20th Century Archive. Basics

As part of the Archival Impulse Summer School by JINR, Higher School of Economics, and Archives of the Russian Academy of Sciences, everyone interested is invited to open lectures, public talks, and master classes. In particular, ten talks and master classes will take place at the JINR Museum of History of Science and Technology and at the JINR Universal Public Library.

Admission is free. The audience will learn:

• how to make an archive inventory,
• what to do with old photos,
• what an archive has in common with the unconscious,
• what is interesting about ephemeral plants,
• what is common between an archive and a time capsule,
• how to make an illustration or exhibition out of an archival document.

Schedule:

1. On 7 July, at 10:50–11:40 AM. The museum.
   Galina Orlova “Taking the turn to the Atomic Age archives”.
2. On 7 July, at 11:40 AM–12:30 PM. The museum.
   Ivan Nepryakhin “How to enter the archive?”
3. On 8 July, at 11:30 AM–12:10 PM. The museum.
   Ivan Nepryakhin “An incident of a scientist’s private archive”.
4. On 8 July, at 12:10–12:50 PM. The museum.
   Maria Guryeva “Beyond the frame: how to explore private photo archives?”.
5. On 9 July, at 11:30 AM–12:10 PM. The museum.
   Dorota Chudoba “Archiving the JINR Polish diaspora”.
6. On 9 July, at 12:10–12:50 PM. The museum.
   Galina Orlova, Nikita Erokhov “Ghosts of the archive’s self”.
7. On 10 July, at 11:20 AM–12:00 PM. The library.
   Tatyana Mironova, Olga Shirokostup “Anatomy of an archival exhibition”.
8. On 11 July, at 11:20 AM–12:00 PM. The library.
   Elena Malaya. Archiving maps and capsules.
9. On 10 July, at 12:00–1:00 PM. The library.
   Helga Lubartovich “Ephemeral plants on the edge of the archive. Master class”.

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