ICA/SUV Conference 2024 – What Does Diversity Mean to You?

We are delighted to announce that registration is now open for our annual conference to be held in Glasgow in October 2024. 

Conference Theme

The theme of the conference is ‘What Does Diversity Mean to You?’ – topics include:

• Embedding diversity in all we do
• Revisiting description and opening up archives
• Diversifying collections and acknowledging silences
• Indigenous archives and heritage
• Institutional history and decolonisation
• Diverse archives in South Asia
• Increasing accessibility and reaching diverse users
• Revisiting context and provenance

With speakers from 13 different countries this promises to be a fascinating event. The conference builds on ICA-SUV’s diversity project, a series of online discussions culminating in our diversity manual.

Conference Location

Hosted by the University of Strathclyde in central Glasgow, Scotland, the conference will take place from 7 to 9 October 2024. We will meet in the Executive Suite of the University’s Technology and Innovation Centre. The centre of Glasgow is an easy 15-minute bus journey from the airport

Social Programme, Accommodation and Further information

The conference fee includes a civic reception at Glasgow City Chambers and visits to local archives on the afternoon of 9 October. Visits to local attractions on Sunday, 6 October and the conference dinner will be at additional cost. Further details to be supplied later. The University has special delegate rates with the AC by Marriot, for more information about this, getting to Glasgow and things to do have a look at our Information for Delegates (available only in English).

Registration

The full conference fee is as follows; daily rates are not available.

• ICA members: £140
• Non-members: £185*

*Individual ICA membership (digital package) costs 37 Euros, you can join here

Please note that registration is via the University of Dundee website, but the conference is at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow.

Don’t miss this opportunity to be part of a dynamic and inclusive conversation. Save the date and be part of the change! 

We would like to acknowledge the assistance of the ICA Programme Commision (PCOM) funding which has enabled us to hold this conference and to build on our 2023 Diversity LabDays. 

PCOM has funded two bursaries to support attendance at this conference by people from historically marginalised communities (diversity bursary) and for students or early career archivists (new professionals bursary). For more information see the ICA-SUV blog.