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Multatuli als Emancipator
Multatulitentoonstelling in IISGDe tentoonstelling toont een selectie van brieven, boeken, brochures, tijdschriften, politieke prenten en ander beeldmateriaal uit de collecties van het IISG en... [Event]
Multatuli als emancipator
Symposium, boekpresentatie en de finissage van een kleine tentoonstelling met Multatuliana uit de collecties van het Persmuseum en het IISG.Het programma van het symposium:Dennis Bos: Welkom en... [Event]
A Socialist in the Dutch East Indies
The first socialist ever to set foot ashore the Dutch East Indies was Henri Hubertus van Kol (1852-1925). In 1876 Van Kol, who had been an early member of the First International, started his career... [Image gallery]
Mohammad Hatta, Muslim and western intellectual
"I do not admire the practices of Western democracies, but I do hope that the spirit of democracy will win in the end." Mohammad Hatta, leader of the Indonesian nationalists and first vice president... [Image gallery]
Photo collection Wim Dussel
The photo collection of journalist / photographer Wim Dussel (1920-2004) is since 2004 part of the collections of the IISH. Dussel crossed the world as a travelling photojournalist. Wim Dussel began... [Image gallery]
May Day and Textile Workers in Angola 1975
Photos by Frits EisenloeffelPhotographer Frits Eisenloeffel visited Angola in 1975 and 1976 to witness the transfer of power from the Portuguese to the Angolan liberation movement and the... [Image gallery]
Transfer of Power in Guinea-Bissau 1974
Photos by Frits EisenloeffelPhotographer Frits Eisenloeffel travelled through Guinea-Bissau in August 1974 to document the transfer of power from the Portuguese to the PAIGC (Partido Africano da... [Image gallery]
Reforestation and Land Reform in Cabo Verde 1981
Photos by Frits EisenloeffelPhotographer Frits Eisenloeffel travelled to Guinea and Cabo Verde in August-September 1981 to report on the developments since independence in 1974.  On the Isle of São... [Image gallery]
Building of the Cahora Bassa Dam in Mozambique 1975
Photos by Frits EisenloeffelPhotographer Frits Eisenloeffel travelled to Mozambique in 1975 to capture in images the transfer of power from the Portuguese to Frelimo. Three weeks before independence... [Image gallery]
Government official and adventurer on New Guinea
Victor Jean de Bruijn alias Jungle Pimpernel. In the summer of 2012 the IISH received a supplement to the papers of the Papua-leader Viktor Kaisiëpo (1948-2010). Surprisingly, this supplement also... [Collection highlight]

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