Over the past two decades, the archive has emerged as a

central site of feminist knowledge production and activism. Feminist

archives and special collections have been able to document activist

movements and make previously obscured forms of knowledge visible. This

panel brings together a group of feminist librarians, archivists,

scholars, and activists to explore this archival turn in contemporary

feminism. Panelists include Jenna Freedman (Barnard College), Alana Kumbier

(Wellesley College) and Kate Eichhorn (The New School). This

discussion, moderated by Emily Drabinski (Long Island University), took place on the first day of

Activism and the Academy: Celebrating 40 Years of Feminist Scholarship

and Action, a two-day conference held September 23-24, 2011 in honor of

the 40th anniversary of the Barnard Center for Research on

Women.