Starting out with 'English Convents in Catholic Europe,c.1600-1800' Co-hosted by the Durham University Centre for Catholic Studies and Institute of Medieval and Early Modern Studies Wednesday 7 October 2020 5.30-6.45pm BST, by Zoom. To register for zoom and get full details of the book launch series see the CCS website: https://www.dur.ac.uk/theology.religion/ccs/events/booklaunchseries/
Online training opportunities
The London Museum Development team is now uploading recordings of its training sessions on its new YouTube channel. Courses already uploaded include ‘Introduction to Social Media Strategy: Creating a Strategy from Scratch’, with more to come soon.
Reflections on lockdown
The Jesuits in Britain Archives has produced two blog posts that relate to the lockdown and remote working which may be of interest. They can be found here and here.
Resources for reopening Archives
The ‘Re-opening The National Archives’ webinar, which was streamed live last week, is now online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYcaUJL3gd4. This webinar provides information for colleagues in the archive sector on The National Archives’ own approach to re-opening. Each archive service needs to be guided by their own circumstances in relation to re-opening; in order to help with this, … Continue reading Resources for reopening Archives
CAS Council updated
At a recent Council meeting Jonathan Bush was elected as new Chair of the Catholic Archives Society. He thanked his predecessor, Judith Smeaton, for all her efforts and hard work. As several Council members' terms had ended, three new members were co-opted. They are Claire Marsland, Naomi Johnson and Jenny Smith. The full Council list … Continue reading CAS Council updated
VEC blog post on epidemic
Fr Nicholas Schofield has been producing blog posts for the English College in Rome and his most recent blog post is very topical on the cholera epidemic of 1837 in Rome. You can read this blog post here and find other blog posts of VEC here.
Recommendations for handling, cleaning and disinfecting cultural heritage
The following document has been issued by the Pontifical Council for Culture and endorsed by the Patrimony Committee
Timeline of the history of the Society of the Sacred Heart – Barbara Vesey Provincial Archivist
Plans to create an online timeline of the history of the Society of the Sacred Heart began in 2016, as part of the planned celebrations for 2017 around the 175th anniversary of the Society’s presence in the UK. A teaching order of nuns, the Society was founded in France in 1800 by Madeleine Sophie Barat, who … Continue reading Timeline of the history of the Society of the Sacred Heart – Barbara Vesey Provincial Archivist
Working from home
Recently on the Archives NRA jiscmail list the following list of online learning source and ideas for those working from home was shared. This might be of interest. Free Courses:• Connecting to Collections Care https://www.connectingtocollections.org/ has their webinars archived and available online - a lot of great information for a variety of institutions and collections, archives included. … Continue reading Working from home
CAS Conference Cancelled
Dear Members In view of the latest advice from the government and in line with action being taken by other organisations, such as ARA (Archives and Records Association) and the Centre for Catholic Studies at Durham University, CAS Council has reluctantly decided to cancel the annual conference, which was due to take place at High … Continue reading CAS Conference Cancelled
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