BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:adamgibbons/ics METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:28489@offbeat.amsterdam SUMMARY:Reparations – A Dialogue of Decency DTSTAMP:20261010T213850Z DTSTART:20261113T190000Z DESCRIPTION:A keynote speech and dialogue with Professor Sir Hilary Beckles \, chair of the\nCARICOM Reparations Commission.\n\nThe Dutch government a nd the King have formally apologised for the Netherlands’\nrole in transat lantic slavery and the slave trade. But apologies are only words.\nHow do we move from recognition to structural repair? And who decides? Join us\nf or a future-defining evening that bridges academic theory and social reali ty.\nProfessor Sir Hilary Beckles\, chair of the CARICOM Reparations Commi ssion\, gives\nthe keynote for ‘Reparations: A Dialogue of Decency’. He ma kes the historical\,\neconomic and legal case for decolonisation and repar ative justice as a\nconstructive path to global justice.\n\nAfter the keyn ote\, Sir Beckless is joined by\, Dr. Nozizwe Dube and Prof. Dr.\nWayne Mo dest\, for a dialogue on what genuine repair requires.\n\nIn this programm e Sir Hilary Beckles Chair of the CARICOM Reparations\nCommission\, Vice-C hancellor of The University of the West Indies & member of the\nAdvisory B oard of the Cowrie Atlantic Foundation\n[https://unu.edu/about/unu-council -member/hilary-beckles] Wayne Modest Head of\nthe Research Center for Mate rial Culture at Wereldmuseum\, Director of Content at\nthe Wereldmuseum [h ttps://www.materialculture.nl/en/about/wayne-modest] Nozizwe\nDube Legal s cholar and Postdoctoral Fellow at the European University Institute\n(EUI) [https://nozizwedube.com/] Aldith Hunkar Moderator\n[https://www.aldithhu nkar.global/]\n\n\nMORE OF ABOUT THE SPEAKERSPROFESSOR SIR HILARY BECKLES IS AN INTERNATIONALLY\nRENOWNED HISTORIAN OF BARBADIAN DESCENT\, VICE-CHAN CELLOR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF\nTHE WEST INDIES\, CHAIR OF THE CARICOM REPARA TIONS COMMISSION AND A MEMBER OF THE\nADVISORY BOARD OF THE COWRIE ATLANTI C FOUNDATION. HE IS GLOBALLY RECOGNISED AS\nONE OF THE FOREMOST ACADEMIC A ND POLITICAL LEADERS IN THE REPARATIVE JUSTICE\nMOVEMENT. DUE TO HIS CRUCI AL ROLE IN SECURING THE UN RESOLUTION THAT DESIGNATES\nTRANSATLANTIC SLAVE RY AS THE “WORST CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY\,” IN 2026 HE WAS ALSO\nAPPOINTED BY JOHN MAHAMA\, PRESIDENT OF GHANA\, TO THE ‘INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE ON\n REPARATIONS’.\n\nDr. Nozizwe Dube\, legal scholar and Max Weber Postdoctor al Fellow at the\nEuropean University Institute (EUI) in Florence\, specia lizes in EU law\, Black\nFeminism and Critical Race Theory.\n\nProf. Dr. W ayne Modest\, Content Director of the Wereldmuseum\, Professor by\nSpecial Appointment at Vrije Universiteit\, and Head of the Research Center for\n Material Culture (RCMC). Moderator Aldith Hunkar leads the discussion. URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/reparations-a-dialogue-of-decency GEO:52.376857;4.9220756 LOCATION:Pakhuis de Zwijger - Piet Heinkade 179\, 1019 HC Amsterdam STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:amsterdam-centrum,discussion,eastern docklands,feminism,repair,s ocial X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:A keynote speech and dialogue with Professor S ir Hilary Beckles, chair of the CARICOM Reparations Commission.

The Dut ch government and the King have formally apologised for the Netherlands’ r ole in transatlantic slavery and the slave trade. But apologies are only w ords. How do we move from recognition to structural repair? And who decide s? Join us for a future-defining evening that bridges academic theory and social reality. Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, chair of the CARICOM Reparat ions Commission, gives the keynote for ‘Reparations: A Dialogue of Decency ’. He makes the historical, economic and legal case for decolonisation and reparative justice as a constructive path to global justice.

After the keynote, Sir Beckless is joined by, Dr. Nozizwe Dube and Prof. Dr. Wa yne Modest, for a dialogue on what genuine repair requires.

In this programme Sir Hilary Beckles Chair of the CARICOM Reparations Commission, Vice-Chancellor of The University of the West Indies & mem ber of the Advisory Board of the Cowrie Atlantic Foundation W ayne Modest Head of the Research Center for Material Culture at Wereldmuse um, Director of Content at the Wereldmuseum Nozizwe Dube Legal scholar and Postdoctoral F ellow at the European University Institute (EUI) Aldith Hunkar Moderator

More of about the speakersProfessor Sir Hilary Beckles is an internationally renowned historian of Barbadian descent, Vice-Ch ancellor of The University of the West Indies, Chair of the CARICOM Repara tions Commission and a member of the Advisory Board of the Cowrie Atlantic Foundation. He is globally recognised as one of the foremost academic and political leaders in the reparative justice movement. Due to his crucial role in securing the UN resolution that designates transatlantic slavery a s the “worst crime against humanity,” in 2026 he was also appointed by Joh n Mahama, President of Ghana, to the ‘International Committee on Reparatio ns’.

Dr. Nozizwe Dube, legal scholar and Max Webe r Postdoctoral Fellow at the European University Institute (EUI) in Floren ce, specializes in EU law, Black Feminism and Critical Race Theory.

Prof. Dr. Wayne Modest, Content Director of the Wereldmu seum, Professor by Special Appointment at Vrije Universiteit, and Head of the Research Center for Material Culture (RCMC). Moderator Aldith Hunkar l eads the discussion.

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