Johanna Naber Award ceremony

On April 20th the Johanna Naber Award ceremony will be held at Aletta. The award is a prize given for a Dutch or Flemish thesis in the area of women’s and/or gender history. The winner of the final five contestants will win €500,-. Read on

Kitchen Table Seminar Halleh Ghorashi

Every month academics in the field of women's- and gender studies present their work at Aletta’s Kitchen Table Seminars. In an intimate and informal setting they will share their knowledge, personal motivation and dilemma's with us ... Read on

English film screening of Allemaal Lesbisch (All Lesbian)

Allemaal Lesbisch is a documentary that shows the unknown world of young, ambitious lesbians in the Netherlands. They long for a life in which acceptance of homosexuality is self-evident ... Read on

Academic opening Rosi Braidotti

On the 17th of November at 19.00, Aletta, Institute for Women's History holds an event around the work of Prof. Dr. Rosi Braidotti (Utrecht University) as an academic celebration of Aletta's new premises ... Read on

Grand Opening and Open House

On Friday, 28 October, Amsterdam’s Mayor Van der Laan will officially open the new building in a ceremony attended by honoured guests and the media. Are you also curious about Aletta’s new facilities? From 19:00 to 21:00, all those who are interested are invited to come to the Open House. Read on

Farewell reception

After 18 years at the Gerardus Majella Church on the Obiplien, Aletta is moving. It seems the perfect opportunity to come together and bid farewell to this historic location. Come enjoy a drink with us while listening to the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra perform. Read on

Aletta moves to centre Amsterdam

In September, Aletta will be moving to the centre of Amsterdam. Due to this move, the library and archive will be closed for the month of September, and the collection will not be accessible ... Read on

Kitchen table seminar Philomena Essed

Every month, academics in the field of women- and gender studies present their work in Aletta’s kitchen table seminars. On Wednesday the 29th of June Aletta welcomes Philomena Essed, with her presentation 'An unusual academic career'. You are invited to join Philomena Essed's seminar. Read on

Kitchen table seminar Karin Jironet

Every month, academics in the field of women- and gender studies present their work in Aletta’s kitchen table seminars. On Wednesday the 27th of April Aletta welcomes Karin Jironet. She will talk about 'Female leadership is new leadership for unprecedented times' ... Read on

Kitchen table seminar Renée Römkens

Every month, academics in the field of women- and gender studies present their work in Aletta’s kitchen table seminars. On Wednesday the 23rd of February Aletta welcomes Professor Renée Römkens. You are very welcome to join Renée Römkens’ seminar. Read on

Aletta closed from December 24 until until January 3, 2011

Aletta will be closed from Friday December 24th after 15.00 hrs until Monday January 3rd 2011. Read on

Anniversary Conference Oral history

On the 3rd of December Aletta celebrates its 75th anniversary with an in-house conference on Oral history. Oral history is a method to collect firsthand accounts of historical events. The conference is held at Aletta and is in Dutch. Read on

Kitchen table seminar Wendy Harcourt

In the next months academics in the field of women- and gender studies will be presenting their work in Aletta’s kitchen table seminars. On the 28th of September Wendy Harcourt will speak about her book ‘Body Politics in Development’, for which she received the 2010 FWSA Book Prize ... Read on

IFRWH Conference in Amsterdam 25-27 August

From 25 to 27 August 2010, the International Federation for Research in Women's History (IFRWH) holds an international conference in Aletta, in conjunction with the 21st International Congress of Historical Sciences (22-28 August 2010). Read on

Congres European Society of Contraception and Reproductive Health

From 19 to 22 May, the 11th Congres of the European Society of Contraception and Reproductive Health (ESC) is held for the first time in the Netherlands. Our director prof.dr ... Read on

Seminar 'Masculinity Complex in Women' with Gloria Wekker

Tuesday April 20 2010, from 10 AM to 1 PM, the Untrecht University presents the seminar ‘Re-reading 'the masculinity Complex in Women', a Dutch case Study’, with Prof. Henrietta Moore (London School of Economics, United Kingdom) and Prof. Gloria Wekker (Utrecht University). Read on

2ND International meeting of Roma women

The meeting, held on the 11th and 12th of January 2010, is organized by the Council of Europe, the Greek Ministry of Interior, Decentralization and E-Government, the Greek Inter-Municipal Rom Network (ROM Network) and the International Roma Women’s Network (IRWN) ... Read on

ATGENDER Conference and General Assembly

On the 19th of February 2010 a ATGENDER conference ‘Beyond European Gender Studies – Transversal Connections’ is held in Brussels. Tilly Vriend, project manager at Aletta, will present a paper on the Fragen project. Read on

Meeting Kartini Asia Network

On 17 and 18 December our director Saskia Wieringa will attend the steering committee meeting of the Kartini Asia Network. The main topic on the agenda will be the evaluation of the successful conference in Bali in November 2008. Read on

40 years action group Dolle Mina

In December 2009 it is 40 years ago the Dutch feminist action group ‘Dolle Mina’ was founded. Aletta will celebrate this anniversary in January 2010. Read on

Fragen training at Aletta

Aletta is busy with the preparations for the Fragen training on November 19, 20 and 21 in Amsterdam . All Fragen partners are invited to attend this training. 33 women from 26 European countries, plus Turkey and Croatia, will participate in the training ... Read on

Conference at Humboldt-Universität, Berlin

From the 29th of Octobre to the 1st of November, Aletta is represented at the Conference on Women Libraries at the Genderbibliothek of the Humboldt University in Berlin. Read on