The holiday season is upon us and today the lights are being lit on the tree on Stortorget! Check out our blog to see photos taken last night of the sparkling Christmas lights on the streets of Lund. On 13 December, the Alumni Network is hosting its annual Lucia celebration. Those of you who are unable to attend can prepare a cosy breakfast at home and experience it with us via our livestream on 13 December at 08:30 AM (Swedish time).
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Patrik Svensson just received the prestigious August Prize for his critically acclaimed “Ålevangeliet” – the story of the world’s most enigmatic fish. In this interview, he shares what he believes to be the most fascinating characteristic about the eel as well as which book he himself would like to find under the tree this Christmas.
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Professional life is increasingly organised via meetings. Although the frequency varies between different professions, studies have found that overall meetings are on the increase. A recently completed research project presents the answers of why.
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The Donald Duck Christmas special (in English known as “From All of Us to All of You”) has been shown on Swedish TV on Christmas Eve since 1960. Last year almost four million people sat down to watch the Disney show – but why is it such a strong tradition for the Swedes? Ethnologist Charlotte Hagström gives us some answers.
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“A fruit larger than a clenched fist, of a dark colour veering towards purple, has a large stone that is not to be eaten, but surrounding it is a greenish meat, almost odourless, soft as butter, and has its own distinctive and quite pleasing flavour, which is unlike any European fruit.”
That is how, in 1780, the former Lund student and associate professor Bengt Bergius described the avocado, a fruit that few Swedes had heard of then, let alone eaten. The description was part of a four-hour “Speech about delicacies” that Bergius held for the Academy of Sciences, in which he went through all the world’s eatable, drinkable and even smokable stimulants. In this issue, Fredrik Tersmeden, Archivist at the University Archives, tells the story of alumnus Bergius and his remarkable speech.
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