April 15th-17th 2026 Dialogics of Justice (NWO-VICI) – Final Conference About the conference The last decade has witnessed an increase in civil proceedings brought before Dutch district courts by people adversely affected by colonial violence, military missions, sexual abuse, and environmental harm. Does legal action against institutions such as the Dutch state, the military, the church, and […]
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Interview on commemorating in a plural way
April 2026 “Herdenken in meervoud” – Vmagazine, Vfonds
An interview with Nicole Immler by Vfonds, about commemorating in a plural way. Commemoration is constantly changing. The question is not whether, but how. What does that mean for the rituals we have built together? Who gets a place in them, and how does commemoration remain relevant for new generations? An interview with historian and professor Nicole Immler about the future of commemoration.
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Radio interview on the results of the Dialogics of Justice-project
16/4/2026 “Interview on the results of the Dialogics of Justice-project” – NOS Radio 1 journaal
NOS Radio 1 journaal interviewed Niké Wentholt on the results of our Dialogics of Justice-project. She was asked what we think the Netherlands can learn from our project and what it is that seems to be missing from so many repair trajectories.
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Interview on how redressing historical injustice requires a different mentality
15/4/2026 “Herstel historisch onrecht vraagt om andere mentaliteit” – NieuwWij
“Combating the social and economic inequality of the descendants of enslaved people requires a change in societal structures. What does decolonization entail, and what is the current status?” Nicole Immler, Professor of Historical Memory and Transformative Justice at the University for Humanistic Studies, shares her view ‘after the decimal point’ (na de komma). “Too much research on recognition focuses solely on the past. Whereas for victims, the idea of ‘what the future will look like’ is crucial.”
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Podcast Trage Vragen: Hoe kunnen we luisteren naar Groningen?
14/4/2026 ‘Hoe kunnen we luisteren naar Groningen?’ – Podcast Trage Vragen
In this episode of Trage Vragen, a podcast from the University for Humanistic Studies, Limor Reshef talks with Joop van Wijnen about the question: How can we listen to Groningen? Can spiritual care contribute to recognition and recovery in a failing system?
Read more4/2/2026 – Relationality seminar
Relational approaches have become increasingly prominent in the social sciences and humanities, resulting in the so-called ‘relational turn’ (Dépelteau 2013). Rather than focusing on isolated actors or events, such approaches seek to understand phenomena through their relations: between people, practices, institutions, histories, and systems of power. But what does it mean to work relationally in research? Dialogics […]
Read more23/1/2026 – Meeting RNW Oral History – The Multivoiced Archive: (How) Can We Make Oral History Archives Reparatory?
On Friday 23 January, the Oral History Network of the Huizinga Institute hosted an inspiring gathering at University Utrecht that brought together practices and reflections from Oral History, Transitional Justice, and Memory Studies around our project: The Multivoiced Archive. During the session we – Nicole Immler, Siri Driessen, Leah Niederhausen and Rosa Mul – presented our Multivoiced Archive project, […]
Read more10/12/2025 – Living Library: Voicing the human right for multivoicedness
Is there a human right for multivoicedness? From 12 November until 12 December 2025, Utrecht was dedicated to human rights. On Wednesday 10 December, International Human Rights Day, all initiatives came together in and around the Stadhuis of Utrecht. Living Library At a new edition of the Living Library by the University of Humanistic Studies, visitors met “living books” […]
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How to Repair Historical Injustice?
The Dialogics of Justice team is happy to announce and invite you to our final conference on April 15th-17th 2026. We have witnessed a rise in civil cases brought before Dutch district courts by people adversely affected by colonial violence, military missions, sexual abuse, and environmental harm. Can court cases truly challenge responsibility and bring about the recognition people long for? What does justice need to look like to become transformative for claimants and wider society?
Read more6/2/2026 – Guest Lecture ‘Emotions and Fieldwork’
Leah was invited to give a guest lecture in the MA Genocide Studies at the University of Amsterdam. In a source analysis workshop, Leah discussed emotions she encountered on a fieldwork trip to Namibia, and about the practical and emotional challenges working within academic structures poses when doing collaborative and decolonial work.
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