Tag: Archives On the RecordDigitally reconstructing Ireland’s lost archiveThursday 24 June 2021On 30 June 1922 the Public Record Office of Ireland was destroyed by fire...AudioBig Ideas Series: Entity disambiguation in digital cultural heritageThursday 17 May 2018To enable people to explore a digital collection, the platform that hosts that collection...AudioBig Ideas Series: The role of archives in addressing refugee crisesThursday 29 March 2018This presentation provides an overview of a project called ‘Records and ICT at the...AudioDigital Archives of the FutureMonday 12 March 2018To mark forty years since The National Archives moved to Kew, our digital director...AudioBig Ideas Series: Artistic Practice and the ArchiveTuesday 20 February 2018In this seminar, Professor Andrew Prescott explores the ways in which artistic practice can...Archives and archivistsWriter of the month: Human woes – researching violence and pain in the archivesFriday 25 April 2014Joanna Bourke discusses her book What it Means to be Human: Reflections from 1791...AudioBig Ideas: The Great Archive Debate – a view from YorkMonday 10 March 2014At the end of the last century the great heritage debate transformed thinking about...AudioPublic Cooperation with the Household Expenditure Enquiry, 1953-1954Monday 20 January 2014The Household Expenditure Enquiry of 1953-54 was the first large-scale enquiry into household expenditure...AudioHidden treasures? Uncovering maps among the files of governmentMonday 13 January 2014The National Archives holds over six million maps and plans and the majority are...AudioThe day parliament burned downFriday 20 December 2013In the early evening of 16 October 1834, to the horror of bystanders, a...AudioNDACA – the National Disability Arts Collection and ArchiveMonday 16 December 2013In this talk Tony Heaton examines the vision for The National Disability Arts Collection...AudioThe pleasures and pains of contemporary historyThursday 4 July 2013Peter Hennessy discusses the pleasures and pains of writing history in one’s own times.... 1 2 3 … 5 »