Community for Trauma-Informed Archival Practice

Archivists and those responsible for the care of sensitive records are invited to join the Irish Community of Trauma-Informed Archival Practice (ictiap.ie) in an online webinar on ‘Dealing with Trauma in Archival Collections’ on Friday, 9 May 2025 at 10am. This event will give archival practitioners the opportunity to hear from Dr Barry Houlihan (Archivist, University of Galway) and Dr Eliza McKee (Historian – Principal Researcher Northern Ireland Records, The National Archives, UK). At the end of the webinar, there will be time scheduled for Q&A.

Dr Houlihan will focus on his experience in the University of Galway Archives, about how trauma-informed practices has been applied and considered within recent projects. The projects include the Tuam Oral History Project and archival collections from Northern Ireland.

Dr McKee will speak about her role as the Northern Irish Record Specialist for TNA and will reflect on the personal, generational and community trauma exposure that she has navigated in this role as well as outlining some of the approaches introduced into TNA to support staff with trauma in the archive.

Interested practitioners can email ictiap2024@gmail.com to register their interest in the webinar and should specify their organisation and role when doing so.

Students can email ictiap2024@gmail.com to register their interest in the webinar. Students should name their course and university/place of study when doing so.