The growth of archival studies programs has prompted archival scholars to establish an international network for supporting collaborative research, curriculum development, and pedagogy. Doctoral education is key to the sustainability of such programs and the continuation of the network over time. We carried out longitudinal research to survey the population of doctoral students attending one or more Archival Education and Research Institutes (AERI), an annual meeting first held in 2009. Building on prior research on graduate archival education, we gathered demographic and qualitative data about doctoral students specializing in archival studies who are based in several countries including the USA. We sought to assess attendee motivations, guide conference planning, and help advance overall AERI objectives. Our study provides a baseline understanding of the disciplinary backgrounds, research directions, and specific professional development activities that doctoral students in archival studies pursued around the globe from 2013 to 2015. This paper argues that doctoral education should continue to be a particular subject of archival research and indicates how archival students’ range of academic interests is diversifying and strengthening the scholarly community.

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穿越：探索档案研究中的博士人口

档案研究计划的增长促使档案学者建立了一个国际网络，以支持协作研究，课程开发和教学法。博士教育是此类计划的可持续性以及网络随着时间的推移持续发展的关键。我们进行了纵向研究，以调查参加一个或多个档案教育和研究所（AERI）的博士生的人数，这是2009年首次举行的年度会议。在对研究生档案教育的先前研究的基础上，我们收集了有关博士学位的人口统计和定性数据档案研究专业的学生分布在包括美国在内的多个国家。我们试图评估与会人员的动机，指导会议计划并帮助推进AERI总体目标。