"Archival Congress". Scientific conference in October 3-6, 2018 in St. Petersburg State University

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Dear colleagues!

St. Petersburg State University invites you to participate in the scientific conference "Archival Congress" which is timed/dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the archival service of Russia and the 90th anniversary of the archival service of the Leningrad Region. The event will be held on October 3-6, 2018 in St. Petersburg State University (St. Petersburg, Universitetskaya nab., 7-9).

The conference is intended to unite scientists from archives, academic institutions, universities, museums, libraries from all over the world to develop modern models of interaction between historians and society. The Congress will present the results of the current research on the actual problems of Russian statehood, the study of the Russian and world archival business experience.

Among the main topics of the "Archival Congress" are problems of preservation, study and popularization of documentary heritage, issues of acquisition, accounting, storage and use of documents, archival legislation, teaching archival business, information technologies in archives. Close attention will be paid to the problem of studying history of Leningrad defense and blockade in connection with the 75th anniversary of the breakthrough of the Leningrad blockade.

It is planned to hold a plenary session, a round table "Information Technologies in Archives: Opinion of Archivists, Programmers and Researchers", exhibition of archival documents, as well as section work-shops:

1) The history of archive business: to the 100th anniversary of the archival service of Russia

2) Archival Legislation: Traditions and Innovations

3) Archives and history of Russian statehood until the 18th century.

4) Archives and history of the Russian statehood of the XVIII - early XX century.

5) Archives and history of the Russian statehood of the XX - beginning of the XXI century.

6) Defense and blockade of Leningrad: people, events, documents: to the 75th anniversary of the breaking of Leningrad blockade

7) Documentary heritage of the Leningrad Region: to the 90th anniversary of the archival service of the Leningrad Region

8) Problems of using archival documents: theory and practice

9) Recording of archives: history and modernity

10) Problems of archiving documents storage

11) Research and reference facilities of archive: past, present, future

12) Archive - Museum - Library: Development Prospects

13) Archival studies in the system of modern education

14) Power, society, archives: mutual relations and mutual perception An online broadcast with interactive participation is planned.

The working languages of the conference are Russian and English. If you are interested to attend the Congress, please submit your application to the e-mail address: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Application deadline 15st July, 2018.

In the application, please indicate:

- surname, name, academic degree, place of work, position, contact e-mail and phone number;

- theme of the speech, the topic of work-shop, within the framework of which the speech is planned, and an annotation of up to 300 words. For any questions and suggestions please apply by e-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

The conference is supported by the St. Petersburg and Leningrad regional branches of the Russian Historical Society, the St. Petersburg Institute of History of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Main Archival Directorate of the Moscow Region, the Main Archival Directorate of the Leningrad Region, the State Museum of Defense and the Leningrad Blockade.

Sincerely, Organizing Committee.