Recently the English Carmelite nuns of Darlington, originally from Lierre in Belgium, have deposited their archive, rare books, and portraits at Douai Abbey.
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Douai 450th Anniversary Conference
A conference is taking place from 30 April - 1 May 2018 at Ushaw College, Durham, UK to mark the 450th anniversary for the founding of the English College at Douai. It is entitled '450 years pioneering Catholic education: past, present, future'. Speakers include: Prof Eamon Duffy: “To Doe Our Countrie Good”: Douai, Rome, and … Continue reading Douai 450th Anniversary Conference
Benedictine 1702 library catalogue launched
On 1 February 2018, in the Douai Abbey library, Professor Eamon Duffy launched a limited edition of the 1702 library catalogue of the English Benedictine monks of St Edmund in Paris. This was compiled by Dom Benet Weldon (1647-1712), annalist of the English Benedictine Congregation, and contains over 5000 entries. It can be viewed online … Continue reading Benedictine 1702 library catalogue launched
Cataloguing Sr Gregory Kirkus’ papers
Recently some students from the Cultural Heritage Management programme at University of York carried out a cataloguing project with the Bar Convent Archives. This involved sorting, listing, cataloguing and boxing the papers of Sr Gregory Kirkus (d. 2007). Sr Gregory will be a familiar name to many members of the CAS - even though most … Continue reading Cataloguing Sr Gregory Kirkus’ papers
Job: Part-time Archivist
The Daughters of Wisdom are seeking a part-time qualified Archivist to take over from their current archivist to look after and develop the archive collection housed in Romsey, Hampshire and manage the records management aspects of the organisation/business. Starting salary: £23,000 pro rata Closing date & time: Sunday 3 December 2017 @ 23:59 For a … Continue reading Job: Part-time Archivist
Job ad: Archivist
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced qualified archivist at the Convent of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus in Oxford. This is a full-time post involving managing and organising all aspects of the archive for the Order, and is for an initial period of three years, including a six-month probationary period. The … Continue reading Job ad: Archivist
Historic Libraries Forum conference
The Historic Libraries Forum is holding their 2017 conference "Keeping the glass half full: strategies for the future" at Lambeth Palace Library on Monday 13 November. Speakers will include Melinda Haunton on "Archive Service Accreditation and service development" and Duncan Chappell on recovering from the Glasgow School of Art fire. The event will also feature … Continue reading Historic Libraries Forum conference
Job ad: Archivist
ARCHIVES OF THE CATHOLIC ARCHDIOCESE OF BIRMINGHAM APPOINTMENT OF A FIXED TERM/PART TIME ARCHIVIST £25,000 - £27,000 per annum/pro-rata The Archive of the Catholic Archdiocese of Birmingham was established in the 1950s, and was one of the first Catholic collections to be listed by the National Register of Archives. Since then it has been developed … Continue reading Job ad: Archivist
Conference 2018
The CAS 2018 Conference will be at High Leigh, Hertfordshire from 21st to 23rd May. More details will follow later in the year.
2017 Conference report
A short report of this years CAS conference can now be read by clicking here.
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