IISG | International Institute of Social History 

 Skip to main content

 This website uses cookies

 To offer you the best service, this website uses functional cookies and cookies for gathering statistics and displaying videos. By clicking "accept" you give your consent.

 Accept the cookies this website uses 

 Customize cookie settings of cookies to accept 

 More information about cookies on this website 

 Close cookie message 

 Close your cookie settings 

 Your cookie settings

 Select the cookies you want to accept.

 Cookie options 

 Functional: 
 Always active 

 Cookies that ensure that the website functions properly.

 Analytics: 
 Always active 

 Cookies that are used to gather anonymous data about website traffic to improve the website.

 Video: 

 Cookies that video providers like Youtube or Vimeo use to provide targeted suggestions and advertisements.

 Podcast: 

 Cookies that podcast providers like Soundcloud use to provide targeted suggestions and advertisements.

 Confirm my selection of cookies to allow 

 IISH homepage 

 Menu 

 News & Activities 

 Submenu News & Activities 

 News 

 Events 

 ESSHC 

 Thesis prize 

 Workshops 

 Stories 

 Collections 

 Submenu Collections 

 Visit & Use 

 Search & Browse 

 Ordering Scans 

 FAQ 

 Collection Development 

 Preservation & Management 

 Data 

 Submenu Data 

 Datasets 

 HSNDB 

 Linked Open Data 

 About our data 

 Research 

 Submenu Research 

 Agenda 

 Research clusters 

 Commodities, Labour and Environment 

 Individual and collective action 

 Social and Economic Inequality 

 Researchers 

 Output 

 Publications 

 Submenu Publications 

 Recent books 

 IISH Journals & Online Series 

 IISH Book Series 

 About IISH 

 Submenu About IISH 

 Mission & Vision 

 Organisation 

 Foundation 

 Staff 

 Jobs 

 History 

 Friends 

 Annual Reports 

 KNAW Humanities Cluster 

 International Institute of Social History

 Visit the reading room / Bezoek de studiezaal 

 Search the catalogue 

 Search the website 

 EN 
 NL 

 International Institute of Social History

 Collections

 The IISH manages a rich collection in the field of socio-economic history that is made available online and in the reading room as much as possible. The archives, publications and audiovisual collections cover more than 50 kilometres and offer (historical) information on organisations and persons in the field of labour and social and emancipatory movements.

 Collections

 Research

 Read about our research programme here; our four research clusters Global Labour Relations, Commodities, Environment and Labour, Social and Economic Inequality and Individual and Collective Action. This is also where you can find an overview of our researchers, their projects and their publications.

 Research

 Data

 View our thousands of datasets on demography, wages, life courses, inequality, prices, and labour relations here. The IISH is one of the world's leading data centres on socio-economic history.

 Data

 News & Activities

 View the latest IISH news items and events here, as well as information about our workshops, the European Social Science History Conference (ESSHC) and the Thesis Prize. A series of collection stories can also be found here.

 News & Activities

 Contact 

 Contact

 + 31 20 6685866 

 ask@iisg.nl (enquiries on collections)

 info@iisg.nl (information on IISH)

 communicatie@iisg.nl (press, events)

 Opening hours 

 Opening hours

 The IISH building is open
Monday - Friday: 08:00 to 18:00
 The Reading Room is open
Monday - Thursday: 09:00 to 17:00
 FAQ | Privacy | Cookies | License |  Requesting Information (Woo) |   Colophon | Accessibility 

 Address 

 Address

 Cruquiusweg 31

1019 AT  Amsterdam

The Netherlands

 P.O. Box 2169

1000 CD Amsterdam

 Follow us

 Facebook

 LinkedIn

 Bluesky 

 Instagram 

 Newsletter 

 An Institute of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences