August 2018
Dear members, Dear friends, I hope my message will find you well in the middle of this warm summer. I am taking the opportunity of this newsletter to bring you some fresh news from the front. A lot of exciting things have been happening at the EES since last time regarding the realisation of our vision. Following our wish to transform ourselves in a 21 st century research institute, it was important for us to value our two most important assets, our library and archive. Thus, last June, we appointed Stephanie Boonstra as our new Collections Manager. I am very thrilled to be working with her, as she has so many interesting ideas about how to emphasise our collections. I want to take this opportunity to publicly welcome her on board! I encourage you all to come meet her at our office if you haven’t still done so. I am sure most of you will already be aware that we succeeded in getting a new concession in Sudan. Last July, I travelled in Sudan and signed the