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NWO grant digital infrastructure GLOBALISE creates new research opportunities VOC archives

21 May 2021 12:04

Together with the VU Amsterdam, the National Archives, the International Institute for Social History and the Humanities Cluster of the Royal Netherlands Academy, the Huygens Institute for History of the Netherlands is building a state-of-the-art scientific infrastructure over the period 2021-2026, enabling a better understanding of colonial history, the Dutch East India Company and the early-modern histories of countries and cultures of the Indian Ocean and Indonesian Archipelago Worlds.

Fre Cohen, 1 mei 1929, Rode Valken

1 mei: Dag van de Arbeid

30 April 2021 17:25

In veel landen is 1 mei een feestdag en een erkende vrije dag. Waarom en sinds wanneer wordt deze dag gevierd? En waarom werken we in Nederland op deze dag wel?

Opening ceremony

Opening ceremony ESSHC

26 March 2021 15:07

For the first time in the history of the ESSHC, the conference had an opening ceremony, with two cultural performances.

Staakt!

80 years February Strike

25 February 2021 10:12

On 25 February it will be 80 years since the February Strike took place in Amsterdam.

Black Archives

Steunbetuiging The Black Archives

7 December 2020 15:41

On Thursday 3 December the mural 'The wall of Surinamese and black heroes' of the building 'Ons Suriname' in Amsterdam was covered with white paint and racist texts were applied.