Philosophers in the archive (Recording 2022 01 28)
Channel: Extending New Narratives
Date: 17/03/2022

This workshop, given by the Penn Libraries, looks at archives and explores what’s involved in doing research in them. Topics covered include what archives are and what they offer; how are they organized; how to gain access to them, how to approach doing research in them, what you can discover in them, raise copyright; considerations around publishing your discoveries; and reflections on the importance of communicating with librarians and archivists about your project. The workshop concludes with short presentations by two experienced researchers, one in French archives, the other in Italian archives, both on the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania.

2:25 Introduction by Lynne Farrington
13:40 Holly Mengel – Discovery of Material: Primary Sources
58:05 John Pollack – Finding Early Modern Philosophy
1:21:28 Christine E. Weller – Copyright Considerations
2:12:47 Joan DeJean – On French Notarial Archives
2:29:27 Eva Del Soldato – Letters documents and chocolate: how a historian of philosophy can navigate Italian Archives