International conference "The place of archives and the role of archivists in today’s society and beyond”

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Departement de la
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Jean-Pierre DEFRANCE
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Paris, 6 February 2012
Attention: Directors and Heads of Archival Services

International conference "The place of archives and the role of archivists in today’s society and beyond”. Paris, 12-16 November, 2012

Dear Colleagues,

In the scope of its international outreach mission, the Archives de France has developed a professional training programme over the past several years, principally addressed to French-speaking archivists from around the world. In partnership with the department of scientific and technical training – under the department of heritage preservation (DGP: Direction g?n?rale des patrimoines—this programme currently offers two group training modules: the International Technical Training Course in Archival Practices (STIA) in the spring and the Courants training course in November.

Beginning this year, we are proposing a new programme to our foreign colleagues, whether French-speaking or non French-speaking, that we hope will better respond to the needs and expectations of the international archiving community. This offer takes into consideration the multiple issues and challenges in our field, with the primary goal of valuing and sharing all varieties and levels of experience of our foreign colleagues.

The International Superior Conference of Archival Studies (CISA: Conference
internationale superieure d'archivistique ) succeeds “Theories and practices in archiving”, created in 2001 in the scope of the Courants du monde (“World currents”) programme of the Ministry of Culture and Communication, and implemented in partnership with the Maison des Cultures du Monde.

The conference is intended for directors of archival services and experienced archiving professionals from the world over, both French-speaking and non French-speaking, who wish to perfect their skills and knowledge pertaining to management and developments in the field. Each year, it will address a theme relating to current trends in archiving in the countries of a given geographical region. The conference will be conducted in both French and another language according to the region concerned.

The wealth of knowledge arising from such a gathering of high-level professionals, representing a wide range of countries and institutions, will allow them:

- to enrich their knowledge and skills;
- to develop their management capabilities;
- to discover the theories and professional practices of other countries and other archiving traditions;
- to exchange experiences and viewpoints with colleagues from all professional horizons;
- to have a renewed and more global perspective on the current challenges facing international archival practices.


In 2012, the first CISA conference will host heads of archival services from European countries and will be conducted in French and in English. The fruit of a partnership between the department of scientific and technical training of the heritage preservation department and the inter-ministry service of the Archives de France, this Conference will have as its theme “The place of archives and the role of archivists in today’s society and beyond”.

Candidates who wish to participate in this session should obtain their application file from French delegations in their country (embassies, other institutions...). Alternatively, candidates may download the file from the Internet site of the Maison des Cultures du Monde: http://www.mcm.asso.fr or obtain it directly from the scientific and technical training department (D?partement de la formation scientifique et technique).

I would also be obliged if you could transmit this Conference proposal to your departments and collaborators.


Sincerely,

Herve LEMOINE
Director of the Archives de France