Fellow
PhD at the University of Amsterdam in 1980. Taught at the Erasmus University Rotterdam, 1980-1996 (from 1990 as Professor of Comparative History).
Since 1996 Professor of Modern Asian History at the University of Amsterdam and senior research fellow at the International Institute of Social History.
Publications: Willem van Schendel – Research output — Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW)
Fellow
British social history writing spans about seven centuries, from the medieval farmers' protests and enclosure movement to the 1984 miners' strike and the peace movement today.
Since it was begun in 1987, the Turkish Desk has developed into one of the most important research centers worldwide on the history of modern Turkey.
Traditionally, acquisitions related to the Netherlands have included socialism and the labor movement in the 19th and 20th centuries. Since the 1970s, the social movement has expanded to include environmental issues, human rights, squatters, and similar subjects. The legacy of these new social movements can be found at the IISH as well.
The Law of Historical Memory of Spain (Ley de la Memoria Histórica de España) (October 2007) has greatly enhanced research on the Spanish Civil War.
The IISH collections on Germany and German speaking countries in Central Europe cover the period beginning with the democratic revolutionary movements and early workers' organizations around 1840 to the protest movements in the FRG during the '60s and '70s, and the civic movement in the GDR during the '80s.
The French collection is among the larger national collections at the IISH. Materials date back to the emergence of the revolutionary ideology in the second half of the eighteenth century.
On the Waterfront is the semi-annual magazine of the IISH. This is issue 6
On the Waterfront is the semi-annual magazine of the IISH. This is issue 10
On the Waterfront is the semi-annual magazine of the IISH. This is issue 25
On the Waterfront is the semi-annual magazine of the IISH. This is issue 29
Op 29 June 2017 vond een vriendendag plaats bij het IISG. Onderwerp van de middag was het project 'Papieren van de Russische Revolutie'. Dit is het verslag van die bijeenkomst.
