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Kees Willemen
In het kader van het lustrum van de Rijksuniversiteit Groningen organiseert de Universiteitsbibliotheek in 2009 een aantal exposities met werk van Kees Willemen op vier verschillende locaties.Kees... [News]
Books as Objects of Veneration
Books as Objects of Veneration, Subjects of DestructionExpositie georganiseerd door het Sinologisch Instituut van de Universiteit Leiden,7 december 2004 - 30 juni 2005In de bibliotheken van het... [News]
Fotoreproducties Ben van Meerendonk
Social History Shop, de webwinkel van het Internationaal Instituut voor Sociale Geschiedenis (IISG), breidt uit met foto's van de gelauwerde Amsterdamse persfotograaf Ben van Meerendonk (1913-2008).... [News]
Boekenweek 2005
De stichting CPNB organiseert de boekenweek 2005 met verschillende organisaties, waaronder het IISG. Het Instituut is mede-organisator op dinsdag 15 maart 2005. Het thema van die dag is Handel en... [News]
Social and Economic Agency and the Cultural Heritage of the Soviet Past
Social norms and practices, mentalities and attitudes inherited from the Soviet period are commonly perceived as important, yet poorly understood, factors determining the outcome of the process of... [Project]
Unruly Masses
Fin-de-Siécle Vienna has become the glorified icon of innovative modernism in the arts and letters. Yet the misery of the masses in the suburbs stood in stark contrast to the urban social order of... [Publication]
The Imaginary Revolution
The events of 1968 have been seen as a decisive turning point in the Western world of even mythical significance. The author takes a critical look at 'May 1968' and questions whether the events were... [Publication]
Between Cross and Class
In the late nineteenth century in a number of continental European countries Christian associations of workers arose: Christian trade unions, workers' cooperatives, political leagues, workers' youth... [Publication]

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