On May 15th, Utrecht University hosted the event Interfaces of Heritage and Memory: A Conversation with Sharon Macdonald and Ann Rigney, bringing together two of the most prominent figures in their respective fields to reflect on the convergences and tensions between memory studies and critical heritage studies. Moderated by Susanne Knittel and Birgit Meyer, the…

Call for presentations for an interdisciplinary research workshop Organized by Erik Meinema in the context of the NWO Veni-project ‘Art, Religion, or Heritage?’ In cooperation with the Memory and Heritage Network at Utrecht University Friday September 12, 2025 Venue to be announced Deadline for abstracts: 20 June, 2025 This workshop aims to critically analyse how…

Memory and Heritage Network excursion to the House of European History in Brussels. On 8 April, 2025, a group from the Utrecht Memory and Heritage Network was invited to visit the exhibition and got an exclusive tour with the curator of the new temporary exhibition Presence of the Past – A European Album. Presence of…

On 10 April 2025, more than 30 scholars, artists, curators and museum educators within the fields of cultural memory, museums and cultural heritage came together in Utrecht to address the representation of colonial and ecological violence in museums. The workshop titled “Representing Violent Pasts: Museums, Colonialism and Environmental Degradation” was co-organized by the Utrecht Memory…

Edited by Lorena de Vita and Constantin Goschler This edited volume offers a new interpretation of the historically momentous 1952 Wassenaar negotiations between representatives of the Federal Republic of Germany, Israel, and the Jewish Claims Conference to negotiate reparations, compensation, and restitution in the aftermath of the Holocaust. Wassenaar 1952 marked the first time that…