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Two Million Visitors
On Friday, May 18, 2001, the Web server of the International Institute of Social History received its two-millionth visitor since the beginning of operations in Spring 1996.Though never a 'business... [News]
One Million Visitors
On Friday, March 24, 2000, the Web server of the International Institute of Social History received its one-millionth visitor since the beginning of operations in Spring 1996.Though never a 'business... [News]
Erik-Jan Zürcher Director
From 1st April 2008, Erik-Jan Zürcher (54) will be the new director of the International Institute of Social History (IISG) in Amsterdam. Zürcher will continue to be affiliated to Leiden University... [News]
Steef Davidson 1943-2010
The sad news reached us that Steef Davidson passed away on the 31st of May, 2010. Besides being a participant in many alternative movements, both political and cultural, Steef was a passionate... [News]
Shahriar Kabir Freed
Shahriar Kabir, the IISH representative in Bangladesh who was one of around 40 opposition activists arrested on December 8 following bomb blasts in the northern town of Mymensingh, was released from... [News]
Shahriar Kabir in prison
The detention of Shahriar Kabir, the IISH representative in Bangladesh, was declared "illegal" by the country's High Court, according to the Daily Star of January 13. "The court order, however, would... [News]
Patricia Grimsted Honoured
During the 2002 National Convention of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies in Pittsburgh, PA, Patricia Kennedy Grimsted, an honorary fellow of the IISH, received the AAASS... [News]
Megabytes of Marx
A new agreement has opened the door to the digitization of the oldest information sources on Marxism and anarchism.On 7 February 2008, Cor van den Bos (left), director of the insurance company Reaal... [News]
Web2.0 Platform for Cultural Heritage
IISH has been awarded a grant by the national digitization programme "Digitaliseren met beleid", funded by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, for its project proposal entitled "Content... [News]
Jan Lucassen Elected Academy Member
On May 18, Jan Lucassen was elected a member of the Netherlands Royal Academy of Arts and Sciences. Dr Lucassen is a senior research fellow of the IISH and was its Director of Research from 1993-2001... [News]

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