NIOD Rewind Podcast

In the NIOD Rewind podcast on war & violence, Anne van Mourik interviews scholars about the history of mass violence, genocide and war. A new episode appears every few weeks. What are the main issues and new insights in the field of war and violence studies? How does the history of violence relate to the current debate, events, and phenomena? The NIOD Rewind podcast looks into innovative research, interesting methods, and new publications. All episodes are available to listen via our Soundcloud account or in your favourite podcast platform

New: episode 46

In the first episode of Season 7, Anne van Mourik talks with Susie Protschky (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) to explore the question of perpetrator trauma in the aftermath of the Dutch–Indonesian War. They look at how members of Indies diaspora and former combatants in the Netherlands live with (post-)war trauma, including those implicated in violence and oppressive regimes.

What does perpetrator trauma mean? How does trauma show up in everyday life and in political discourse? How is it sometimes used to shape narratives of victimhood that aim to mitigate questions of responsibility?

As the conversation unfolds, Susie and Anne end up circling a familiar knot: why focus on perpetrator trauma at all? Are we in danger of losing sight of historical violence and suffering by shifting attention to memory politics and postwar narratives? Or is this precisely where the political work of history continues to unfold?

Anne van Mourik and Susie Protschky

Not sure what to listen next? Take a look at some of our favorites:

Episode 4: Negotiating Displacement (13-02-2020)
Episode 14: The Problems of Genocide (21-04-2021)
Episode 19: Political Apologies across Cultures (21-02-2022)
Episode 25: What is ‘Violence’? Debates and Directions (29-08-2022)
Episode 26: Bones of Contention: the Vietnam-American War (8-9-2022)
Episode 30: Revolutionary Worlds: Local Perspectives and Dynamics during the Indonesian Independence War, 1945-49 (6-2-2023)
Episode 35: Between lines and lives: using ego-documents to study war and violence (8-9-2023)

Overview of all episodes

The NIOD Rewind podcast has been on air since 2019 and was created by Anne van Mourik and Thijs Bouwknegt. Check out an overview of all episodes below.

Season 7 NIOD Rewind Podcast

Episode 46: Who Gets to Be a Victim? Trauma and Memory after the Dutch-Indonesian War (1945-1949)

Season 6 NIOD Rewind Podcast

Season 5 NIOD Rewind Podcast

Season 4 NIOD Rewind Podcast

Special series: Onzekere Tijden

In this special series of the NIOD Rewind podcast, NIOD researchers discuss the corona crisis and the uncertain times it brought. How do they experience the crisis themselves? And how, from the perspective of their research, do they analyse events in society? A special series in Dutch by: Anne van Mourik, Thijs Bouwknegt and Anne-Lise Bobeldijk.