Anarchism in Russia, colonists in Ukraine
New acquisitions in 2011: anarchism collection of Aleksandr Ermakov, Van den Muyzenberg Kiessler collection on colonists in Ukraine, papers of Jean Malaquais, typescript of Leopold Grünwald.

Asylum policy and intra-Asiatic trade
New issue of the Tijdschrift voor Sociale en Economische Geschiedenis (TSEG), containing articles on the Dutch asylum policy, the intra-Asiatic trade, and the industrial productivity in Argentina.

Social History of Turkmenistan
A two-day conference at the IISH, Amsterdam 28-29 October: Towards a Social History of Turkmenistan, 1860-1960: Research Trends in Ethnography and History.

Ethnic Tensions and Violence
Public event organized by IISH and NIOD on 27 October: Destruction, Reconstruction, Restitution. Legacies of Mass Political Violence in the Ottoman Empire.

Selling Sex in the City
Call for papers for the conference Selling Sex in the City: Prostitution in World Cities, 1600 to the Present.

Occupy Amsterdam
Selection of photos, recently acquired, of Occupy Amsterdam, 15 October 2011.

Migrants in the Picture
IISH presents together with Press Museum and CGM an event in Spui 27, Amsterdam on 27 October: Lectures by Hans Aarsman and others, on the image of migrants in present and past.

Migration in Africa and the Middle East
Call for papers for the 4th Global Migration History Conference in Rabat 2012: Migrations and societies in Africa and the Middle East: a long term perspective.

Nazi Cultural Plunder
Presentation and expert meeting on the historical research of cultural plunder during the Second World War, organized by IISH, Jewish Historical Museum, and NIOD on 19 October.

Times of Terror
A series of bloody assaults by anarchists spread great terror in fin-de-siècle Europe. A survey of unique contemporary materials in the collections of the IISH.