Media

Interview during the annual Srebrenica genocide commemoration

July 11, 2026 – “Annual Srebrenica genocide commemoration” – NOS.

Niké Wentholt was invited as a guest for the NOS broadcast on the annual Srebenica genocide commemoration. Together with Adnan Delić, chair of the commemoration committee, she spoke on the need for a permanent monument for the genocide, preferably in the building of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. The interview was part of an hour-long reporting containing images from Den Haag and Srebrenica, and was broadcast on national television.

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Podcast: on how the Netherlands (increasingly often) offers apologies

June 22, 2026 – “Hoe Nederland (steeds vaker) excuses aanbiedt” – Podcast De Dag.

On June 21, 2026, prime minister Rob Jetten offered apologies to the Moluc community in the Netherlands during the 75-year commemoration of their first arrival in the Netherlands, accompanied by the unveiling of a monument. Niké was invited to share more overarching reflections on political apologies in the Netherlands in de NOS podcast De Dag. She discussed three examples of apologies in the Netherlands, highlighting the potential of apologies as well as their pitfalls.

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Organised events

15-17/4/2026 – 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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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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Podcast: Responsibility for the Future with Niké Wentholt

1/8/2025 “Responsibility for the Future” – University of Sarajevo

As part of her contribution to the 30 Years Srebrenica genocide-conference in Sarajevo in July 2025, Niké was invited to participate in the podcast UNSAJDER made for that important anniversary. In the podcast episode, she reflects together with presenter Tina Kalinić on questions of Dutch responsibility and epistemic justice in scholarly research on genocide.

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Publications

Exploring the ICTY as Cultural Heritage

Siri Driessen & Niké Wentholt

July 18, 2025 | The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Cultural Heritage and Conflict

This entry by Niké Wentholt and Siri Driessen explores how the ICTY in The Hague, as a site of cultural heritage with layered narratives, can be transformed into a place of multidirectional memory.

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Attended events

1-3/7/2025 – Conference: Srebrenica 30 Years After the Genocide: Memory, Responsibility, and the Challenges of Denial

30 years after the genocide in Srebrenica This year marks 30 years since the genocide in Srebrenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Niké Wentholt was invited to speak at the international conference Srebrenica 30 Years After the Genocide: Memory, Responsibility, and the Challenges of Denial. Leading researchers in genocide studies, including Dirk Moses, Hikmet Karčić, Edina Bećirević, Henry […]

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