Dutch Colonial Past
New publication by IISH researcher Ulbe Bosma: Indiëgangers. Verhalen van Nederlanders die naar Indie vertrokken. (text in Dutch)

NWO Grant for IISH Project
NWO awarded a grant to IISH researcher Touraj Atabaki to launch a grand project on the history of labour in the Iranian Oil Industry.

HSN/IISH Participates in Alfalab
From 2010 onwards the HSN/IISH will participate in Alfalab. A so-called lifelab will be established by building a portal for several historical population counts.

Historical Sample of the Netherlands
Contents, summaries, and reviews of the fourth issue of the Tijdschrift voor Sociale en Economische Geschiedenis, a special on the Historical Sample of the Netherlands. (Text in Dutch, summaries in English)

Turkish Labour History
Contents and summaries of issue three of the International Review of Social History and the supplement Ottoman and Republican Turkish Labour History.

Meeting Friends of IISH
Twentieth meeting of Friends of the IISH on 7 January 2010. The theme will be the perception of nature.

IISH Is Using Twitter
Novelties and developments on the IISH can now be followed on Twitter. (Dutch text)

New Issue Sosyal Tarih
A new issue of Sosyal Tarih was published, with information on new collections and activities of the IISH Turkey Department. (text in Turkish)

Preliminary Programme ESSHC
The preliminary programme of the 8th European Social Science History Conference (ESSHC), in Ghent 13-16 April 2010, has now been published.

Iran: the bloody summer of 2009
The IISH has started an extensive project to document the presidential elections in Iran in June 2009. Contributions to this valuable collection are welcome.