Collection stories: Asia

This blog keeps readers updated on new acquisitions and developments in the Asian collections at the IISH.

Collecting materials on Asia started in earnest in 1987, and in 2011 the South East Asia Region desk was created. The Desk collected materials from Burma, China, Indonesia/Dutch East Indies, Malaysia, Philippines, and Thailand.

There were also Desks for:

• Middle East & Central Asia  (Iran, Caucasus and Central Asia)
• South Asia  (India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal)
• Arab Middle East (Egypt, Sudan, Iraq, Palestine, Lebanon)

In 2017 the Desks were disbanded, but of course the IISH still collects Asian materials. The coordinator within the IISH for acquisitioning Asian Collections is Eef Vermeij