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our Studio Stone , which features the work of the photography duo Cami and Sasha Stone until November 21, 2025. During the interwar period, they were among the most innovative voices in European photography and were often compared to major names like László Moholy-Nagy and Man Ray.
This autumn you can visit the exhibition on a few Saturdays and you can also request a free guided tour for your group .
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Starting August 26th, everyone can browse an unprecedented piece of Flemish press history online at hetarchief.be . The platform brings together more than 180,000 newspaper editions from approximately 900 titles . Many of these are free and easily searchable, including a special section from Amsab-ISG's own newspaper collection.
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Willy Seeuws, who passed away last July, was not only a loyal party member of the Ghent Socialists but also one of the founders of Amsab-ISG and for many years one of our most important donors.
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From July 19th to August 29th, you can visit the exhibition Lucie Kamuswekera – Embroidered Past, Imagined Future in Congo: A Call for Human Rights, . Discover the impressive embroidery work by artist Lucie Kamuswekera, who brings Congo's turbulent past and present to life on jute sacks. The exhibition is open daily from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM.
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Including a look at the tense relationship between Belgian socialist leader Emile Vandervelde and Italian fascist leader Benito Mussolini, and a deep dive into Studio Stone – a unique photo collection by two pioneers of modern photography from the interwar period, much of which is preserved at Amsab-ISG.
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Would you like to become our new research associate (full-time, 12 months with the possibility of extension, starting September 1, 2025)? Apply before July 15th.
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The book "Studio Stone ," published by Amsab-ISG and the Musée de la Photographie in Charleroi, has been nominated for the prestigious award for best historical publication at Les Rencontres de la Photographie 2025 in Arles. This shortlist recognizes photobooks that stand out for their content, vision, and design, and is considered one of the most important awards in the international photography world.
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Amsab-ISG now preserves two valuable collections on youth welfare in Flanders: the archives of Graffiti vzw and Uit De Marge vzw. Both organizations focus on youth work with vulnerable children and young people.
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On Wednesday, May 28th, the new database "Brigadistas from Belgium" presented at Amsab-ISG Ghent, containing biographical information on more than 2,000 Belgian volunteers in the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). The result of years of research by Rudi Van Doorslaer and François Van Pelt will be presented that afternoon during a workshop with lectures and a public debate.
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Great news: Vooruit Festival Hall has officially been added to the UNESCO World Heritage candidate list! A milestone for this Ghent heritage site and the power of solidarity. The final decision will be made in the summer of 2027.
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Two unique collections of sheet music from our collection have recently been made available. These scores, both handwritten and printed, originate from two historic Antwerp music societies: the Socialist Fanfare Band De Vredekring and the Socialist Harmony Band De Werker.
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On Wednesday, June 12, data salon will take place at the Fashion Museum (MoMu) in Antwerp . This informal gathering is for heritage professionals who want to share practical experiences, experiments, and concerns about this rapidly evolving technology.
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During Heritage Day on Sunday, April 27, Voem vzw and Amsab-ISG proudly Digidaar : a brand-new virtual archive and museum space that brings Voem's heritage to life.
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During the week of March 17, 2025, Sofie De Baere of Amsab-ISG represented the Feestlokaal Vooruit at a workshop in Australia, as part of the World Heritage dossier on Workers' Assembly Halls . With this dossier, we strive for recognition of the social impact of social housing as World Heritage.
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On Saturday, June 21, 2025, "The Hidden Stories of Refugees During the First World War" will take place at Amsab-ISG , an initiative of Histories and In Flanders Fields Museum. Register now!
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Back to Start? takes you playfully through a hundred years of leisure history. To mark Heritage Day —themed " Game on! "— we delved into our collection to find historical images and authentic games that demonstrate how leisure time—and the way we think about it—has changed over the years.
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Would you like to become our new receptionist (full-time, permanent, starting date: June 2, 2025)? Apply before April 30.
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Buy the new edition of Brood & Rozen - Journal for Social History now.
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Studio Stone , with 80 pieces from the Amsab-ISG collection, is on display at the Musée de la Photographie in Charleroi.
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The expo 𝗝𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝗻 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗱𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝘅𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 was festively closed on Friday 28 March 2025 with a final visitor moment and a spectacular drag performance by Krasna, Chéri.e and J BOY.
We look back on a fantastic exhibition – the best-attended one ever in our public space! Thanks to everyone who came and made this experience so special.
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The origin and spread of the word strike : from lowering sails to laying down work. xxxx
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On Thursday, February 27, 2025, Amsab-ISG cordially invites you to the lecture by Prof. Dr. Jonas Roelens (Ghent University) on his recently published book "The Unspeakable Sin: Sodomy in the Southern Netherlands (1400-1700) .
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On March 8th, we celebrate International Women's Day , a day dedicated to women's rights and the fight against gender discrimination. But did you know that this day has its roots in the early socialist movement?
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On Friday, March 14, 2025, Amsab-ISG invites you to a talk with Bram Van Oostveldt about his essay "On the Sensuality of Cruising ." Radio and television producer Lieven Vandenhautte will moderate the discussion.
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To mark the sixtieth anniversary of migration, Bindus vzw published the book "60 Years of Migration, 30 Years of Connection," written by Hümeyra Cetinel. This book was created in collaboration with Amsab-ISG, the Red Star Line Museum, and Ecru.
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Every year in February, Tournée Minérale encourages people to abstain from alcohol for a month. This may seem like a modern phenomenon, but the discussion about alcohol consumption and moderation is much older.
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On February 4, 2025, Amsab-ISG welcomed the 20 participants of the international Winter School Cultural Heritage & Wellbeing, which this year focused on the potential contribution of cultural heritage to the well-being of refugees.
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The Digidaar is in full swing. Over the next two years, we will be working on creating a virtual archive and museum space in the metaverse, with the aim of Voem vzw to a wider audience in an interactive and accessible way.
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The eighth volume of the Journal for the History of Environment and Society (JHES) has been published. Amsab-ISG has been the editorial director of this journal, which focuses on the intersection of environmental and social history, since 2016.
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About the night shelter , the Ghent Work of the Night Shelter, disease-specific patient associations , the archive of the Ghent Cyclists' Union , documents from the United States Escape Program from our collection and the exhibition Young and Queer since the Sixties .
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El Ghorba Talk about the first generation of Turkish women in the Netherlands and Belgium
During the El Ghorba festival (an Arabic concept related to words such as homesickness, alienation and melancholy) by Victoria Deluxe, Neslihan Doğan and photographer Çiğdem Yüksel will talk to each other.
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The research project "Metadata and Access to Digital Archives using Large Language Models," or MODAL for short, launched in the fall of 2024.
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On Thursday, February 27, 2025, the Centre for the History of Migrants (CGM) is organizing its annual study day in Leuven, this time with the theme Female labor migration in the Low Countries .
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On Friday, January 31, the Flemish Government placed Feestlokaal Vooruit on the Belgian indicative list of UNESCO, an important step towards the monument's recognition as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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