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Leading IISH Collections made available online
Dozens of the IISH’s leading archives are now fully available to view free of charge via the Institute’s catalogue. Celebrated collections can now be studied from anywhere in the world, including the... [News]
IIAV en IISG
Het Internationaal Informatiecentrum en Archief voor de Vrouwenbeweging (IIAV) verhuist wellicht naar het pand van het IISG aan de Cruquiusweg in Amsterdam.Daartoe hebben IIAV, IISG en de Koninklijke... [News]
Two Million Visitors
On Friday, May 18, 2001, the Web server of the International Institute of Social History received its two-millionth visitor since the beginning of operations in Spring 1996.Though never a 'business... [News]
One Million Visitors
On Friday, March 24, 2000, the Web server of the International Institute of Social History received its one-millionth visitor since the beginning of operations in Spring 1996.Though never a 'business... [News]
Erik-Jan Zürcher Director
From 1st April 2008, Erik-Jan Zürcher (54) will be the new director of the International Institute of Social History (IISG) in Amsterdam. Zürcher will continue to be affiliated to Leiden University... [News]
Steef Davidson 1943-2010
The sad news reached us that Steef Davidson passed away on the 31st of May, 2010. Besides being a participant in many alternative movements, both political and cultural, Steef was a passionate... [News]
Shahriar Kabir Freed
Shahriar Kabir, the IISH representative in Bangladesh who was one of around 40 opposition activists arrested on December 8 following bomb blasts in the northern town of Mymensingh, was released from... [News]
Shahriar Kabir in prison
The detention of Shahriar Kabir, the IISH representative in Bangladesh, was declared "illegal" by the country's High Court, according to the Daily Star of January 13. "The court order, however, would... [News]
Patricia Grimsted Honoured
During the 2002 National Convention of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies in Pittsburgh, PA, Patricia Kennedy Grimsted, an honorary fellow of the IISH, received the AAASS... [News]
Megabytes of Marx
A new agreement has opened the door to the digitization of the oldest information sources on Marxism and anarchism.On 7 February 2008, Cor van den Bos (left), director of the insurance company Reaal... [News]

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