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Dat een minister besluit om iets basaals als een fatsoenlijke behandeling van arbeiders tegen te gaan, is van een duizelingwekkende slechtheid. www.linda.nl/column/hassn...
'Dat we in een rijk land arbeidsmigranten op deze manier uitbuiten, is misdadig'
Hassnae Bouazza over arbeidsmigranten in Nederland: 'Wat in elk gesprek terugkwam, was de frustratie dat ze ‘geen nummer’ zijn, maar mensen.'
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November 12, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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🔔 Newsflash!

📅 As of today Research Data Journal for the Humanities and Social Sciences has transferred to @openjournalsnl.bsky.social, a platform specifically for diamond open access publishing.
Research Data Journal for the Humanities and Social Sciences
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November 11, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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After a considerable delay, issue 3 of 2024 is finally out! It offers three research articles, two review essays, and no less than 18 book reviews. Read online in Open Access at tinyurl.com/5ypc5zkt
March 20, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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Our new Special Issue 'Wage Systems and Inequalities in Global History, 1500-1950' is almost complete. It focuses on overlooked groups and “wage systems” and their role in deepening or mitigating inequality.

Read the published articles in FirstView: tinyurl.com/zccrsfe
April 8, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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Leer tijdens de studiemiddag van het KNAW Humanities Cluster (HuC) en de Vereniging voor Landbouwgeschiedenis meer over (de toekomst van) HisGIS, de digitale infrastructuur voor onderzoek naar het historische landschap en de gebouwde omgeving.

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November 4, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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Kom deze maand naar een van onze zes evenementen!

Meer informatie: iisg.amsterdam/nl/events
November 4, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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📖 Book presentation

In her book on transnational feminist solidarity activism, Ireen Dubel discusses specific case studies during the period 1975-2018. 

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November 5, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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We are very proud of our colleague Pepijn Brandon! Together with a team of international researchers, he has been awarded a large Synergy Grant by @erc.europa.eu for research into the role of the slave trade in the development of Europe. iisg.amsterdam/en/blog/pepi...
November 6, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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Just published!

Rent Strikes: A history of collective tenant actions across the world, the book I edited with @hannesrolf.bsky.social, is out now from @uclpress.bsky.social

It's OPEN ACCESS, part of the "Work Around the World" series by @iisg-amsterdam.bsky.social

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Rent Strikes
Since the nineteenth century, working-class families have predominantly relied on tenements for housing, with rents often consuming a large portion of their household budgets. There is a long and cont...
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November 9, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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De digitale infrastructuur HisGIS heeft als doel het digitaliseren van perceelregisters.
 
Tijdens de studiemiddag vertellen medewerkers van het Humanities Cluster over de voortgang en bespreken landbouwhistorici hun gebruik van HisGIS bij hun onderzoek.
 
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November 11, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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This is maybe the best news I’ve read today! A new journal on @openjournalsnl.bsky.social, and what’s particularly interesting is that this is a so-called data journal, in the humanities. #openscholarship

Diamond #openaccess 💎 funded by @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social & @iisg-amsterdam.bsky.social
🔔 Newsflash!

📅 As of today Research Data Journal for the Humanities and Social Sciences has transferred to @openjournalsnl.bsky.social, a platform specifically for diamond open access publishing.
Research Data Journal for the Humanities and Social Sciences
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November 11, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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Interested in what's going on at the world's most important library and archive of labour and social history, the
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February 28, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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@iisg-amsterdam.bsky.social maakt Indisch erfgoed digitaal toegankelijk
February 28, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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Fellowship position available!

Have you always wanted to do research on social and economic history of 18-20 century Iran? This is your chance! Thanks to the support of the Prince Dr Sabbar Farman-Farmaian family, the IISH is able to offer a fellowship. Check our website buff.ly/FRkS4FC
New opening fellowship program for research on Iran
With the generous support of Farman-Farmaian Family, the IISH launches a new fellowship programme named the Prince Dr Sabbar Farman-Farmaian Fellowships for scholars who wish to use its collections…
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March 3, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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Collega-'historiador' (klinkt toch wat heroïscher dan historicus) Ulbe Bosma was laatst in Spanje voor de promotie van de Spaanstalige editie van zijn boek. Voor de Spaanstaligen onder jullie, ;-)
March 4, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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Next week our colleague Gijs Kessler moderates a cultural charity event in support of underage Russians who have been jailed for opposing their country’s war in Ukraine. Prominent activists, artists and musicians take part in the event. Tickets: vitaduo.stager.co/web/tickets/...
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Get your tickets for "Foreign Agent Mulder"
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March 7, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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Afgelopen zaterdag waren er veel IISG'ers bij de #FeministMarch. Zo ook Rosa Kösters, die samen met Lisa Viktorsson werkt aan een project over vrouwennetwerken voor @fnv.bsky.social. Ze haalden het zelfs tot de top 10 meest opvallende borden op Grazia: grazia.nl/artikel/6374...
10x de meest opvallende borden tijdens de Feminist March 2025 | Grazia
Ruim 15 duizend mensen hebben zaterdag meegelopen in de Feminist March 2025, de tocht door Amsterdam in het teken van Internationale Vrouwendag.
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March 10, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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‼️IISG is closed on March 12th ‼️

Due to construction work in the neighbourhood, the power will be temporarily shut off, which means the IISH is closed on Wednesday, March 12th. The rest of the week, the IISG is open as usual

Image: Poster from the Security Institute (Veiligheidsinstituut)
March 10, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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Join tomorrow’s lecture in which Marina de Regtexplores the fight for equal citizenship in Yemen, focusing on the muwalladeen: Yemenis of mixed Yemeni-African descent. More info 👉
Muwalladeen Activists and the Struggle for Equal Citizenship in Yemen, 1970-2024
One group consisted of Yemenis of mixed Yemeni-African descent (so-called muwalladeen). In this lecture, Marina de Regt will discuss the ways in which muwalladeen have fought for equal citizenship in…
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March 10, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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📻Tip: zet de radio vandaag aan om 16:45 op #NPORadio1, want collega Rosa Kösters is dan bij @eenvandaag.nl te horen in de rubriek feit of fictie over de #estafettestaking van universiteiten. www.nporadio1.nl/uitzendingen...
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Beluister gemiste uitzendingen van EenVandaag op NPO Radio .
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March 10, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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This is a really fine collection of #CreativeHistories

English version of announcement:

'Open Archief. Artistic Reuse of Archives' available now

iisg.amsterdam/en/blog/book...

#History #Archives
December 18, 2024 at 7:48 PM
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Looking for an insightful & engaging book to kick off 2025? 'Toiling for Oil' by Touraj Atabaki was featured in Le Grand Continent's '10 books to read in December 2024.' Don’t miss the chance to meet the author in person at the book presentation on 21 January at IISG 👉 https://buff.ly/4iE7N2W
January 8, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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Met de boekhouding van de Roosewalle boerderij als case-study onderzoekt Sander Berghmans hoe boeren in de Vlaamse kuststreek omgingen met prijsschommelingen in de door oorlog geteisterde late 17e en vroege 18e eeuw. Lees zijn (Engelstalige) artikel in TSEG tseg.nl/article/view...
January 9, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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Ben je geïnteresseerd in de sociaal-economische geschiedenis van Nederland en Vlaanderen? Het nieuwste nummer van TSEG is net voor de kerstvakantie verschenen en kun je nu online lezen op tseg.nl! Liever de papieren versie? Abonneer je dan hier 👉 https://tseg.nl/ @leuvenup.bsky.social
January 9, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Today at 16:00: Palestine in Focus pt 7. Dr. Jamila Ghaddar discusses the Fighting Erasure initiative, archiving against genocide, and lessons learned. Leila Musson talks about the destruction and looting of Palestinian archives and libraries. Join us!

More info 👉 https://buff.ly/3BNOfZn
January 13, 2025 at 8:00 AM