Established in 1935, the IISH is an archival and research institute on labour and social movements. iisg.amsterdamhttps://bsky.app/profile/iisg-amsterdam.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/iisg-amsterdam.bsky.social/post/3mlsan2f3vk22In de bundel J’accuse spreken veertig schrijvers zich uit tegen de genocide op de Palestijnen, om zo de Nederlandse regering aan te sporen tot actie. Vier van hen - Karin Amatmoekrim, Asmae Ammaddaou, Yousra Benfquih en Sheila Sitalsing - lezen hun bijdrage voor. 🔗 https://iisg.amsterdam/nl/events/palestine-focus-jaccuse-40-schrijvers-voor-palestina14 May 2026 07:00 +0000at://did:plc:jp673timuyasad3vbbdwpzof/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlsan2f3vk22https://bsky.app/profile/iisg-amsterdam.bsky.social/post/3mlpq64pwbj2tCall for Global Slavery History Fellowships Together with a coalition of Amsterdam based archives, museums and historical institutes we offer a three-month long fellowship for curators, archivists and historians in the field of slavery history. Apply before June 1st: https://iisg.amsterdam/en/blog/call-global-slavery-history-fellowships-gshf-amsterdam-213 May 2026 07:00 +0000at://did:plc:jp673timuyasad3vbbdwpzof/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlpq64pwbj2thttps://bsky.app/profile/iisg-amsterdam.bsky.social/post/3mln7p6tkam2oHet Verdrag van Faro roept op om cultureel erfgoed in dienst te stellen van de samenleving. Op dit symposium is er dan ook veel aandacht voor de erkenning van gemeenschaps- en particuliere archieven, de verhouding tot overheidsarchieven en de rol van de archivaris. 🔗 https://iisg.amsterdam/nl/events/symposium-archieven-het-licht-van-faro12 May 2026 07:00 +0000at://did:plc:jp673timuyasad3vbbdwpzof/app.bsky.feed.post/3mln7p6tkam2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/iisg-amsterdam.bsky.social/post/3mlkvl7zths2iTomorrow we're hosting two interesting events! Come listen to a talk on enslaved and freed people in Lisbon, or join us for the book launch and the opening of the exhibition on rent strikes. iisg.amsterdam/en/events11 May 2026 08:53 +0000at://did:plc:jp673timuyasad3vbbdwpzof/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlkvl7zths2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/iisg-amsterdam.bsky.social/post/3mlbh4z3nyk2sHave a look at the events that the IISG has in store for you in May! Visit our website for more information: iisg.amsterdam/en/events07 May 2026 14:41 +0000at://did:plc:jp673timuyasad3vbbdwpzof/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlbh4z3nyk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/iisg-amsterdam.bsky.social/post/3mlbh4z3nyk2sHave a look at the events that the IISG has in store for you in May! Visit our website for more information: iisg.amsterdam/en/events07 May 2026 14:41 +0000at://did:plc:jp673timuyasad3vbbdwpzof/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlbh4z3nyk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/iisg-amsterdam.bsky.social/post/3mkrkmbn53v2uInternational Workers' Day ✊ 140 years ago today, workers demonstrated against the terrible working conditions they were subjected to at Haymarket Square in Chicago. The day resulted in dozens of casualties, among both protesters and police.01 May 2026 07:00 +0000at://did:plc:jp673timuyasad3vbbdwpzof/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkrkmbn53v2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/iisg-amsterdam.bsky.social/post/3mkp47wpoqc2tWhen did capitalism start? And is there an end to it? Can it be reshaped into a more ecologically sound and humane system, a ‘green capitalism’? These questions will be the focus of this conference on global capitalism, organised by the Posthumus Institute. Register now! 🔗 posthumusconference.org30 Apr 2026 07:38 +0000at://did:plc:jp673timuyasad3vbbdwpzof/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkp47wpoqc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/iisg-amsterdam.bsky.social/post/3mkmmbqz6x22gFirst Venezuela, then Iran - will Cuba be next? Electrical collapse, regular blackouts, food scarcity, medicine shortagest: the crisis has worsened dramatically. What is the reality of Cuba today? How is the Cuban government reacting to the current situation? More info https://iisg.amsterdam/en/events/hoy-cuba-usa-today29 Apr 2026 07:47 +0000at://did:plc:jp673timuyasad3vbbdwpzof/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkmmbqz6x22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/iisg-amsterdam.bsky.social/post/3mjjgtadcz22oIn this lecture Mohammed Abdulrahm discusses the political situation in Sudan. Lydia de Leeuw provides insight into the role of companies in relation to Israel’s crimes against the Palestinians. 🔗 https://iisg.amsterdam/nl/events/palestine-focus-funding-genocide-palestine-sudan15 Apr 2026 08:06 +0000at://did:plc:jp673timuyasad3vbbdwpzof/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjjgtadcz22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/iisg-amsterdam.bsky.social/post/3mjjex3yvak2oDuring this workshop, the AHM/ASCA research initiative Critical Audiovisual Heritage connects questions of activist heritage and memory to digitisation initiatives at the IISH, to show how this reshapes access, reuse and collaboration. 🔗 https://iisg.amsterdam/en/events/workshop-critical-audiovisual-heritage15 Apr 2026 07:33 +0000at://did:plc:jp673timuyasad3vbbdwpzof/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjjex3yvak2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/iisg-amsterdam.bsky.social/post/3mj52ttjmy22nIn São Tomé and Príncipe the Portuguese fears of a uprising had been around for decades. This presentation by João Moreira da Silva traces how the free African islanders mobilised a particular set of strategies - petitions, legal claims, and everyday forms of resistance - to pursue equality.10 Apr 2026 10:00 +0000at://did:plc:jp673timuyasad3vbbdwpzof/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj52ttjmy22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/iisg-amsterdam.bsky.social/post/3mj4tnttjc22vNow that news about Sudan has once again disappeared from the front pages, we want to dedicate the 13th Palestine in Focus to one of the world's worst humanitarian crises and the complicity in cases of genocide through active financial, political, or military support. https://iisg.amsterdam/en/events/palestine-focus-funding-genocide-palestine-sudan10 Apr 2026 07:51 +0000at://did:plc:jp673timuyasad3vbbdwpzof/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj4tnttjc22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/iisg-amsterdam.bsky.social/post/3mixpw6mc2m2lTomorrow Almudena Rubio will give her book presentation at the IISH. She will discuss the life and work of photographers Margaret Michaelis and Kati Horna, who are responsible for some of the most powerful and striking images from the Spanish Civil War (1936-39). 🔗 https://iisg.amsterdam/en/events/book-presentation-almudena-spanish-civil-war08 Apr 2026 07:01 +0000at://did:plc:jp673timuyasad3vbbdwpzof/app.bsky.feed.post/3mixpw6mc2m2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/iisg-amsterdam.bsky.social/post/3miv7gsyvps2gArchiefparel 💎 Een beeld zegt meer dan duizend woorden. Dat is het idee achter de Isotype (International System of Typographic Picture Education).07 Apr 2026 07:01 +0000at://did:plc:jp673timuyasad3vbbdwpzof/app.bsky.feed.post/3miv7gsyvps2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/iisg-amsterdam.bsky.social/post/3milf3gytbc2wThis special issue of @tseglowcountries.bsky.social is dedicated to Marlou Schrover and Leo Lucassen (@leol.bsky.social), who will both retire in 2026. The journal can be ordered from @leuvenup.bsky.social or read via open access at tseg.nl03 Apr 2026 09:15 +0000at://did:plc:jp673timuyasad3vbbdwpzof/app.bsky.feed.post/3milf3gytbc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/iisg-amsterdam.bsky.social/post/3mijb2rqmp22tOn 9 April Almudena Rubio will present her book about photographers Margaret Michaelis and Kati Horna. These women are responsible for some of the most powerful images from the Spanish Civil War. 🔗 https://iisg.amsterdam/en/events/book-presentation-almudena-spanish-civil-war02 Apr 2026 12:58 +0000at://did:plc:jp673timuyasad3vbbdwpzof/app.bsky.feed.post/3mijb2rqmp22thttps://bsky.app/profile/iisg-amsterdam.bsky.social/post/3mijagrwk4l2iHere’s what the IISG has in store for you in April! Have a look at our website for more information: iisg.amsterdam/en/events02 Apr 2026 12:47 +0000at://did:plc:jp673timuyasad3vbbdwpzof/app.bsky.feed.post/3mijagrwk4l2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/iisg-amsterdam.bsky.social/post/3mibr5ivim227Rosa Kösters vertelt in NRC dat het werk in distributiecentra al sinds 1960s voor een groot deel door arbeidsmigranten werd uitgevoerd. Een geschiedenis die veel parallellen met het heden toont als het gaat om woonruimte, het fysiek zware werk en onregelmatige diensten. https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/03/29/inzet-van-arbeidsmigranten-is-een-structureel-onderdeel-van-het-bedrijfsmodel-van-albert-heijn-a492387630 Mar 2026 13:24 +0000at://did:plc:jp673timuyasad3vbbdwpzof/app.bsky.feed.post/3mibr5ivim227https://bsky.app/profile/iisg-amsterdam.bsky.social/post/3mibqsama3c27¡Mañana! We will show the newly digitized film No Passport for Spain (1969), about workers who went on strike in Francoist Spain. Afterwards, there will be a Q&A with researchers and artists working on the legacy of Spanish migration and anti-Francoist solidarity during the 1960s and 1970s.30 Mar 2026 13:18 +0000at://did:plc:jp673timuyasad3vbbdwpzof/app.bsky.feed.post/3mibqsama3c27