What soy sauce can teach us about the history of South Korea ‘Three books published within a year – that happens only once in a lifetime!’ This was the reaction of Katarzyna Cwiertka, Professor of Modern Japan Studies at Leiden University, on the publication of Cuisine, Colonialism and Cold War, one of her three new books. The book sketches the colonisation of Korea by Japan, through the medium of food.  Read more

			EUR 15 million for excellent archaeological research into the colonisation of the Americas Corinne Hofman (Professor in Caribbean Archaeology) has been awarded 15 million euro by the EU for her archaeological research on the colonisation of the Americas. She will lead the ‘NEXUS 1492’ project together with colleagues Davies (VU), Brandes (Konstanz) and Willems (Leiden).  Read more

			'Hear this call' for Kofi Annan A hall full of young people with hope for the future. Young people who are inspired by Kofi Annan at the public event of the HOPE XXL European Conference, where young people from 25 countries are formulating their vision for the future. ‘The cynics are missing out,’ tweets Petra Stienen of the Board of Recommendation.  Read more

			Glasses with live subtitles Glasses for the deaf and the hard of hearing. It sounds strange, but it is currently in full development. These glasses, called SpraakZien (SpeechView), provide the wearer with live subtitles during a conversation, while allowing for continued eye-contact between the speakers. Four Leiden students of Linguistics are carrying out experiments with the glasses.  Read more

			Synergy funding for Delft-Leiden quantum computer workshop Leiden nano-physicist Carlo Beenakker is one of a trio of scientists from Delft and Leiden who have been awarded EUR 15 million of European funding to set up a lab and get the quantum computer off the ground. The Majorana particle is going to help them here.  Read more

			Cleveringa lecture by Timothy Snyder double hommage to Cleveringa American historian Timothy Snyder balanced respectfully between extremes in his Cleveringa lecture on Monday 26 November: the extremes of large-scale historical explanation and absolute individualisation of the 14 million victims of Hitler and Stalin in Eastern Europe. He paid hommage to Cleveringa from both extremes.  Read more

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	Laureates Zenobia essay prize for Dr. Miguel John Versluys   MA thesis Floris Keehnen awarded Volkskrant thesis prize Award for modern study of Sumerian cuneiform by Bram Jagersma

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			Coming events 19 December: Public lecture by Nobel Prize laureate Prof. Brian Schmidt ‘The Accelerating Universe’ 19 December: Lecture series: The Way of Tea, The Way of the Buddha More events

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