Anne van Mourik works as a historian at the NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies in Amsterdam. She is interested in how societies deal with war and mass violence and was previously involved in projects on the role of the Dutch Red Cross during WWII and Dutch violence in Indonesia (1945-50). Her current (PhD) project is titled ‘Weaponizing the Past: Textbooks, Hunger and War in Germany 1914-2020’ and deals with the representation of German hunger during and after WWI and WWII in educational materials. She explores the significance of these hunger periods over time in textbooks used in Berlin, Bavaria, Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia.

Anne is also host of the English podcast series NIOD Rewind. She interviews historians and other experts on the history and study of mass violence, war and genocide.

Present Projects

Heritages of Hunger. Societal Reflections on Past European Famines in Education, Commemoration and Musealisation

Dissertationproct

Weaponizing the Past: Textbooks, Hunger and War in Germany 1914-2020

Recent Publications (Selection)

Van Mourik, A., Welke lessen wil Duitsland trekken uit het verleden?, 19.02.2024, In: De Groene Amsterdammer, Link. 

Van Mourik, A., A Stroll into Germany's Conflicted Postcolonial Memory, 18.09.2023, In: Fondation Hirondelle, Link.

Van Mourik, A., Review: Cecilia Gowdy-Wygant (2020) Cultivating Victory. The Women’s Land Army and the Victory Garden Movement, 15.03.2023, In: Global Food History, 9 (2), pp. 217-219, Link.

Raben, R., Romijn, P., van der Bent, M. & van Mourik, A., Talen van geweld: Stilte, informatie en misleiding in de Indonesische onafhankelijkheidsoorlog, 1945-1949, 2023, Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press. Link.

Frakking, R. & Van Mourik, A., Dutch colonial violence and the missing voices of Indonesians, 10.03.2022, In: Fondation Hirondelle, Link.