Aletta announces the Year of Women and Work
Work is a topic that affects everyone’s lives especially in economically difficult times. In 2012, Aletta will be focusing on the topic ‘Women and Work’ and will be presenting material on the subjects from her collections. The theme year will be explored in depth by means of web specials, social media, expositions, written blogs and recorded video blogs by subject matter experts and Aletta’s staff.
Spotlight on five topics
Work is an important and recurring theme in Aletta’s collections on the history and emancipation of women. During the course of the year, five subject areas will be given special attention:Women and leadership (January – February)
...Director Saskia Wieringa receives Journal of Contemporary Asia Prize
The co-editors of the Journal of Contemporary Asia announced that Saskia Wieringa´s paper, “Sexual Slander and the 1965/66 Mass Killings in Indonesia: Political and Methodological Considerations,” (vol. 41, no. 4) has been selected as the winner of the Journal of Contemporary Asia Prize for the best paper published in 2011.
This article deals with the consequences of the silence by politicians and academics alike on the campaign of sexual slander that sparked the genicide in Indonesie in 1965/6, in which probably one million people were murdered. The criteria for selection include consideration of the scope and...Archival news/ news from the archival department
Because of the preparations for moving to our new premises last September, we have been a bit reluctant towards new acquisitions. All summer we spend most of our time packing the not yet processed archival material in acid free archival boxes. However, we did receive some interesting new material.
The archive of the first women’s bookstore in The Netherlands arrived in June. It was founded in 1975 in Utrecht, Oudegracht 261, as the Heksenkelder. Nowadays the bookstore is known as Savannah Bay. A women’s café was attached, named the Heksenketel. The archive consists of records r...The Plus membership of the Aletta library
For remote access to the three new digital collections the Gerritsen Collection, the Women's Studies International, and Women and Social Movements, you need a so-called plus-membership of the library. Please send an email for information.
info@aletta.nuWhile you need the plus-membership for remote access, the collections are freely accessible from the library of Aletta in Amsterdam.
The digital collections are:a bibliographic database:
