Cécile Chemin
Cécile is Senior Archivist in the Military Archives and Director of the Military Service Pensions Archive based at Cathal Brugha Barracks, Rathmines, Dublin. She majored in historic linguistics at University Lumière Lyon II, France (Licence – English and American Literature and Language) and completed both a Higher Diploma (2005) and a Master’s degree (2010) in Archives and Records Management at University College Dublin. Working as a professional archivist since 2005, first in UCD, later in the Department of Health (AIRR project - Access to Institutional and Related Records), she moved to Local Government in 2006, as archivist and record manager for Wicklow, Kildare and Meath County Councils. She joined the Military Archives in 2008.
She developed a strong interest for the safeguarding of archives during natural disasters, having herself dealt with emergency situations when working as a county council archivist. This interest deepened following the first Cultural Property Protection course held in Ireland, especially in considering CPP as a tool for peacekeeping in a military context.
Cécile is a long-time member of the Archives and Records Association (UK and Ireland) and has taken on a range of roles, including Irish representative, treasurer and Chair. Her areas of interest include the intersection between archives and climate change, human rights, social justice, and social accountability.
Cécile joined the Committee as an ICA representative in 2024