Non-SOT Event: Archival Methods for Public Health Research Training: An Introduction to Historical M

This Archival Methods for Public Health Research Training introduces students to the basics of historical analysis: how to visit an archive, conduct an oral history, properly analyze material produced decades before our own time, identify longer-term trends and context in quantitative and qualitative historical data, and fashion compelling narratives from disparate historical material.

By the end of the workshop, participants will be familiar with the following topics:
- How historical scholarship is produced
- Common pitfalls in analyzing historical material
- Strategies for approaching material produced in different eras than our own
- How to locate historical archives
- What to do once in a historical archive
- How to conduct and analyze an oral history interview
- The basics of analyzing various historical sources
- Methods for organizing and keeping track of historical data
- Ideas for incorporating historical material into grants and publications
- Narrative techniques
- The potential and dangers of digitization and AI methods

Anybody with an interest in incorporating the history of public health into their work is invited: history and public health graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, and researchers at any stage of their careers.

Capacity is limited. Paid registration is required to attend.

Additional information:
- See website for more details: https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/academics/non-degree-special-programs/professional-non-degree-programs/skills-health-research-professionals-sharp-training/trainings/archival-methods-training
- Email us with any questions: Columbia.ArchivalMethods@gmail.com