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*With apologies for cross posting* The Centre for Archive and Information Studies is pleased to announce its next conference on the theme of ‘Memory, Identity and Trust’. The Call for Papers is below and we welcome proposals by Friday 15 December. [cid:image001.png@01D3530A.B4A22560] Memory, Identity and Trust School of Humanities, University of Dundee 25-27 April 2018, Dundee Call for Papers The conference will be preceded, on the evening of 24 April, by the inaugural lecture of the Centre for Scottish Culture, School of Humanities, in collaboration with History Scotland www.historyscotland.com<http://www.historyscotland.com/>. Professor Murray Pittock, University of Glasgow and Professor Chris Whatley, University of Dundee, will discuss opposing aspects of the Eighteenth-Century Jacobite rebellion and how it has been remembered. The Lecture will be followed by a wine reception. •••••••• There will be a special screening of ‘The Destruction of Memory’ http://destructionofmemoryfilm.com/. This presentation of the acclaimed film about cultural destruction during conflict is supported by the Centre for Scottish Culture and the Centre for Global History at the University of Dundee and will be followed by a panel discussion. •••••••• The Centre for Archive & Information Studies (CAIS), in association with the Centre for Scottish Culture and the Centre for Comic Studies, invites proposals for the fifth multi-disciplinary international conference, Memory, Identity and Trust. The conference is part of the CAIS Investigating the Archive: Memory & Identity programme and will be held over three days on 25-27 April 2018. The Organising Committee welcomes proposals for papers and panels (3 speakers - 20 minute papers) dealing with aspect of the conference theme, Memory, Identity and Trust. Areas of particular interest are: * Remembering and representing trauma * Digital media as memory carriers * Truth, post truth, fake news and the archive * Distributed and networked archives: ownership, use and trust * Creating, reconstructing and destroying identity in the past, present and future Proposals should be emailed to Dr. Patricia Whatley ([log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>) and Caroline Brown ([log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>) no later than Friday 15 December, 2017. A small number of student bursaries to contribute to travel and accommodation costs will be available. All proposals must contain: a) Title of paper or panel. Panel proposals should contain titles for each paper within the panel b) Name of speaker(s) c) Affiliation of speaker(s) [as it will appear on delegate badge] d) Address(es) of speakers(s) e) E-mail address(es) of speaker(s) g) Abstract for each paper proposed (max 300 words per paper) h) Short biography containing employment (if appropriate), research interests, publications (max 200 words) i) Audio-visual equipment required All abstracts should be submitted in English. All submissions will be reviewed by the Conference Committee and those which are accepted will be notified within three weeks of the submission date. This conference will be relevant to theorists, archivists, philosophers, historians, literary critics and other discipline specific scholars, postgraduate students and post-doctoral researchers, with the aim of encouraging debate and developing a critical understanding of these issues. In particular, we see the Investigating the Archive project as breaking down barriers between academic disciplines and challenging the insularity that sometimes characterises those working with archives. All speakers are required to register for the conference. Please note, the conference organisers cannot support travel and accommodation costs. Investigating the Archive: Memory & Identity project The 'Investigating the Archive' project, initially funded by the Royal Society of Edinburgh, has, since 2008, held five international conferences on the overarching themes of Memory & Identity. The events have been inter- and cross-disciplinary in nature and have been enhanced by different methodological outlooks on the archive, demonstrating the benefits of scholars and practitioners working together in a productive dialogue or tension. Previous conferences: 2008 The Philosophy of the Archive 2010 Memory, Identity and the Archival Paradigm 2012 Democratising or Privileging: the future of access to archives 2014 Memories, Communities and Identities 2016 Activation and Impact (in collaboration with the Forum for Archives and Records Management Education and Research (FARMER) The School of Humanities, University of Dundee: www.dundee.ac.uk/humanities/<http://www.dundee.ac.uk/humanities/> The Centre for Archive & Information Studies: www.dundee.ac.uk/cais<http://www.dundee.ac.uk/cais> Centre for Scottish Culture: https://dundeescottishculture.org/ Scottish Centre for Comic studies: https://scottishcomicstudies.com/ Centre for Global History: https://globalhistory.org.uk/ Accommodation and travel: A limited number of rooms will be available at the Apex Hotel for conference delegates at the conference rate. Early booking is advised. The Apex Hotel is close to the new V&A Museum of Design Dundee https://www.vandadundee.org/building-vanda-dundee which will open during 2018. In addition, a wide range of accommodation is available in Dundee close to the Apex Hotel. More information will be available on the conference web site when registration opens in December. Dundee is on the main east coast rail line from London. Regular tram and bus links from Edinburgh Airport to Edinburgh Waverley and Haymarket stations link to Dundee. Direct daily flights between Dundee and London Stansted are also available. Dr Patricia Whatley Senior Lecturer in History and Archival Studies Director, Centre for Archive & Information Studies School of Humanities University of Dundee Tower Building, Nethergate Dundee DD1 4HN e: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> m: +44 (0) 7841 368799 t: +44 (0) 1382 385587 tw: @patwh www.dundee.ac.uk/humanities<http://www.dundee.ac.uk/humanities> www.dundee.ac.uk/cais<http://www.dundee.ac.uk/cais> The University of Dundee is a registered Scottish Charity, No: SC015096