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A one-day workshop at Nucleus archive to bring researchers together to share their experiences of working on the history of 20th-century science, technology and medicine.
Programme
9.15-9.45 Registration and coffee
9.45-9.55 Welcome and introductions
9.55-11.00 Keynote address
'Power/leaks: what we learn from the availability of new primary sources', Professor Jon Agar, University College London
11.00-11.20 Coffee break
11.20-12.50 Panel One: Using collections
'Typewriters in Scotland 1880-1930: practical and theoretical challenges of using museum typewriter collections', James Inglis, University of St Andrews and National Museums Scotland
'Museum objects as sources in researching the twentieth-century history of science and technology', Georgina Lockton, University of Leicester and Science Museum
'Using an adapted Winterthur model to assess the intellectual ownership of collections', Laura Volkmer, University of Edinburgh and National Museums Scotland
12.50-13.45 Lunch
13.45-15.00 Introduction to the Nucleus archive, followed by a mini-tour to view items from the collections, Gordon Reid, archivist, Nucleus
15.00-15.20 Tea break
15.20-16.50 Panel Two: Using archives
'Out of a nuclear darkness: atomic archives and folk memory', Annie Gilfillan, University of the Highlands and Islands
'Online Platforms as Unstable Archives: Following the Fukushima Disaster on (and against) Wikipedia', David Moats, Linköping University
'Institutional history, classified information and the military/civilian divide – the Post Office Research Station, Dollis Hill, 1933-1956', Rachel Boon, University of Manchester/Science Museum/BT Archives
16.50-17.15 Wrap up and thanks
(NB: attendees will need to bring photo ID in order to join the mini-tour of the archive.)
This event is being supported by the AHRC CDP Consortium and Nucleus.
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