From May 26-29, 2018, the EYE International Conference ‘Activating the Archive: Audio-Visual Collections and Civic Engagement, Political Dissent and Societal Change.’ will be held in the EYE Filmmuseum. The conference will explore contemporary archival and academic debates, catering to film heritage professionals, scholars, archivists, curators and restorers. This year, more than fifty speakers from around the globe will represent this diverse community of professionals, including three invited keynote lecturers: Prof. dr. Thomas Elsaesser, Professor Emeritus of Media and Culture at the University of Amsterdam, Prof. dr. Faye Ginsburg, Professor of Social Anthropology at New York University, and Prof. dr. Julia Noordegraaf, Professor of Digital Heritage at the University of Amsterdam. The EYE International Conference 2018 will also celebrate the 15-year anniversary of the MA programme in Preservation & Presentation of the Moving Image (P&P) at the University of Amsterdam (UvA), whose approximately 150 alumni are active in museums, archives and universities around the world.

For more information and tickets: www.eyefilm.nl/conference (early Bird tickets available until April 2)
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