[SOA] [External] CFP: Archives and Resistance: A Virtual Symposium on Digital Preservation and Publication in the Context of African, African American, and Diaspora Studies (Proposals Due Nov. 20)

Fri Oct 2 15:09:01 EDT 2026

Hi Valaria,

I’m sorry to hear of his passing and thank you for sharing this news with the archival community. My condolences are with you and your family.

Sincerely,

Katie Blizzard (she/her/hers)
Managing Director, eLabs
Senior Research Editor, Center for Digital Editing
kblizzard at virginia.edu<mailto:kblizzard at virginia.edu>

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From: Valaria McCabe <mccabevalaria at gmail.com>
Date: Friday, October 2, 2026 at 3:03 PM
To: Blizzard, Katie (kal3aw) <kal3aw at virginia.edu>
Cc: ohioarchivists at lists.oplin.org <ohioarchivists at lists.oplin.org>
Subject: Re: [External] [SOA] CFP: Archives and Resistance: A Virtual Symposium on Digital Preservation and Publication in the Context of African, African American, and Diaspora Studies (Proposals Due Nov. 20)

Katie,  my husband, Doug McCabe has been a member of SOA and I need to tell you he has passed away.   He was the Manuscript’s Archivist at the Ohio University.   He has been retired for 10 years but there may be people that knew him and would like to know of his passing after a short diagnosis of cancer.  He died September 11th.  His obituary is on the Frank E. Smith Funeral Home in Lancaster, website .

On Fri, Oct 2, 2026 at 2:17 PM Blizzard, Katie (kal3aw) via OHIOARCHIVISTS <ohioarchivists at lists.oplin.org<mailto:ohioarchivists at lists.oplin.org>> wrote:
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Dear colleagues,

I’m sharing a CFP (appears after this message) that may be of interest to members of this community. I hope you’ll consider joining us for this virtual symposium. Please note that proposals are due by November 20. Submit your proposal.<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://survey.unf.edu/jfe/form/SV_9oBbrVjOeL5xhLo__;!!Dq0X2DkFhyF93HkjWTBQKhk!QpEwexz9kDssxEEZtdDH43CJ9BAgB03RoC2aZegy4dJx6s5_fTtjVz2iMhMM5lB91TcvdtjWbFDRMhi6fty1AViIJeqNGhK4-_xlN1g8xIRA$>

For more information about this event, please see the event posting on the Association for Documentary Editing website<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://documentaryediting.org/archives-and-resistance-a-virtual-symposium-on-digital-preservation-and-publication-in-the-context-of-african-african-american-and-diaspora-studies/__;!!Dq0X2DkFhyF93HkjWTBQKhk!QpEwexz9kDssxEEZtdDH43CJ9BAgB03RoC2aZegy4dJx6s5_fTtjVz2iMhMM5lB91TcvdtjWbFDRMhi6fty1AViIJeqNGhK4-_xlN10tvDVk$>, or contact Clayton McCarl at  clayton.mccarl at unf.edu<mailto:clayton.mccarl at unf.edu>.

Sincerely,
Katie Blizzard

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Archives and Resistance: A Virtual Symposium on Digital Preservation and Publication in the Context of African, African American, and Diaspora Studies

Call for Proposals

We invite proposals for a virtual symposium on February 19–20, 2027, focused on archival preservation, digital publication, and community collaboration in projects that relate to African, African American, and Diaspora studies. We seek proposals for individual 15-minute presentations or panels consisting of 3–4 presentations (15 minutes each) that focus on ways that researchers, archivists, students, community members, and others are using digital tools and methodologies to recover archival materials and make them available and accessible to expand our understanding of the past and reclaim and promote histories that have been overlooked, suppressed, or erased. Through this event, we hope to highlight innovative work being carried out in the context of African, African American, and Diaspora Studies, and to create opportunities for scholars to connect and build community. This symposium is co-sponsored by the Association for Documentary Editing, the Society for Textual Scholarship, Mapping the Black Digital and Public Humanities, African American Digital & Experimental Humanities (AADHum), and eLaboratories.

Submission information:

  *   For individual presentations: please submit a title and abstract (250 words max.) and a short bio (2–3 sentences) for each presenter.
  *   For panel presentations: please submit a panel title and description (150–250 words), a title and abstract for each presentation (250 words max.) and a short bio (2–3 sentences) for each presenter.

All proposals should be submitted by November 20, 2026, by completing this survey<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://survey.unf.edu/jfe/form/SV_9oBbrVjOeL5xhLo__;!!Dq0X2DkFhyF93HkjWTBQKhk!QpEwexz9kDssxEEZtdDH43CJ9BAgB03RoC2aZegy4dJx6s5_fTtjVz2iMhMM5lB91TcvdtjWbFDRMhi6fty1AViIJeqNGhK4-_xlN1g8xIRA$>.

If you have questions, contact Clayton McCarl, clayton.mccarl at unf.edu<mailto:clayton.mccarl at unf.edu>.

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