On 4-5 June 2026, the DIGHT-Net seminar “Personal Archives: From Personal Collections to Digital Archives” will be held at the University of Amsterdam.

This two-day seminar aims to examine the state-of-the-art research and practice dealing with personal and institutional collections and heritage practices in the Netherlands. By bridging theory and application, case studies and (digital) archives, this seminar considers the archive from the personal, the processual, and the public.

Through site visits and presentations, we consider the nexus of the archive with the personal, the digital, and the hybrid forms that this may result in. Therefore, we consider the archive as an architectural structure and a place of power, as a site and mode of resistance, as a facilitator of knowledge, and as the virtual potential for multimodal research and public engagement with the past. By bridging the personal with the digital through the lens of archives, this workshop seeks to bring together archival expertise to facilitate an interdisciplinary discussion on archival heritage as a multifaceted agent.

The full programme is available for viewing here: “Personal Archives: From Personal Collections to Digital Archives”

To participate in the seminar, please register here through our forms. (The organisers reserve the right to select participants from among those registered in the event of limited capacity.)