Conducts research and collects data on the global history of labour, workers, and labour relations

75 years IISH

The 75th Anniversary of the International Institute of Social History (founded 25 November 1935) was celebrated in 2010. It received a lot of attention from the  Dutch media. A varied jubilee program had been set up.

 

1-4 September 2010
41st conference of the International Association of Labour History Institutions (IALHI), organized by IISH.

29 October 2010 - 30 January 2011
Exhibition Rebels with a Cause. The IISH at 75 in the Special Collections building [Bijzondere Collecties] of Amsterdam University.
The exhibition offers a selection of unique documents from the collections of the IISH.

29 October 2010
Publication of the book Rebels with a Cause. Five centuries of social history collected by the IISH.

4 November 2010
Debate: Faalt de internationale vakbeweging?
In association with Spui25 and Bijzondere Collecties, UvA

6-7 November 2010
Museum Night in the Special Collections building of Amsterdam University.

12 November 2010
Lecture organized by Volksuniversiteit Amsterdam and a guided tour of the exhibition Rebels with a Cause.

18 November 2010
Debate: De wederopstanding van de huurling
In association with Spui25 and Bijzondere Collecties, UvA

22-26 November 2010
Master Class on Global Labour History, meant for PhD students from different countries and different parts of the world.

9 December 2010
Debate: Wie komt op voor de 'nieuwe dienstmeisjes'?
In association with Spui25 and Bijzondere Collecties, UvA

10 December 2010
Presentation of de Volkskrant-IISG award for the best undergraduate thesis in the field of social history.

16 December 2010
Debate: Wat kunnen we leren van de geschiedenis van kinderarbeid?
In association with Spui25 and Bijzondere Collecties, UvA