“The genocide has had a very deep impact, not just on the destruction of indigenous knowledge, but also on the sense of damage on the dignity of the people because there’s been a transfer of the trauma and the loss of livelihoods, a loss of land that took place.” Item description Optional: Multivoicedness within this […]
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“Wherever I was I had a nice time, I can’t say, but it’s not mine, I’m stepping on foreign land, I’m in a stranger’s house” Item description Optional: Multivoicedness within this voice? Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipiscing elit. Quisque faucibus ex sapien vitae pellentesque sem placerat. In id cursus mi pretium tellus duis […]
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Interview on apologizing for wrongdoing, how do you do that?
June 8, 2026 “Excuses aanbieden voor historische misstanden – hoe doe je dat?” – Jannie Schippers, Noordhollands Dagblad
An interview with Nicole Immler by Jannie Schipper at Noordhollands Dagblad, about apologizing for wrongdoing, how do you do that? On July 2, the Dutch state officially apologizes to mothers who, between 1956 and 1984, were forced to give up their babies and children who were relinquished at the time. Offering apologies for historical injustices is essential, but also tricky, according to Nicole Immler.
Read more15-17/4/2026 – Dialogics of Justice Final Conference
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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Intercountry Adoption and Historical Injustice: Reflections from the Conference ‘How to Repair Historical Injustice?’
Elvira Loibl attended the Dialogics of Justice Final conference ‘How to Repair Historical Injustice?’ and shares her reflections on Intercountry Adoption and Historical Injustice in this blogarticle, originally posted on the website of Facing the Past. Part of her reflection is how it became clear that intercountry adoption can be understood as part of a broader landscape of historical injustice. She further reflects on these parallels and considers what the field of intercountry adoption might learn from other struggles for justice.
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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 […]
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