Summer school: Writing (Past) Empires as National Histories

Legacies of Colonialism and Violence in the Netherlands and Germany – in an international comparative context

Supervisorsprof. dr. Jacco Pekelder (Münster University)
Date9-11 June 2026
LocationUniversity of Münster
Credits5 ECTS (3 is optional)

This year’s RSPH Summer School will focus on how historians have been studying Dutch and German colonialism, with special attention to the interaction between historical narratives and contemporary societal and political responses to colonial legacies.

The program invites participants to engage critically with how colonial history is written, remembered, and discussed, both nationally and internationally.

More information about the Summer School is available on the Research Master training program page.