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Migration History Collection Guide
The history of migrants and their organizations and the history of labor migration have recently become a major research theme at the IISH. Collections at the Institute, including those from long ago... [Collection guide]
Dutch Expats in the Ukraine
In the beginning of the 20th century, Dutch expats worked and lived in Stoupky (now Artemovsk), Ukraine, near the Peter the Great salt mine.Leendert Willem van den Muyzenberg became director of this... [Collection highlight]
Nomadic Peoples in Europe
A rich documentation on the Roma, caravan dwellers, and other nomadic groups in Europe is included in the collection given by Mrs. Josephine Verspaget (born in 1946) in 2010. As a member of... [Collection highlight]
Slovenian and Yugoslav miners in the Netherlands
The IISH has been hosting the Historical Image Archive on Migrants on its website for several years. Sometimes this project yield archival material well, such as on the Slovenian and Yugoslav miners... [Collection highlight]
Afscheid van Suriname in 's Lands Hospitaal
Afscheidsfoto gemaakt in 's Lands Hospitaal (Paramaribo) in februari 1957 van de eerste door het psychiatrisch ziekenhuis Maasoord in Poortugaal geworven groep leerling-verpleegsters. Van links naar... [Collection item]
Exile and Global Labour History
From 23 until 25 March, thirty prominent researchers from all over the world will meet at the IISH to discuss the theme Exile Studies in Global Labour History and Global Migration History. Both... [News]
Migrant Workers from Lippe
In the 18th and 19 centuries, thousands of Lippian brick makers came from Germany to the Netherlands to find temporary work. Each spring, they left hearth and home to search for work in neighboring... [News]
Illegal but Licit
Transnational Flows and Permissive Polities in Asia.Willem van Schendel (Asia Department, IISH & University of Amsterdam) has received a four-year grant for an international research programme on... [News]
Migration History
Migration history is both a prominent part of Global Labour History as well as crucial element of Global Economic History. The study of Global Labour History would be unthinkable without the unfree... [General page]
Tentoonstellingen HBM
Virtuele tentoonstellingen uit de collecties van het Historisch Beeldarchief Migranten.Chinatown Den HaagSelectie foto's uit de publicatie Een draak met vele gezichten, over de geschiedenis van de... [General page]

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