About the collection

Amsab-ISG is the memory of the social movements in Flanders and Belgium, from the mid-19th century to the present day.

Our collection focuses on important themes such as labor, the environment, migration, gender, human rights, and global justice. It includes archives from trade unions, political parties, health insurance funds, NGOs, cultural organizations, and engaged artists. Our heritage comprises archival files, library collections, audiovisual materials, art, and intangible heritage—increasingly in digital form.

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About the Belgian backroom politics prior to the NATO Double Decision , the political speeches of August Vermeylen and the 100-year history of the De Mick sanatorium .

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Contribution

Bas Spliet, 'To lie so blatantly': the Belgian socialists and the NATO Double Decision, 1977-1979

Noted

Hans Vandevoorde, August Vermeylen at the Golden Spurs celebration of 1939

Donald Weber, Sana De Mick 100. From tuberculosis to multiple sclerosis, a story of care and well-being

Books

Maarten Savels, Joseph HENRICH, The Weirdes People in the World. How the West Became Psychologically Peculiar and Particularly Prosperous

Johan Wambacq, Johan SONNENSCHEIN & Kornee VAN DER HAVEN, Barricade Poetry. Lyrical Activism Since 1848

Nico Van Campenhout, L'Idée. Imagine the Future

Nico Van Campenhout, Stefan ZWEIG, The Land Between Languages. Reports from Belgium

Willie Verhoysen, Sven TUYTENS, Greetings from Spain

In the spotlight

Exhibition. Lucie Kamuswekera, 'Embroidered Past, Imagined Future in Congo'

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