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Wednesday, November 4, 2026 – Thursday, November 5, 2026
Various locations, see program
Against Erasure: Bodies, Sites, and Collective Memory
Wednesday, November 4, 2026 – Thursday, November 5, 2026
Various locations, see program
We invite you to join us for Against Erasure: Bodies, Sites, and Collective Memory, a two-day gathering bringing together archivists, artists, scholars, and cultural practitioners to explore the roles of archives, storytelling, and collective memory in confronting histories of erasure.
The program opens on Wednesday, November 4, with a screening of Michèle Stephenson’s True North (2025) at the Jim Ottaway Jr. Film Center, followed by a conversation and Q&A with the director and A. Sayeeda Moreno.
On Thursday, November 5, the symposium continues at Campus Center North with two roundtable discussions: Archival Activism and What We Carry. Together, these conversations will consider how archives, artistic practice, performance, and storytelling preserve histories, challenge silences, and shape collective memory. Registration is free. [Register here.]
Organized by A. Sayeeda Moreno (Film & Electronics), Angelica Sanchez (Music), Heather Topcik (Bard Libraries), and Olga Touloumi (Art History & Visual Culture)
Co-sponsored by The Uses of History, Friends of Stevenson Library, & the Ralph Ellison Center, Bard College
Program
Wednesday, November 4
Film Screening and Discussion | Jim Ottaway Jr. Film Center
5:00 p.m. — Screening of True North (2025), followed by a Q&A with director Michèle Stephenson and A. Sayeeda Moreno.
Thursday, November 5
Symposium | Campus Center North
10:00 a.m. — Coffee and Conversation
11:00 a.m. — Opening Remarks
11:30 a.m. — Panel Discussion: Archival Activism
Interference Archive, Brooklyn, NY
Shawn(ta) Smith-Cruz, Commissioner, New York City Department of Records and Information Services
Dorothy Berry, Archivist and Author
Suzanne Snider, Oral History Summer School
Facilitated by Shannon Mattern, Director of Creative Research, Metropolitan New York Library Council
3:00 p.m. — Panel Discussion: What We Carry
Wafa Ghnaim, The Tatreez Institute
Terry Jenoure, Composer and Visual Artist
Aarati Akkapeddi, Visual Artist, New York University
Michèle Stephenson, Rada Film Group
Facilitated by Krista Caballero, Co-Director, Center for Experimental Humanities
5:00 p.m. — Closing Reception
Contact: Heather Topcik
E-mail: [email protected]
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Thursday, November 5, 2026
7:00 pm – 8:00 pm EST/GMT-5
Charles P. Stevenson Jr. Library, Room 206, Computer Lab
Zotero Workshop
Thursday, November 5, 2026
7:00 pm – 8:00 pm EST/GMT-5
Charles P. Stevenson Jr. Library, Room 206, Computer Lab
Learn how to get started and use Zotero, a powerful and free citation management tool that can help you keep track of your research and generate citations in virtually any style. This workshop will cover installation, set up, adding sources, and generating in-text citations and bibliographies. Please rsvp, and bring your laptop.
Can't make it? Check out our Zotero how-to-guide or ask a librarian for help.
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Friday, November 6, 2026
3:30 pm – 5:00 pm EST/GMT-5
Charles P. Stevenson Jr. Library, Room 402
Shut Up & Sproj
Friday, November 6, 2026
3:30 pm – 5:00 pm EST/GMT-5
Charles P. Stevenson Jr. Library, Room 402
Work on your Senior Project in a calm, quiet, and supportive space. By showing up for your project at the same time each week, you can turn 1.5 hours of focused work into a stable routine that yields real results over time.
Contact: Jane Smith
E-mail: [email protected]
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