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Tolerant migrant cities? The case of Holland 1600-1900
The Netherlands are the prime example of tolerance. Didn’t we welcome many migrants in the Golden Age without significant conflicts? However, we know little about the position of migrants before the courts and conflicts between migrants and natives between 1600-1900. This project will challenge the image of Dutch tolerance.

Prof. Manon van der Heijden (UL) & Prof. Leo Lucassen (IISH / OGC) learned last week that NWO is funding their project from the NWO Open Competition - SGW. We congratulate you both on this wonderful result!

Hoe kan de nieuwe wetenschappelijke kennis over het Nederlandse slavernijverleden en het Nederlandse publieke debat elkaar versterken? Dit dossier in policy-journal Beleid in Maatschappij bevat zes bijdragen die zijn geschreven door personen met ervaring in de publieke omgang met het slavernijverleden in de museumwereld, het onderwijs en de wetenschap. 

Op 26 juni presenteerden IISG, de Vrije Universiteit en de Universiteit Leiden de uitkomsten van een meerjarig wetenschappelijk onderzoek dat deze vraag beantwoordt. 

General Labour History of Africa
Workers, Employers and Governments, 20th-21st Centuries
Edited by Stefano Bellucci, Andreas Eckert

The first comprehensive and authoritative history of work and labour in Africa; a key text for all working on African Studies and Labour History worldwide.

• Oral History project
• Three interviews with Lodewijk de Waal

Lodewijk de Waal (Rotterdam 1950) was chairman of the trade union FNV from 1997 to 2005.

Journalist Leonard Ornstein (VPRO) and IISH researcher Dennie Oude Nijhuis spoke with him about his time as leader of the FNV. Of course about his vision of the movement in that period. But they also asked him about more recent developments. Once again, this yielded wonderful material is included in the IISH collection and made available to researchers and anyone interested via the website. Interviews are in Dutch.

De Volkskrant en het IISG gaan ook dit jaar weer op zoek naar excellente scripties over een historisch onderwerp. Ook studenten van andere studies dan geschiedenis, zijn van harte uitgenodigd mee te dingen naar de prijs. Het IISG stelt € 1.500 beschikbaar  voor de winnende scriptie.De Volkskrant plaatst een interview met de winnaar.

De prijsuitreiking is op woensdag 11 december 2019. 

Every year around this time, Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (CBS) publishes the number of strikes of the year before. 'In 2018, 28 times, in 2017 it was 32 times. There were about 67 thousand days of work lost less than a year earlier.' So we can read on the website of the institute.The number of strikes fell, while the number of strikers and suspended days was lower.

The IISH has an overview of the strikes that have taken place since 1372 Also for 2018, this unique historical series has been updated by IISH researcher Sjaak van der Velden. He promoted on the development of strikes in the Netherlands.

iPres 2019 is seeking submissions from software developers and vendors who would like to nominate software for the workflow-specific software category of the Great Digital Preservation Bake-Off, to be held as part of the iPRES 2019 conference at the Eye Filmmuseum in Amsterdam on 16 – 20 September. 

The Global History of Work: Critical Readings provides an extensive reference collection which is essential for all students and scholars needing to gain a critical understanding of work and the history of work.

By Marcel van der Linden. (ed.)

We are proud to announce that our research director, Leo Lucassen, has been elected to the The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW).

When ‘Adjusted’ People Rebel: Economic Liberalization and Social Revolts in Africa and the Middle East (1980s to the present day)”

Het IISG en de FNV hebben een grote sprong voorwaarts gemaakt met het toegankelijk maken van het FNV-erfgoed. Het gehele archief van de federatie is nu via de studiezaal te raadplegen.