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SPOTLIGHT
 Dr Pulder & Bert Haanstra
Those of you who attended the film evening with Kees Brusse in October 2006, may remember that, at the time, the classic film ‘Dr Pulder zaait papavers’ had not been shown on TV for many years and was not available on video tape or DVD. Well, this has all changed. In 2007, a project to re-master all of Bert Haanstra’s work on DVDs was completed and this film is now readily available (with optional English subtitles). And that’s not all - there is also a 10-DVD boxed set, called ‘Bert Haanstra Compleet’ containing all of this great film-maker’s works, with optional dubbing or subtitles in English. The price of the set is 69.95 euro and in Netherlands it is available from most major music stores. It is also available via the Internet, for example from www.bol.com
or from www.justwebshop.nl.
For general information about the project, visit www.berthaanstradvd.nl.
Praemium Erasmianum
The Praemium Erasmianum (Erasmus Prize) derives its name and inspiration from Desiderius Erasmus. In 2008 the Praemium Erasmianum Foundation celebrates its 50th anniversary. Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands founded the Prize in 1958. The Prize is awarded annually to a person who, within the cultural traditions of Europe, has made an especially important contribution to culture, society or social science in Europe. The prize money is a sum of € 150.000.
The Board of the Praemium Erasmianum Foundation (Amsterdam) has awarded the Erasmus Prize 2008 to the Dutch/British journalist, author and political commentator Ian Buruma. The official award ceremony of the prestigious Erasmus Prize took place on 7 November 2008 in Rotterdam.
The theme of the Prize in this jubilee year is ‘The New Cosmopolitan’.
‘The New Cosmopolitan’ is a citizen of a new world, in which boundaries of all sorts are easily transcended; where people of diverse cultures work together readily and experience economic and cultural exchange as intrinsic. The new world citizen likes to picture a world without hindrances, but is forced to confront societal realities, where identity is frequently defined by traditional differences such as nationality, culture, religion or ethnic origins.
Ian Buruma is one of the leading international essayists on East-West relations. He is a regular contributor to the New York Review of Books. His book Murder in Amsterdam on the murder of Theo van Gogh was awarded the 2006 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for the Best Current Interest Book. In 2004 Ian Buruma received a honorary doctorate from the University of Groningen. In 2008 he is holding the Cleveringa-chair at the University of Leiden and will be professorial fellow at the International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS) in Leiden. See http://www.erasmusprijs.org/eng/index.htm
Digital Museum Hella Haasse
Hella Haasse has opened her own virtual museum, three days after her 90th birthday. It is the first one by a writer and consists of family photos, letters, diaries, manuscripts, book fragments, interviews and documentaries. See: http://www.hellahaassemuseum.nl
See: www.adelaidefestival.com.au
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