Documenting Social History in Asia: The Work of the International Institute of Social History
Curator Asian Collection Eef Vermeij talks about his experiences collecting for the International Institute of Social History (Amsterdam) Archives and Collections, printed materials, and all possible ephemera from and on different social movements in mainly Southeast Asia and some South and East Asia. He also pays attention to the changing landscape of collecting, new technologies, and future challenges.
You can join online via Zoom or in person in the IIAS conference room from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon Amsterdam Time (CEST).
Registration is required due to limited seating and to receive the Zoom link.
The Speaker
Eef Vermeij is a typical Jack-of-all-trades and master of none. He came to Amsterdam to study Dutch, but after a year and a half, he opted for a 10-year career as a volunteer at the International bookshop Het Fort van Sjakoo. He was also a squatter, antimilitarist, independent publisher, worked in radio and was co-organiser of the festival 'Europe Against the Current'. In this period he also pursued an education as a graphic designer (not completed). In 1993 he ended up at the IISH at the department for contemporary German social movements ('ID-Archiv im IISG'). It was there that he obtained his first diploma as a documentation specialist.
His abiding interest in Asia has been one of the constants in his life, and in 1998 he was asked to become part-time coordinator of the Asia Department, which after a few years became a fulltime occupation. From late 2002 on he has been the IISH' regional representative for South- and Southeast Asia, from 2011 only for Southeast Asia and from 2017 for the whole of Asia. In addition to working on several unfinished projects and studies, he has a special interest in Vietnam/Cambodia, bookbinding, art/graphic design, independent culture and a variety of other things.
>> International Institute of Social History (Amsterdam)
Registration (required)
You can join online via Zoom or in person in the IIAS conference room. Registration is required due to limited seating and to receive the Zoom link.