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De wereld van het Sovjet-kinderboek
1 februari: een inspirerende bijeenkomst over het Sovjet kinderboek.Aanvang 15.00 uur. Einde 17.00 uur.Ellen Rutten, hoogleraar Russische en Slavische literaturen, en IISG collega, Rusland kenner,... [Event]
Rondleiding Provo-Archief
Op 26 juni organiseert het IISG ism het Amsterdam Museum een speciale 'Provo-rondleiding' achter de schermen van het instituut. U komt in magazijnen die normaal gesloten zijn voor het publiek en... [Event]
Conference: A European Youth Revolt in 1980/81?
A European Youth Revolt 1980/81? European Perspectives of Youth Protest and Social MovementsOrganiser: Internationaal Instituut voor Sociale Geschiedenis, Amsterdam / Institut für soziale Bewegungen... [Event]
Soviet Children's Picture Books from the Twenties and Thirties
The IISH houses a rich collection of manuscripts, books and pamphlets documenting the social and political history of Russia and the Soviet Union. It is also home to a fine collection of Russian... [Image gallery]
Provo Provokes
The first issue of PROVO (Amsterdam, 12 July 1965) featured traditional anarchist ideology and recipes for homemade dynamite and other explosives. Provo was an anarchist youth movement in Amsterdam... [Image gallery]
Posters De Melkweg en Paradiso
De Melkweg en Paradiso zijn al decennia lang beeldbepalend voor het culturele leven in Amsterdam: vrijwel alle bekende popgroepen en artiesten traden hier op. Maar er was veel meer dan alleen... [Collection highlight]
Archive Bart Huges at IISH
In 2015 it has been 50 years since student Bart Huges drilled a hole in his skull. By doing so he hoped to gain a state of ‘expanded consciousness’.Opinions differ if and how Huges drilled the hole... [News]
CfP: A European Youth Revolt in 1980/81?
From 15-17 May 2014, a conference will be held on European youth revolts in 1980/81. We welcome papers and proposals for presentations (deadline: 1 June 2013) . The conference is organized by the... [News]
ERC-grant for Marco van Leeuwen
The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded one of its prestigious Advanced Investigator Grant to Marco van Leeuwen, who is a research fellow at the IISH. The research project is called "Towards... [News]
Learning on the Shop Floor
Apprenticeship or vocational training is a subject of lively debate. Economic historians tend to see apprenticeship as a purely economic phenomenon, as an ‘incomplete contract’ in need of legal and... [Publication]

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