ΑΡΧΕΙΑ ΣΥΓΧΡΟΝΗΣ Contemporary ΚΟΙΝΩΝΙΚΗΣ ΙΣΤΟΡΙΑΣ Social History Archives (ASKI) Democratic Trade Union Contemporary Movement, peace march, 1960s Social History Archives

The Contemporary Social History The Institution is administered by a Archives (ASKI) is the leading Greek board of directors, which is elected archival institution for the history of annually by the general assembly of political and social movements, with ASKI members. a particular emphasis on the history of the . Founded in 1992 as ASKI’s reading room (1 Eleftherias a non-profit organization and located Square, ) is open and in the center of Athens, ASKI holds accessible to the public three days a the most comprehensive collection week. In the last decade, more than of archives relating to Greek social 6,000 researchers have visited the history and related public history reading room. projects and activities (publications, workshops and conferences, radio ASKI is a member of the programs, historical walking tours) International Council on Archives that enrich historical awareness (ICA) and the International and the collective memory of social, Association of Labor History political and ethnic groups. Institutions (IALHI). Celebration of May 1, 1950s

Strike of construction ΑΡΧΕΙΑ workers, 1960s ΣΥΓΧΡΟΝΗΣ ΚΟΙΝΩΝΙΚΗΣ ΙΣΤΟΡΙΑΣ

The Greek Delegation to the peace march from Aldermaston to London, 4/1963 3 The core archival collections inmates, and correspondence Archival (numbering more than 5 million with relatives. documents) are organized along Military dictatorship Collections the following series: in (1967–1974) Records of the Parties of the Greek Left Anti-dictatorship movements in Greece and worldwide: Greek Communist Party (KKE): underground organizations, 1943–1968 solidarity committees and groups Greek Communist Party–Interior in Western and the USA. (KKE Esoterikou): 1968–1986 Cyprus: labor movement, invasion United Democratic Left (EDA): of the Turkish army (1974), 1952–1967 relations of the Greek Communist The preservation of printed Greek Left (EAR): 1986–1989 Party with the Progressive Party of material, oral testimonies, Records from various groups of Working People (AKEL). visual and archival collections is the Radical Left: 1974–2014 Civil rights, social a pivotal activity of ASKI. These World War II, Greek Civil movements, grassroots collections elucidate the historical War and Post-War Activities organizations trajectory of the Greek Left, the of the Greek Left (1950–2014) labor movement and progressive politics from the 19th century Axis Occupation and National Working-class movements and to the present day. The archival Resistance in Greece (1941–1944): trade unions in Greece and abroad collections are kept at the ASKI Resistance groups, collaboration, Youth and student movement, repository, which is located in social and economic issues protest culture and social dissent the center of Athens (1 Eleftherias Greek Civil War (1946–1949): Feminist, ecological and anti- Square), and are accessible to Military activities, political nuclear movements and groups researchers, readers and the developments, international Personal archives of Greek general public. relations. politicians, intellectuals and Political refugees in Eastern trade-unionists European countries (1949–1978): living conditions and political Greek Civil War Battle of Athens, activities, relations with (1946-1949): December 1944 respective host countries. fighters of the Political repression and political Democratic Army of ΑΡΧΕΙΑ Greece (DSE) ΣΥΓΧΡΟΝΗΣ prisoners in Greece (1936–1974): ΚΟΙΝΩΝΙΚΗΣ international anti-communist ΙΣΤΟΡΙΑΣ networks, prisoners’ living Greek Civil War Battle of Athens, conditions, relations with (1946-1949): women December 1944 fighters of the Democratic Army of Greece (DSE) Image Collections Oral History Collections Liberation from the German Occupation, ASKI’s collections of photographs and The oral history and audio collections Athens October 1944 posters illustrate vividly the most include party meetings of the leading significant moments of the 20th bodies of the parties of the Greek WWII: Partisans of General Stefanos Sarafis century in Greece and the history of Left, oral testimonies of activists and the Greek Liberation and Army (ELAS), entering the city of radical and left social and political political figures, oral testimonies Western Greece , December 1944 movements. of the inhabitants of the village of Ziakas regarding their experiences The graphic collections archive in the 1940s and of Cypriot citizens (10,000 photographs and 2,000 regarding the Cypriot crisis of 1974. posters) spans from the interwar Library period to the present day, with a significant concentration of material The library specializes in the history relating to the Axis Occupation, the of 20th century social and political National Resistance movement, movements, with a particular focus the Greek Civil War and the post- on the Greek and international dictatorship period. socialist and communist movement. More specifically, it includes more than 20,000 books, newspapers and journals, underground and radical publications, pamphlets, brochures (1910–2014), leaflets and ephemera (1936–2014).

ΑΡΧΕΙΑ ΣΥΓΧΡΟΝΗΣ ΚΟΙΝΩΝΙΚΗΣ ΙΣΤΟΡΙΑΣ

Liberation from the German Occupation, October 1944 ASKI’s currently coordinates ◗ the following initiatives and A weekly radio program on themes of Activities and activities: Greek social history, which is broadcast on the nationwide radio station Sto Kokkino 105.5. Outreach ◗ The ongoing project of providing ◗ digital access to its collections, which Historical walking tours in Athens and offers researchers and the general public neighborhoods for the general a panorama of Greek social and political public, in cooperation with grassroots history. More than 200,000 pages have movements, local community groups been digitised and are accessible on its and municipal authorities. website (www.askiweb.eu) including ◗ archival material, books, newspapers, Conferences, workshop meetings and journals, photographs and posters. book launches. Along with the National Since its foundation in 1992, ASKI Hellenic Research Foundation and the ◗ has initiated activities that promote The journal Archeiotaxio, which Panteion University in Athens, it hosts historical awareness and serve the reflects its research activities and an annual MA seminar for graduate documentation of the history of the scholarly interests. Published annually, students under the general title ASKI Greek Left. These activities have it has a significant impact on the Greek- Workshops. It also participates in transformed ASKI into a main point speaking academic world. academic research programs and of academic reference and have projects for the digitalization of its ◗ contributed to the creation of an open A publication program, which includes archival collections and it hosts an space for scholarly and public dialogue. a series of memoirs from activists and internship program for students from During the recent period of economic figures of the Greek Left; catalogues leading Greek universities. crisis, ASKI has launched an ambitious and editions relating to its archival project that links themes of social collections; co-sponsored editions with history with the questions of public academic institutions on issues relating memory and the practices of the digital to social history. humanities. In this context, ASKI wishes to participate in interdisciplinary and transnational projects that will highlight the international networks of social and political movements and address contemporary challenges in the Spanish Civil War public sphere. (1936-1939): Greek volunteers in the International Brigades

The journal Archeiotaxio and editions ΑΡΧΕΙΑ ΣΥΓΧΡΟΝΗΣ ΚΟΙΝΩΝΙΚΗΣ ΙΣΤΟΡΙΑΣ Feel free to contact us at:

ASKI’s archival collections underscore the international 1 Eleftherias Square, history of the social and political ΑΡΧΕΙΑ 105 53 Athens, Greece, ΣΥΓΧΡΟΝΗΣ movements of the 19th and ΚΟΙΝΩΝΙΚΗΣ tel/fax: +30 210 3223062, 20th centuries, the pivotal ΙΣΤΟΡΙΑΣ position of Greek developments www.askiweb.eu, in the European setting and email: [email protected], the transnational networks of [email protected] working-class solidarity and social activism. In the coming years, ASKI aims to emphasize these transnational aspects, while promoting public history programs which will address the complex relation of historical memory in time of crisis and uncertainty.

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