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APE is the largest online portal of archival heritage related to Europe - dive deep into 10000s of archival descriptions and connect with archivists and researchers all over the world through our search engine - www.archivesportaleurope.net
#witchcraft today with sentences for witchcracft against women in Cáceres (Spain) infamous for the persecution against Jewish converting to Christianity following the expulsion decree by Isabella I - from the Archivo de la Real Chancillería de Valladolid www.archivesportaleurope.net/explore/high...
The year 2026 marks 75 years since the arrival of the first major group of Moluccans (Molukkers) in the Netherlands - you can find the documentation on their history in APE - www.archivesportaleurope.net/blog/75-year... pic from Internationaal Instituut voor Sociale Geschiedenis
Our friends at EOGAN - the network of energy archives are organising the 2026 conference in Athens, 15-16 June, at the historical archives of the Public Power Corporation, on the theme of histories of electric and renewable energy and sustainability www.archivesportaleurope.net/blog/cpf-eog...
#witchcraft today with the Bishop of Cebu's suggestion to urgently open an Inquisition tribunal in the Philippino island, in 1926 @Archivo General de Indas Portal de Archivos Españoles: PARES www.archivesportaleurope.net/explore/high...
#artsinthearchives for the 100th anniversary of the 1st recording of Muskat Ramble, one of the greatest pieces by legendary Louis Armstrong - here playing traditional Swiss songs with children in Zurich, from newsreel at the Schweizerisches Bundesarchiv www.archivesportaleurope.net/explore/high...
The registration for the annual IIIF conference is now open - all info, grants, and preliminary programme here www.archivesportaleurope.net/blog/registr...
Our #witchcraft exhibition is back with the papers from the notorious Basque witch trials of the 17th c, the last attempt to eliminate witches from the area - 7000 cases were examined by the Inquisition throughout the years, in a relatively small area www.archivesportaleurope.net/explore/high...
Ramadan Kareem from Walburgiskerk (the Netherlands), 1979,from Gelders Archief ! By the way this year the Ramadan, Mardi Gras, and the Lunar New Year all coincide!
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Today #TheftsintheArchives with the story of the theft of the doctor's chicken (and ducks) from the Strada Reale in Senglea, Malta- text and pics courtesy of The National Archives of Malta www.archivesportaleurope.net/explore/high...
Join us online on the 4mar for a #searchathon on Health #inequality in history ! We teamed up with @thegreatleap22116.bsky.social to search documents in APE related to health in medical history - the best archival digger wins a £40 voucher www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/health-ine...
Our friends at the Comité Histoire Énergie have launched a CFP for the section "Resources" of the JEH/RHE, on the presentation of new archival collections & methodologies www.archivesportaleurope.net/blog/cfp-‘energy-sources-new-collections-and-heritage’/ pic Landesarchiv Saarbrücken
Only two weeks left to apply to our #APEgrants, all with 28 Feb deadlines:grants for history research and creative work based on archival material + support for archival institutions' digitisation projects www.archivesportaleurope.net/tools/ape-gr... (pic from the Danish Sea Chart Archive)
The portal for submissions for our 2026 Conference (Glasgow 5-7 Aug) closes this Friday. Our theme "Authenticity" has never been more relevant. Find all the details and how to submit here openingdoors-ara2026.eventsair.site/call-for-pap...
Our online exhibition #Theftinarchives today with the great New Year's Eve robbery of the Pesti Magyar Kereskedelmi Bank, 1934 - a tragic and bloody even as narrated by the chronicles and documents held at the Magyar Nemzeti Levéltár www.archivesportaleurope.net/explore/high...
We are happy to promote this interesting CFP: 5th Florence Heri-tech, deadline 18 feb - The 5th international conference Florence Heri-tech www.archivesportaleurope.net/blog/florenc...
The 2026 Winter Olympics open today, and here is the Grenoble stadium, built in 1968 for the 10th edition of the winter games, and the first Olympics to be broadcast in colour! www.archivesportaleurope.net/advanced-sea... #MilanoCortina2026 #WinterOlympics2026 #TorchRelay2026
Thanks @europeana.bsky.social for passing the news!
We are very happy to announce that several new content providers from France are available in APE through FranceArchive : the archives of the Institut national de la propriété intellectuelle (INPI), the Centre Historique Minier, & 20+ municipal archives! www.archivesportaleurope.net/blog/new-con...
Eurbica and ICDH Korea promote European Joint Nominations to the UNESCO Memory of the World International Register through a workshop in Spain, 20-22 april - boursaries available, all info here www.archivesportaleurope.net/blog/call-fo...
We are happy to advertise several post-doc and history positions in history of technology at @mpifg.bsky.social and @uab.cat deadline 28 Feb : www.archivesportaleurope.net/blog/phd-and...
#ArtsinAPE with a very long list of anniversaries: 100years from the release ofthe ground-breaking film "Mélinmontant"; Clark Gable turns 125; Mary Shelley died 175 years ago pics Camara de Sintra Bundesarchiv www.archivesportaleurope.net/.../arts-in.... www.archivesportaleurope.net/explore/high...
we are happy to share the 2026 Haris Xanthoudakis prize launched by the @athensconservatoire Ωδείον Αθηνών(Athens Conservatoire) to promote research in music history on part of young researchers - deadline 28 Feb, all info here
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#ArtsinAPE today with the 125th anniversary of the death of Verdi, and wishing Happy 290th birthday to Mozart www.archivesportaleurope.net/explore/high...
We are back with our #ArchivalWitchcraft with the last witch trial in Hungary, thankd to the Magyar Nemzeti Levéltár/National Archives of Hungary www.archivesportaleurope.net/explore/high...
The University of Turin is hosting the conference “History and Geopolitics of Nuclear Deindustrialization” on 11-12 June 2026 in Turin, Italy - deadline for abstract is 28 Feb, all info and inspiration for research here (pic Schweizerisches Bundesarchiv www.archivesportaleurope.net/blog/cfp-his...
If you are in Greece on 24jan-28feb, don't miss the exhibition "From Messolonghi to Aegina", hosted at the historic Kapodistrian Orphanage of Aegina, which sheds a light on the inhabitants of Messolonghi who survived their heroic Exodus of 10apr1826 www.archivesportaleurope.net/blog/exhibit...
A reminder that the 53rd International Congress of the History of Technology will take place in Alexandroupolis (Greece) on the 8-11 October 2026. You can find the CFP here www.archivesportaleurope.net/blog/cfp-ico... International Committee for the History of Technology @icohtec2026.bsky.social
Happy 25th anniversary to @wikipedia.org established 15jan2001; as its history and influence grows, we can already count almost 3000 entries in our portal about Wikipedia, or that quote it @wikimediafoundation.org #wikipediaday #Wikipedia25 www.archivesportaleurope.net/advanced-sea...
We are thrilled to announce that the ONASSIS FOUNDATION has become a content provider with the archives of CP Cavafy, the most important Greek poet of the 20th Century - now all in Archives Portal Europe, you can read the full description here www.archivesportaleurope.net/blog/new-con...
We are back with a brand new, all year round exhibition on #ArtsinAPE, where we celebrate arts and artists in our archives - we start with two giants of the 20thCent: David Bowie (died 10 years ago on the 10Jan) & Agatha Christie (died 50 years ago today) www.archivesportaleurope.net/explore/high...