Please join us in a roundtable discussion of the past, present, and future of liberation struggle and human rights archives in South Africa.  The roundtable will include leading figures with deep experience sustaining some of South Africa's most important archival collections including the South African History Archive (SAHA), the Mayibuye Centre Archives and the Robben Island Museum.  Topics addressed include the origins of these institutions, the relationship between human rights culture and archives, present-day engagement and sustainability challenges, and the future of archival practice and public access. 



The roundtable will be held on Wednesday, June 2 from 11:30AM to 12:45PM EST (17:30 to 18:45 SAST).  The roundtable is open to the public and a question and answer period will follow.  



The roundtable can be attended using the following Zoom link:  https://uky.zoom.us/s/85158328496#success



Participants include:



Andre Odendaal, PhD. (Cambridge University) Independent Researcher and Writer-In-Residence, the Center for Humanities Research, University of the Western Cape, Director, Mayibuye Centre for History and Culture, University of the Western Cape



Geraldine Frieslaar, PhD. (University of the Western Cape) Curator, Research, Dialogue and Social Justice, Stellenbosch University Museum, former Director, South African History Archives



Stanley Sello, Coordinator for the Audiovisual Collections, at the UWC Robben Island Mayibuye Archives. Stanley is responsible for the Oral History and Film and Video Collections in one of the world's leading liberation struggle Archives. He also a leader in digitisation and digital preservation work.



Sponsored by the Commonwealth Institute for Black Studies, University of Kentucky