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We received the sad news that our former colleague Piet Lourens passed away on December 10. His close colleague and former research director Jan Lucassen wrote an In Memoriam.
On 3 December, the King, patron of the KNAW, visited the IISH. After a tour of the archives, which covered the history of the IISH, the King talked to researchers and collection specialists in the reading room about the various projects of the IISH.
Since 2020, the IISH has been involved in the joint project program “Open Archief,” together with Sound & Vision and New Institute. Within this program, several exhibitions and workshops have already taken place, to increase knowledge about creative reuse of archives among both artists and heritage institutions.
The IISH and the FNV have jointly received a grant through the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment from the European Social Fund for their project Women Forward with Network V. Rosa Kösters will be the principal investigator of this project.
King Willem-Alexander will bring a visit to the IISH on Tuesday, December 3rd. The visit starts with a tour of the archive, where our director will show him how scholarship and society are closely interwoven at the IISH.
Op 16 oktober overleed Wilhelmus Hubertus (Wim) van der Linden, van 1971 tot 1987 hoofd van de Iconografische Afdeling van het IISG.
With great sadness we inform you that Stefan Landsberger has passed away, completely unexpectedly, on 26 September 2024.
Uit archieven en onderzoek blijkt dat de firma Insinger & Co. een actieve rol speelde het Nederlandse slavernijverleden en koloniale dwangarbeid, onder meer door de handel in koloniale goederen en investeringen en beheer van plantages.
A coalition of Amsterdam based Archives, Museums and Historical institutes* with the generous support of the Insinger Foundation has taken the initiative for a five-year programme that offers three two-month long fellowships per year for curators, archivists and historians in the field of slavery history.
The exhibition Meet Rosa Luxemburg, on display at the IISH, has been extended due to great success! The works of twelve artists from the PhArt collective can be viewed in the public areas of the IISH until 30 August. The artists collective collaborate on exhibitions that center the life and work of an important thinker or philosopher.
With sadness we have learned of the passing of Wout Tuinenburg. He was a director of the Metaalbond NVV and financial director of the Industriebond FNV.
In het blad E-data & Research staan diverse artikelen over data en onderzoek in de alfa- en gammawetenschappen. Binnenkort valt het juninummer op de deurmat, deze editie is ook online beschikbaar via edata.nl.
