Amsab-ISG
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9000 Ghent
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To accommodate our ever-growing collection, Amsab-ISG is drastically expanding its storage capacity. This week, the Amsab team moved part of the collection.
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To mark the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Amnesty International , in collaboration with Amsab-ISG, is organizing a walk through Ghent on December 6th . During the walk, various speakers will discuss monuments and special places or symbols of human rights and their importance.
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We recently organized two focus groups . On Friday, September 29th, we met with one of our key stakeholders, our archive creators . On October 25th, we sat down with several young people who, as former volunteers or interns at Amsab-ISG, provided input on our outreach activities.
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The Flemish government has decided on the budgets that will be allocated to the cultural sector over the next five years. This will free up more subsidies for the cultural sector.
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The collection of the Multatulikring Gent was processed. It contains not only archival documents but also beautiful posters and other visual material.
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Paule Verbruggen, director of Amsab-ISG, contributed to a new publication about the historical roots of the Ghent People's Clinic .
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Martine Vermandere's 2010 publication about holiday colonies on the Belgian coast is being revived as a digital book.
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Amsab-ISG and Samenleving & Politiek bring historians and other thinkers together to reflect on today's political and social current affairs six-part series of discussions
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The annual conference of the International Association of Labour History Institutions (IALHI) took place in Latin America this year. Amsab-ISG was also present.
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Today, September 11th, marks the 50th anniversary coup in Chile in 1973. We are showing some images from our collection related to the solidarity movement with Chile.
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On Saturday, October 7, 2023, the Institute for Philosophical and Social Science Education (Ifese), in collaboration with Amsab-ISG, is organizing a study afternoon on human rights in our public space .
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the Ghent Culture Market will take place on Saturday, September 16th, from 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM at the Kouter. Amsab-ISG will be there too! Answer the contest question for a chance to win a book voucher and a lunch box.
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In 2019, the Cesar Vanbiervliet Esperanto Fund presented us with a collection of magazines in Esperanto : an artificial, international language developed in 1887. From these, we selected magazines published by various international socialist and communist Esperanto organizations.
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Lunchboxes speak volumes. What we eat for lunch says a lot about who we are and where we come from. A mix of wonderful testimonials and clever scientists.
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Amsab-ISG maintains a large photo collection, including photos of the green movement. More than 800 of these photos from the political party Agalev have now been digitized and made accessible at the individual item level.
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Amsab-ISG is launching a new website for the international research network International Association Strikes and Social Conflicts (IASSC).
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Amsab-ISG offers seven full-text publications available online for free. They weigh next to nothing in your suitcase!
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The seventh volume of the Journal for the History of Environment and Society (JHES) has been published.
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Amnesty International and Amsab-ISG offered a free exhibition on Syrian embroidery during the Ghent Festivities.
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Ministers in Belgium archive their electronic communications on USB sticks. Apache spoke about this with several archivists, including Martijn Vandenbroucke , collections management coordinator at Amsab-ISG.
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On March 22, 2023, we launched the Oral History Learning Network . More than one hundred people attended the kick-off event, organized by Amsab-ISG and FARO, in collaboration with the Red Star Line Museum, CAG, and the Industrial Museum.
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Flanders Marine Institute recently began collaborating. On May 31st, we went on a joint survey at the Natuurpunt Museum in Turnhout.
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Since last year, Natuurpunt and Amsab-ISG have been collaborating on a project focusing on Natuurpunt's pioneers and predecessors . Natuurpunt volunteers will also conduct interviews with local pioneers. They received a digital oral history course from Amsab-ISG for this purpose.
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On Wednesday, June 21, Patsy Sörensen and Payoke the Liberal Humanism Award for their lifelong commitment to the rights of vulnerable and oppressed people, particularly those of prostitutes and victims of human trafficking. Amsab-ISG maintains this archive.
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The digital city map Ghent Mapped compiles 20 historical maps and connects them to 4,000 locations and 10,000 heritage sites. Amsab-ISG is collaborating on this project.
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Amsab-ISG has been archiving social media for several years and is also a partner in the project " Best practices for archiving social media in Flanders and Brussels ," carried out by colleagues from KADOC and meemoo. We are now asking for your input for this project!
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On International Archives Day, June 9, Archiefpunt its new database and website.
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Amsab-ISG is looking for a full-time public relations officer for one year, starting in September 2023, with the possibility of an extension. Interested? You can apply until June 26, 2023.
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A beautiful book brings to life the story of a local socialist sports club celebrating its 100th anniversary.
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An international workshop on the role of migrants in migration history took place in our exhibition hall, organized in collaboration with the Center for the History of Migrants.
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The Van Acker Foundation invites you to the festive presentation of the 2023 Van Acker Prize. This year, it goes to Mieke Dobbels , who in her work consistently strives to give a voice to people who have fallen into the shadows of society.
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The Humanities Academy (Ghent University) is organizing the lecture series " Borderless Greek: Wanderings of Greek People, Language, and Culture ," a series in collaboration with the Greece Center, in which they explore the footprints of Greeks outside Greece.
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As part of Heritage Week , Helena Dierick gave a lesson in various schools on how social media are changing our world, using the abortion movement as a case study.
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Call for papers for the sixth edition of the Day of Belgian Migration History by June 15, 2023.
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Amsab-ISG and the Suzanne De Pues Foundation have signed a partnership agreement to further develop the collection of the Suzan Daniel Fund , the LGBTQ+ and trans* archive and documentation center . Lex Van Cauwenberge is a new collaborator.
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'Skyline', the exhibition at STAM about the skylines of Ghent and the Low Countries, has been extended until September 10, 2023. Amsab-ISG provided a reproduction of a poster from our collection.
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