SCOLMA Lunchtime Seminars
Our lunchtime seminars showcase research materials, projects and initiatives of interest to researchers, students, archivists and librarians working in African studies.
We hold one or two seminars each year and invite a guest speaker to talk about their work or research.
The seminars are free to attend (although numbers may be limited) and are open to anyone with an interest in African studies and related research materials. The events are currently run online only. Details are advertised on our website and through the mailing list.
Recent seminar topics and speakers
Digitising public and private archives: the case of the Naija Archives project at IFRA-Nigeria (Dr Vincent Hiribarren, Institut Français de Recherche en Afrique au Nigeria)
Textile designs for Africa – a history in the archives (Julie Halls, The National Archives)
Finding Africa and Archives Africa digital projects (Geoff Browell, King’s College London)
Displaced Archives/Shared Heritage: new approaches to old problems. An update on the Migrated Archives (Dr Mandy Banton, Institute of Commonwealth Studies).
Foreign Office Library holdings relating to Africa (Katie Sambrook, King’s College London)
Curating the West Africa exhibition at the British Library (Dr Marion Wallace, British Library)