Repository to the Landscape: Rethinking Archaeological and Environmental Evidence as Archival Primary Sources
Brenda Gunn, Associate University Librarian for Special Collections and Preservation University of Virginia
12.30 – 1.30 Lunch
1.30 – 3.00 Session 2: Data and discoverability
Chair: Ana Lúcia Terra, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Coimbra, CEIS20 – Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies
Microscopes, Shipwrecks, and Chameleon Eggs: Reconstructing Knowledge Networks in 18th-Century Natural History Archives Ilaria Maggiulli, Archivist and Lucia Giagnolini, Archivist, University of Bologna Historical Archive
Avenues to enhance discovery of 100 years of analogue scientific research data in university archives: lessons from a pilot study
Stephanie Sparrow, Agriculture and Social Sciences Librarian, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, USA
Archives as Active Research Infrastructures: Evidence from the University of Coimbra Scientific Repository
Susana Jarmelo, Bibliometrics Specialist, University of Coimbra
3.00 – 3.30 Break
3.30 – 4.30 Session 3: Lightning talks
Chair: Polina Ilieva, Associate University Librarian for Archives and Special Collections and Library Development, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) From Personal Scientific Archives to Institutional Records – The David C. H. Florance Archives
Garfield Lam, University Archivist, University of Hong Kong
An Environmental History of Penn State UniversityUsing Institutional Archives to Explore Interactions Between a University and the Natural World
Ben Goldman, University Archivist, Penn State University
An Elephant Never Forgets: Zoological Archives in Amsterdam
Emma Morse, Collections Manager and Archivist, ARTIS, Amsterdam Royal Zoo
“Public transport is good for you”: Creative Engagement with Climate Change Materials in the Campaign for Better Transport Archives at the National Railway Museum
Kait Buchbaum, Archive Cataloguer, National Railway Museum and Michael Solomon Williams, Head of External Affairs, Campaign for Better Transport
4.30 – ICA-SUV AGM
Wednesday Evening: Conference Dinner time TBC
9.30 – 11.00 Session 1: Collecting and preserving environmental records
Chair: Ana Margarida Dias da Silva, Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, Center for the History of Society and Culture (CHSC)
Governing AI-Mediated Environmental Research Records in University Archives
Kenneth Atuma, Lecturer in Information Studies, The University of Manchester
Sustaining Climate Archives: Navigating Political, Environmental, and Resource Constraints
Julie Judkins, Associate Professor, Special Collections & Archives Department Head
Stronger than above Nature, Science and Man: a 1970s multidisciplinary environmental science course that still has a voice
Deirdre Bryden, University Records Archivist, Queen’s University Archives
11.00 – 11.30 Break
11.30 – 13.00 Session 2: Supporting environment
Chair: Paula Meireles, Head of theArchive, Documentation and Information, Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), Portuguese Association of Librarians, Archivists, Information and Documentation Professionals (BAD)
Imagining Sustainable Higher Education Archives: Future Strategies for the Porto Polytechnic Archive
Milena Carvalho, CITCEM/FLUP/CEOS/ISCAP – P. Porto / Lecturer at ISCAP Polytechnic of Porto, Susana Martins CEOS/ISCAP – P. Porto / Lecturer at ISCAP Polytechnic of Porto and Olga Ferreira University of Salamanca / Centro de Cultura do Porto.
Assessing Environmental Sustainability Practices in University Archives: A Survey of Federally Chartered Universities
Muhammad Mirza, Principal Librarian and Dr. Muhammad Hamidullah, Librarian, International Islamic University, Islamabad
Developing a Course of Action for Practicing Archivists on the Environmental Impact and History of Archives
Dr. Eric Carlos, Stoykovich College Archivist and Manuscript Librarian, Trinity College. Hartford, Connecticut
14.30 – 17.00 Visits: Cultural Program
General Archive of the University of Coimbra, Library Joanina of the University of Coimbra, Botanic Garden of the University of Coimbra
Throughout the conference poster sessions will be available, titles and participants TBC.
Inscrições
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A Comissão Organizadora Local
- Ana Margarida Dias da Silva, Departamento de Ciências da Vida da Universidade de Coimbra, Centro de História da Sociedade e da Cultura (CHSC)
- Ana Lúcia Terra, Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Coimbra, Centro de Estudos Interdisciplinares (CEIS20)
- António Carmo Gouveia, Departamento de Ciências da Vida da Universidade de Coimbra, Centro de Ecologia Funcional (CFE)
- Jorge Varanda, Departamento de Ciências da Vida da Universidade de Coimbra, Centro em Rede de Investigação em Antropologia (CRIA)
- Maria Beatriz Marques, Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Coimbra, Centro de Investigação Transdisciplinar Cultura, Espaço e Memória (CITCEM)
- Maria Fernanda Rollo, Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanidades NOVA Universidade de Lisboa, História, Territórios e Comunidades- Centro de Ecologia Funcional (TERRA-CFE)
- Paula Meireles, Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia, Associação Portuguesa de Bibliotecários, Arquivistas, Profissionais da Informação e Documentação
O evento conta com o apoio do Centro de História da Sociedade e da Cultura (CHSC), do Centro de Ecologia Funcional (CFE) e da Associação Portuguesa de Bibliotecários, Arquivistas, Profissionais da Informação e Documentação (BAD).
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