China
New book Christine Moll-Murata published in the IISH series Social Histories of Work in Asia
Our honorary fellow Prof. Dr. Christine Moll-Murata has published her new monograph State and Crafts in the Qing Dynasty (1644-...
Exhibition in Beijing receives 2 million visitors
Exhibition in Beijing showcasing original Marx documents from the IISH receives 2 million visitors.To mark the bicentenary of his...
Tentoonstelling over Henk Sneevliet in China
Op 28 november opent het Nong Jiang Suo Institute-Museum in Guangzhou een tentoonstelling over het leven van Henk Sneevliet....
Agreement between IISH and Guangxi Normal University
On the 20th of October Professor Liang Hong, president of the Guangxi Normal University and IISH director Henk Wals signed a...
China Historical Data at the IISH
Our aimFor a long time now, there has been a real lack of historical data on the economy and society of China. Recently, some...
Lecture by Sjoukje van der Meulen
"The Role of Labour in Post-Cultural Revolution Chinese Art"
"Cash coins" originate from third-century BCE China
Two porters below and ten cash coins above, suggesting monetary payment for merchandise and its transportation, as shown on a...
Example of a Chinese "cash" coin: Wuzhu coin
Wuzhu coins were first issued in 118 BCE, and were eventually declared obsolete in 621 CE. The inscription consists of two...
Paying with Coins at a Sichuan Market Place in Han-China
Three pairs of buyers and sellers on a market place, situated near a town gate (the building to the right with a drum pending in...
The Chairman Smiles
The former Soviet Union, Cuba, and China: three countries where posters played an important political role and received a large...
Books as Objects of Veneration
Books as Objects of Veneration, Subjects of DestructionExpositie georganiseerd door het Sinologisch Instituut van de Universiteit...
