***Apologies for cross-posting***
The following seminar event will be taking place on Wednesday 17th November
in association with the Mass-Observation Archive at the Univesity of
Sussex:
OUR HIDDEN LIVES: PUBLISHING EVERYDAY DIARIES
The debate will focus on the appeal of diary writing and the ethical and
practical issues about editing diaries from archives for publication. Open
to anyone (no charge)
Speakers:
Simon Garfield (journalist & author, editor of OUR HIDDEN LIVES a new
anthology from the Mass-Observation Archive of diaries written 1945-8).
Bob Malcolmson (Emeritus Professor of history at Queen's University,
Kingston, Ontario and editor of three Mass-Observation diaries written by
women during the Second World War)
Tom Roper: Information resource Development Co-ordinator at the Brighton
and Sussex Medical School who will be talking about diaries on the web
or "blogs".
Organised by the Centre for Life History Research with the Mass-Observation
Archive, University of Sussex
Date: Wed 17th November
Time: 2-5.30pm
Place: the Brighton and Sussex Medical School Lecture Theatre at the
University of Sussex For information on travel to the University of Sussex,
see www.sussex.ac.uk/USIS/campus/travel
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