Slavery and The Dutch State

Rose Mary Allen (1950) is an anthropologist and extraordinary professor of Culture, Community and History at the University of Curaçao. In April 2024, Professor Allen became the first Thinker in Residence at the Faculty of Philosophy, Theology and Religious Studies, Radboud University, Nijmegen.Captain Esther :

Esther Captain (1969) is a historian and senior researcher at the Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies (KITLV) in Leiden. She is a member of the committee overseeing independent research into the role of the House of Orange-Nassau in Dutch colonial history and an author/editor on this research team. She is specialized in late colonial Indonesia, the Indonesian revolution, and postcolonial Netherlands in relation to the Dutch Caribbean islands, Indonesia and Suriname.Rossum Matthias :

Matthias van Rossum (1984) is a historian and senior researcher at the International Institute of Social History (IISG) in Amsterdam. He focuses on the history of slavery in Asia and its links to the Atlantic slave trade.Vyent Urwin :

Urwin Vyent (1958) is the director of the National Institute for the Study of Dutch Slavery and its Legacy (NiNsee). In addition to his work for NiNsee, he is part of the team planning and developing the National Slavery Museum in Amsterdam.