2024/09/25 by Klára Řiháková · 1 voice
Arts and Humanities · #Biographical and Historical Analysis #Digital and Traditional Archives Management #Philosophy, History, and Historiography
paper · pdf · doi:10.31273/eirj.v11i4.1520
openalex publication_date 2024/09/25 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/05/21
On 20th September 2023, I attended my first-ever external academic event. This was a symposium organised by the Modern Records Centre on the occasion of its 50th anniversary. The symposium informed and inspired me in my future study and work, on which I would like to reflect in this article. The text first illustrates the broad range of materials available in the Modern Records Centre on the example of my research in this archive. Consequently, by drawing on the personal experience of attending and speaking at the symposium, this critical reflection will identify accessibility as one of the most inspiring aspects of this event. Other benefits connected to this symposium lie in the cross-generational and cross-sector networking of students, early-career researchers, well-established scholars, archivists, and volunteers. In my attempt to reflect on this anniversary event, I believe that the symposium kept its promise to inform and inspire. As examples of diverse speakers illustrate, similar events are beneficial for historical science and academia in numerous ways.