23/7/2026 “De week van David: wat komt er ná overheidsexcuses?” – NPO Radio 1, Rode Lijn
The Dutch government has offered apologies to the Moluccan community as well as to birth mothers and relinquished children. This also sets another process in motion, how should the restoration look like following an apology? In this interview by Natasja Gibbs, editor David Breebaart delved into that restoration process and discussed it with legal philosopher Wouter Veraart and Nicole Immler.
Read more“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 […]
Read more“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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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.
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Leah Niederhausen
May 12, 2026 | Editorial: cultural infrastructures in Africa
Leah Niederhausen
Dec 16, 2025 | Tweedewereldoorlog.nl
In this special issue on Cultural Infrastructures in Africa, Leah Niederhausen reflects on archival-museological shifts during the restitution process of the Witbooi Bible and their implication on institutional frontiers of restitution narratives at large.
Read moreApril 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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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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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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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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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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