Project Title: Organizing the joint 5th International Conference: Access to State Archives in the post-Soviet Space

Donor: The National Security Archive (NSA) at the George Washington University

Budget: 5,000 USD

Duration: August 1, 2024 - December 31, 2024

Project Objectives:

• Organizing the joint 5th International Conference on Access to State Archives in the Post-Soviet Space to enhance public access to archival information, foster dialogue, document, compare, and evaluate future strategies for opening the Soviet archives.
• Fostering dialogue and strengthening social participation among scholars, archival researchers, educators, and non-governmental organizations' representatives on archival openness.
• Documenting and comparing recent trends and approaches in archival research and openness, focusing on Eastern European and post-Soviet countries, where significant changes have occurred due to the pandemic, war, and democratic backsliding.
• Evaluating future strategies to ensure archival openness, promote free access to archival institutions, increase participation in research and modern historiography, and combat disinformation and propaganda through the use of accurate, research-based historical sources.

Grant Agreement