Speeches AND PUBLIC APPEARANCES*
Safe Havens for Archives at Risk, United Nations Human Rights Conference Side Event, Geneva, Switzerland, September 2019
Rights and Responsibilities: The Role of Archivists and Records Managers, Northern Virginia and Metropolitan Maryland ARMA Chapters, February 2019
Chair, Federal Agency Records: Who Decides What is Kept? American Historical Association conference, January 2019
Thinking about Risks to Archives: A Framework, (revised) U.S. Committee of the Blue Shield meeting, September 2018; VIII Jornades d’Arxivers sense Fronteres conference, November 2018; UNESCO Regional Capacity Strengthening Workshop Bhutan, November 2018
Testimony, DC Committee on Government Operations, September 2018
Ethics of Access, International Conference: Archives and Human Rights: An Agenda to Strengthen Democracy, Argentina, March 2018
Best When Used By, Provost’s Global Forum, University of Iowa, March 2018; Capitol Hill Village Voices, December 2018
Preserving the Records of the Nuclear Claims Tribunal: International Cooperation, International Council on Archives annual meeting November 2017
Proof, Conference How We Archive the Records of State Violation of Human Rights, Women’s Active Museum on War and Peace conference, Japan, November 2017
Rights and Responsibilities: The Role of the Archivist, International Conference Archives and Human Rights, UNESCO Korea, September 2017; Forum on the Role of Archives and Social Justice, Hong Kong, November 2017
Preserving Politically Potent Records, 5th International Conference on Bangladesh Genocide and Justice, May 2017; Timor-Leste Studies Workshop, March 2018
The Record of the Records of the Nuclear Claims Tribunal, Marshall Islands Nuclear Legacy Conference, March 2017
Testimony, DC Committee on Government Operations, February 17, 2017
Chair and comment, You Spin Me Round (For a Record): Archives in India, Annual Conference on South Asia, October 2016
Principles of Access to Archives (of Power[lessness]), Swiss Congress of Historical Sciences, Lausanne, June 2016
Access to Archives and Human Rights, National Council on Public History, March 2016
Archives, Agency and the State, workshop State-Sponsored History, Ghent, Belgium, November 2015; University of Iowa, October 2016; Hong Kong 2019
Rule-of-Law Tool: Archives, seminar El papel de los archivos en la construccion de la paz en Colombia, (Skype), October 2015
Thinking about Risks to Archives: A Framework, swisspeace conference Securing Archives at Risk, October 2015; Diaspora Archives conference, London, April 2016; Archives of Contemporary History, Zurich, June 2016; International Council on Archives annual meeting September 2016; revised for International Council on Archives annual meeting November 2017
The Draft ‘Basic Principles on the Role of Archivists in Support of Human Rights’, International Council on Archives annual meeting, September 2015
An Introduction to the Rule-of-Law Tool: Archives, panel discussion, UN Human Rights Commission side event, June 2015
Atoms and Archives in the Marshall Islands, University of Iowa, April 2015; Iowa State University October 2015; Capitol Hill Village Voices March 2016
Unknown/Unknown and Known/Unknowns, Seminar The Archive, History and Law: the Politics of Re-membering, Truth Seeking and Re-making of History, Harvard University, March 2015.
Three Points to Consider for an Archives focusing on Peace, Justice and Security, Seminar History for the Future: Judicial Heritage in The Hague, January 2015
Hunting for History in National Security Archives, International Commission on Military History, 2014; NATO Archives Committee annual meeting, 2014
No Closure without Disclosure and workshop Implementing Principles of Access to Documents with Restrictions, CARBICA 2014
Thinking about Threats, Planning for Threats, International Seminar Archives for Peace, Colombia 2014
Copying Cultural Patrimony, Avoiding Conflict, Diasporic Literary Archives Workshop, 2014
Chair, Protect and Enable: Opening up the National Archives, International Council on Archives Annual Conference, 2014
Chair, Custodian Institution and Repository Mechanism, Workshop on Archives in the Context of the Right to Know, Switzerland, 2014
Chair and comment, The Ethics of Access to Refugee Records and Archives, Society of American Archivists convention, 2014
Chair, Researching the Middle East, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, 2014
Archives and Human Rights, Forum des archivists genevois, 2014
Access as the Support of Democracy, Hong Kong Archives Society, 2014
Principles of Access to Archives, National Institute of Public Administration, Spain, 2013
Chair, Truth and Reconciliation, International Council on Archives Annual Conference, October 2013
Panelist, Forum: All Things ICA, Society of American Archivists convention, August 2013
Chair, Displaced Archives: Current Controversies and a New Initiative, Society of American Archivists convention, August 2013
Panelist, Possibilities of cooperation between different dealing with the past mechanisms and their archives, Dealing with the Past Conference, Switzerland, August 2013
The Railroad, the Records, Holocaust Litigation and Maryland, University of Iowa, 2013; Capitol Hill Village Voices 2017
The Role of Archives in Strengthening Democracy, Nordiska arkivdagar, Finland, 2012; Swedish Archival Week, 2013; Catalan Archives Congress, 2013; University of Maryland Graduate School of Library and Information Science, Americana symposium, 2013; Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois, 2013; Federal Institute for Access to Information and Data Protection, Mexico City, 2013; Friends of Archives, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2013; University of Oregon, 2013; Iowa State University, 2016; Centro Chega! 13th Anniversary conference, October 20
The Importance of Archives and Documentation in Dealing with the Past, Dealing with the Past Conference, Switzerland, 2012
The Probative Value of Documents in Judicial Processes, Museo de la Memoria, Santiago, Chile, and Universidad Alberto Hurtado, Santiago, Chile, 2012; Centro Chega! 2019
Archives and Democracy, IV Convencion Internacional de Archivistas, Chile, 2012
Chair, Archives in Wartime: From WWII to the Invasion of Iraq, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, 2012
Placing Your Personal Papers, Capitol Hill Village, 2012, 2013
“The Access Initiative,” International Council on Archives, 2011; Southern Economic Association convention, 2011; American Historical Association convention, 2012; Society for The History of American Foreign Relations convention, 2013; Society of American Archivists convention 2013
Three Wishes for the Society of American Archivists, Society of American Archivists convention, 2011
Preserving the Records of Truth Commissions, National Research Centre Forum, Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, 2011
Unfinished Business: Archives after Conflict in Guatemala, Sierra Leone, and South America, Washington History Seminar, National History Center, 2011
Panelist, Wikileaks and the Archives and Records Profession, Archivists Round Table of Metropolitan New York and Metro NYC Chapter ARMA, 2011
Threatening Archives/Archives Threatened, Society of American Archivists Human Rights Roundtable, 2010
Panelist, La Isla – Archives of a Tragedy, Silver Docs Film Festival, 2010
Fighting Words: Archives as Information, Archives as Symbol, University of Iowa, 2010
Panelist, The Indian Archives and a Future Research Agenda, India and the Cold War, conference, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, 2009
Management of Human Rights Archives in a Post-conflict Country, Archives seminar, Burundi, 2009
Why Law? Why Archives? Why a Law for Archives? Managing Public Records and Preserving Heritage for Good Governance seminar, Hong Kong, 2009
Panelist, Putting Historical Skills to Work: Careers beyond Academe, American Historical Association convention, 2009
Archives and Human Rights Workshop, Foro Internacional de Archivos y Derechos Humanos,” Mexico, 2008
The Role of Archives in Strengthening Democracy, Archivos, Memoria y Derecho a la Verdad conference, Colombia, 2008
The Probative Value of Archival Documents in Judicial Processes, Conference of the Human Rights Ombudsman, Guatemala, 2008
Archives and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Society of Tennessee Archivists annual meeting, 2008
Guatemala Police Archives, Society of Tennessee Archivists annual meeting, 2008
Issues in the Preservation of Human Rights Archives, University of Connecticut, 2008
Legacies of Repression: Archives and Human Rights, Iowa State University World Affairs Series, 2008
The End of the Beginning, Conference of the Procurador de los Derechos Humanos, January 2008
A Documentation Strategy for Human Rights Research, Colombia, 2007
Tribunals Past and Present, Human Rights Archives and Documentation conference, October 2007
Privacy is not a Rose Society of American Archivists convention, 2007
Preserving the History of Truth Commissions, American Historical Association convention, 2007
Temporary Courts, Permanent Records, Archives, justice et droits de l’homme conference of the International Council on Archives, Lyon, France, 2006
The Legacy of the ICTY, Domestic War Crimes Trials Conference, Montenegro, 2006
Police Archives: A Late Twentieth Century Issue, Iowa State University Library Faculty Seminar, 2006
Police Archives and the Archival Profession, History Department, University of San Carlos, Guatemala, 2006
Chair, “Vital Records: The Importance of National Archives and Records Administration in Governance and Civil society,” Society of American Archivists convention, 2006
Legal Heritage of the International Criminal Tribunals, Expert Meeting on Judicial Archives, The Hague, 2006
Archival Solidarity, XIV Brazilian Congress on Archival Science, 2006
Preserving the Legacy of Temporary International Criminal Courts, University of Iowa Law School, 2006
Records of International Criminal Courts, American Society of International Law, International Law Librarians’ Program, 2006
Attitudes and Access in the United States of America, Japan-US Friendship Association seminar, Tokyo, 2006
Final Acts: Preserving the Records of Truth Commissions, Yale University School of Law, 2006
In Archives We Trust, MARAC – DC Caucus, 2005
Temporary Courts, Permanent Records, ARMA International convention, 2005
Truth and the Records of Truth Commissions, Society of American Archivists convention, 2005
Dangerous Records: A Cold War Story, American Historical Association convention, 2005
Access for All: Governments, Governance, and Archives, EASTICA, 2004
Standard Archives, Quadrennial Congress of the International Council on Archives, 2004
Testimony, Needs of the Records and Archives Program of the District of Columbia, D.C. City Council oversight hearing, 2004
Chair, Reconstructing Memory and Identity: International Non-Governmental Sources, International Conference of the Round Table on Archives, 2003
Chair, Records of the International Tribunals, Society of American Archivists convention, 2002
The ‘Why’ of Archives; The ‘I’ in Archives Central Official Training Institute, Korea, 1 May 2002
The Gift and the Archives, Research Institute for Korean Archives and Records, 2002
Refugees, Vital Statistics, and the Records They Leave Behind, Society of American Archivists, 2000
A Rumination on Standards, Society of American Archivists convention, 1999
Why Automate? Why Plan? Keynote address, Summer University Institute, Central European University, 1999
Maxims for Managers: An Archival View, Association of Canadian Archivists, 1998
E Pluribus Unum, National Archives of Italy, 1998
Macro Archives, Micro States, 50th Anniversary Jubilee of the Archives of Bosnia-Herzegovina, 1997
Panelist, Legal Aspects in Archival Education, International Conference of the Round Table on Archives, 1997
Independent Television, Independent Archives? International Federation of Television Archives, 1997
East and West: Legislating Information, National Archives of Sweden, 1996
Lifelong Learning: The Archival Profession in the 21st Century, Croatian Archives Conference, 1996
Chair, Archival Theory and National Traditions, Society of American Archivists, 1995″The National Archives and Contractor Records,” Legacy conference, RAND, 1992
Archival Challenges, Western History Association, 1992
Commentator, Cultivating the Postliterate, Society of American Archivists convention, 1992
Stasi Archives, International Congress on Archives, 1992
Interview, Marin Producciones S.A. of Argentina for World Time Capsule, 1992
The National Archives and Scientific Records, National Academy of Sciences conference, 1992
Chair, Preservation of Electronic Records, Association of Public Data Users conference, 1991
Corporate Culture, Archival Identity, and Professional Cooperation, Midwest Archives Conference, 1991
Commentator, Twentieth Century Farm Movements and Politics, Organization of American Historians convention, 1991
Legal and Ethical Issues in Archives, Society of Georgia Archivists, 1991
Chair/commentator, Legal Issues concerning Electronic Records, Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference, 1990
Professions: Archivists and Records Managers, New York Chapter, American Records Managers Association, 1990
Reference Services at the National Archives, Maryland depository libraries annual meeting, 1990
The End of Archival Effort, Moscow Symposium 1990
Chair/commentator, Improving Access to Sources and Texts, Association of Documentary Editing, 1989
Preservation Priorities and the Four G’s, Association of Canadian Archivists conference, 1989
Panelist, Rural Historic Districts: A Multidisciplinary Approach, National Trust for Historic Preservation conference, 1988
Panelist, Can Archivists be Sued? Society of Southwest Archivists, 1988
Legal Matters: Deposit Agreements, Tax Evaluations, Licensing, Rights and Reproductions, Local TV News conference, 1987
Archivists and the Law, Mid-Atlantic Archives Conference, 1987
Chair, The ‘Far Side’ of Equality: Institutional Policies and Archival Access, National Council on Public History, 1987
Reference and Access: Legal Issues, Society of Georgia Archivists, 1986
Electronic Records and Government Documents, Depository Library Council, 1986
Moderator, The Fate of Information, American Society of Access Professionals, 1985
Archival Education, Public Archives of Canada, 1985
Chair/commentator, Protagonists and/or Compatriots, Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference, 1985
Chair, In Search of Archival Theory, Society of American Archivists convention, 1984
The User Community and Its Impact on Archival Administration, Keynote, Mid-Atlantic Archives Conference, 1983
Records Management for the Association, American Society of Association Executives convention, 1983
Technology, Records, and the Historian, American Historical Association, 1982
Archival Principles and Records of the New Technology, Society of American Archivists convention, 1982
American Archival Institute: A Prospectus, Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference, 1982, and Society of Mississippi Archivists, 1982
Archives and Advocacy: Two Historical Examples, National Council on Public History conference, 1982
Intrinsic Value as an Archival Concept, Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference, 1981
Discussant, Postwar Changes in Market Structure, Symposium on the History of Agricultural Trade and Marketing, 1981
Commentator, Archival Education for Librarians, Library Education for Archivists, American Library Association convention, 1980
Chair, panel discussion, Placement and Professionalism: Issues in Archival Education, Society of American Archivists convention, 1979
The Modern Archives Institute: Past, Present, and Prospects, NEH conference on archival workshops, 1978
Access and the Archivist, Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference, 1978
Certification: Realities and Possibilities, South Atlantic Archives and Records Conference, 1978
Freedom of Information, Society of Southwest Archivists conference, 1978
Research Directions in Women’s History, AAUW Educational Foundation conference, 1978
The Impact of the Freedom of Information Act on Government Information Accessibility, American University Institute on Federal Document and Information Accessibility, 1978
Archival Certification, Society of American Archivists convention, 1977
Accreditation, Approval, and Certification, Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference, 1977
Commentator, The WPA Historical Records Survey, Society of American Archivists convention, 1973
*Speeches made as Acting Archivist of the United States are not included