Conferences

From its very beginnings, the International Institute of Social History, in addition to collecting documents and keeping them safe, has also promoted research in the field of social history. The Middle-Eastern and Central Asian department of the Institute in its relatively brief existence has organized discussions and debates, proposed research on social history, as well as collecting documents on the social movements in the region. The events it has organized have been held in Amsterdam as well as in other countries. By holding meetings in other countries, the Institute aimed to familiarize other researchers with the views and opinions of its own researchers. Some of these meetings were:

1. The Comintern and the Orient. Baku, Republic of Azerbaijan, 1997
2. Ethnicity and the Formation of the Modern State. Anatolia, Turkey, 1997.
   The report of this conference was published under the following title: Identity Politics in Central Asian and the Muslim World, Willem van Schendel & Erik Jan Zürcher (eds), London & New York, I.B. Tauris, 2001
3. Authoritarian Modernization in Turkey and Iran. Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1999.
   The report of this conference will be published under the following title: Men or Order: Authoritarian Modernization in Turkey and Iran, Touraj Atabaki & Erik Jan Zürcher (eds), London & New York, I.B. Tauris, 2004
4. Twentieth Century History of Iran from Below. Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2001
5. Repression, Deportation and Forced Migration. Baku, Republic of Azerbaijan, 2001
6. Repression, Deportation and Forced Migration in the Caucasus 1920-1950. Tiblisi, Republic of Georgia, 2002.
   From 25 to 26 October 2002 the second international conference on 'Repression, Deportation and Forced Migration in the Caucasus 1920-1950' was convened. This conference was organized jointly by the International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam, and the Asian African Institute, Tiblisi. Experts from the Netherlands, Italy, Afghanistan, Iran, Azerbaijan and Georgia participated in this conference. The work of the conference was summarized by Professor Touraj Atabaki from the International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam
7. Repression, Deportation and Forced Migration in the Caucasus 1920-1950. Tehran, 25-26 May 2003
8. The Triumphs and Travails of Authoritarian Modernisation in Turkey and Iran. Twentieth-Century History from Below. International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam, 19 - 20 September 2003
9. Conference 'Historiography and Political Culture in Twentieth Century Iran'
   Organized by Iran Heritage Foundation, The Oriental Institute, St Anthony's College, University of Oxford - convenor Prof Touraj Atabaki (IISH). Wadham College, University of Oxford, September 17-18, 2004