Remembrance Week Panel: “In the Aftermath: Documenting and Researching Victim Support Groups”

This Remembrance Week, join the Syracuse University Libraries for “In The Aftermath: Documenting and Researching Victim Support Groups,” a panel discussion focusing on the collection, preservation and use of these important records of the aftermath of tragedies and disasters. Organized by the Pan Am Flight 103/Lockerbie Air Disaster Archives at the Special Collections Research Center, this hybrid event will be held in Bird Library’s Peter Graham Scholarly Commons and on Zoom.

Register to attend virtually.

Moderated by Vanessa St.Oegger-Menn, Pan Am 103 Archivist & Assistant University Archivist, the event panelists are Jelena Watkins, co-director of the Centre for Collective Trauma in the United Kingdom and member of the Archiving Disaster Support Group Records project team, and Ezra Rudolph, research associate for Contemporary and Cultural History at the University of Göttingen in Germany. Watkins and Rudolph will each talk briefly about their work and experiences and share insights into the lasting significance and unique challenges of victim support group records in documenting the aftermath of tragic events. A moderated discussion will follow with Q&A.

The panel is free and open to the public. Communication Access Realtime Translation will be provided. If you require accessibility accommodations, please email Max Wagh at mlwagh@syr.edu by October 18, 2024.

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