In conjunction with the exhibition "Touch This Page! Making Sense of the Ways We Read," this symposium will explore the issues of ability, access, and the archive at the intersection of the Humanities and Engineering. From 12-6 on Thursday, 4 April 2019, at Northeastern, the symposium will feature conversation about the possibilities and applications of technologies to redefine access to archival materials. From 9-5 on Friday, 5 April, at Harvard, the symposium will look from these conversations to the help us reimagine both how we can create the collaborations necessary to improve access to archival objects and also what access can mean in the future.

Confirmed speakers include:

• Rachel Adams, Columbia University
• Kim Charlson, Perkins School for the Blind
• Catherine Kudlick, San Francisco State University
• Robert McRuer, George Washington University
• Mara Mills, New York University
• Benjamin Reiss, Emory University
• Matthew Rubery, Queen Mary University of London