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Amnesty International Ghent, in collaboration with Amsab-ISG and Ghent University, is organizing an exhibition of Lucie Kamuswekera at St. Nicholas' Church during the Ghent Festivities in 2025. You can purchase a piece by Lucie to support her and ensure her creations are featured prominently at the exhibition.
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Commissioned by the General Belgian Trade Union Confederation (ABVV), Amsab-ISG made a compilation film on the occasion of its 75th anniversary (1945-2020) .
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This summer, the unique collection of photographs from Variétés will be on display at Huis Marseille in Amsterdam.
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A fascinating article about Flemish feminists from the 1970s appeared on Vice. Amsab-ISG provided some photos for this article.
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On April 12, the Center for the History of Migrants (CGM) organized an annual study day, this time in Nijmegen.
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100 objects tell the unique story of Belgium, in a beautiful new publication to which Amsab-ISG also contributed.
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Visie , the weekly magazine of Beweging.net, published an article about the value of break time. It also refers to our podcast "A Brief History of Break Time."
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The exhibition about Variétés at Huis Marseille, featuring photographs from our collection, appeared in the Groene Amsterdammer and the Dutch newspapers NRC and Trouw.
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On Monday, May 13, the Belgian Association for Contemporary History (BVNG) is organizing its biennial study day, "Day of Contemporary History," in Brussels. This year's theme is the history of subaltern groups. Amsab-ISG is participating in this topic with a session on LGBTI+ in its collection.
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Amsab-ISG lent a telling photo from our collection for the documentary series We Women on Canvas.
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On September 7, 2023, a new exhibition about Antwerp during World War II . Amsab-ISG provided several reproductions from our collection.
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Ghent University is offering a new postgraduate program in Heritage and Society , designed to meet the numerous challenges facing the heritage sector in our super-diverse society. It is aimed at current and future professionals from the broader heritage sector. A sector day will be held at Amsab-ISG on Thursday, May 16th, where the program will be introduced.
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On June 14, Annabel Oosteweeghel was a guest at a webinar related to the exhibition " Variétés - Photography and the Avant-Garde ," currently on view at Huis Marseille. The photos from "Variétés" are from our collection. You can watch the interview online.
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Sara Debroey spoke on the radio program "De zomer van Klara" about the exhibition Variétés - Fotografie en avant-garde at the Huis van Marseille, featuring photographs from our collection.
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Volunteers give that extra boost to an organization's operations. During Volunteer Week, we're pleased to highlight the hardworking hands of two exceptional volunteers.
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Women's rights and equal pay for equal work were already hotly debated internationally in 1893, and a Belgian woman played a leading role in this.
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Martine Vermandere , public relations coordinator at Amsab-ISG, told the radio programme Pompidou on Klara more about her new book about the historically prominent woman Lalla Vandervelde.
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The exhibition "Histoire de ne pas rire. Surrealism in Belgium" runs until June 16, 2024, at Bozar. Amsab-ISG loaned numerous works for this exhibition.
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We regret to learn of the passing of Prof. José Gotovitch, who also meant a great deal to Amsab-ISG.
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MO* Magazine spoke with Congolese artist Lucie Kamuswekera, whose embroidery work is on display in our current exhibition.
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On April 30th, FARO's Oral History Learning Network will delve deeper into the role of volunteers in oral history projects. Amsab staff member Martine Vermandere will share her experiences in this area.
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From May 13th to May 24th, part of the Amsab-ISG collection will be moving! During this internal relocation, some of our collection will unfortunately be unavailable for consultation.
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The Laboratory for Studies in History of the Worlds of Labor has launched an impressive online dossier on the influence of E.P. Thompson. Amsab staff member Fady Labib contributed a piece on Thompson's impact on his research.
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On March 19, the Knowledge Center of the Flemish Architecture Institute (VAi) will present the report "Integrated Field Analysis of Cultural Heritage from Chair to City" at Amsab-ISG. Amsab staff member Martijn Vandenbroucke will explain the topic from our collection.
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We'd like to invite you to take advantage of our educational program during Heritage Week, April 15th to 26th . We'd be happy to come to your classroom and give a free, engaging lesson on voting rights and/or the archives of the Rooie Vlinder, a key player in the LGBTI+ movement in Belgium.
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The 19th-century feminist Emilie Claeys is once again in the spotlight. A hall in Ghent is being named after her. The hall will feature a small permanent exhibition curated by Amsab-ISG.
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Meet our newest addition to the eco-team: the worm bin! These worms help break down our organic waste by turning it into compost.
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Listen to a podcast about the Minerva car factory , explaining how the first collective bargaining agreement in Belgium came about. You'll hear Amsab employee Donald Weber tell you more in the first episode.
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In Belgium, many people leave for work with a lunchbox . This fact, based on our podcast "A Short History of Lunch Time ," was registered as intangible heritage on the website of the Intangible Heritage Workshop (WIE).
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Recent events in the Middle East, following the brutal Hamas attacks and the Israeli regime's bloody response, are gripping everyone. Amsab employee Fady Labib, while researching embroidery as a social art form, came across a poignant cry for help.
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The meemoo podcast "Tot in Detail " is now online. The episodes explore the world of glass slides, newspapers, masterpieces, and metadata . Kim Robensyn , collections coordinator, and Nina Moens and Ellena Franquet, collections staff, share their insights into the glass slides and newspapers in our collection and what they reveal.
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On Thursday 23 May 2024 the Institute of Jewish Studies organizes for the sixteenth time an interdisciplinary conference at the University of Antwerp concerning Jewish Studies on the Low Countries .
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From December 4th to December 15th, part of the Amsab-ISG collection will be moving! During this internal relocation, some of our collection will unfortunately be unavailable for consultation.
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The Amsab Institute for Social History is seeking a new full-time administrative employee for an indefinite period. He will take on various responsibilities and thus support the organization's general policy.
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This summer we completed SCALA , a two-year project in which Amsab-ISG, together with eight fellow heritage institutions, investigated the preservation of digital archives.
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