New Acquisitions
An overview of recent acquisitions: papers from W. Kendall, H. Elfriede Rosenstrauch, letters from the Netherlands East Indies, a rich documentation on Roma and Mr. Wibaut's umbrella and cane.

IISH Research Paper
A Complicated Solidarity. The Swedish Labour Movement and Solidarność by Klaus Misgeld, IISH Research Paper no. 45, is now available online.

New Issue TSEG
Contents, summaries, and reviews of the second issue of the Tijdschrift voor Sociale en Economische Geschiedenis (TSEG). (Text in Dutch, summaries in English)

de Volkskrant-IISG Scriptieprijs
Reminder: you can send your Dutch MA thesis on history before August 1st 2010, in order to compete for the first de Volkskrant-IISG Scriptieprijs. (Dutch text)

An Extraordinary Bookcase
An extraordinary bookcase from the IISH collections is on display at an exhibition on the Dutch avant garde architect Robert van 't Hoff.

Repository of Russian Historical Statistics
The IISH and its partners have received a subsidy from the Dynasty Foundation (Moscow) to create an on-line electronic repository of Russian historical statistics (18th-21st century).

Grant for CLIO-Infra Project
NWO will subsidize the CLIO-Infra project, in which the IISH participates. CLIO-Infra will create a set of interconnected databases on worldwide social-economic indicators.

Masterclass Global Labour History
On the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the IISH, the Institute will organize a Masterclass on Global Labour History. PhD students from different countries can apply before 13 July.

Kees Mandemakers wins DANS Data Award
Kees Mandemakers, IISH researcher and initiator of the Historical Sample of the Netherlands (HSN), received the DANS Data Award 2010.

The Napoleonic Continental System
Call for papers for the conference The Napoleonic Continental System: Local, European, and Global Experiences and Consequences.

Anarchiv Collection
The inventory of the Anarchiv Collection is online available.