Katarzyna Cwiertka

28/05/2026

In Mare van vandaag staat er een leuk stuk over ons boek :-)

14/05/2026

Op 29 mei presenteren Anoma van der Veere en Katarzyna Cwiertka het boek 'Sushi eet je met je handen', een boek vol persoonlijke verhalen en onverwachte inzichten, dat laat zien hoe eten het karakter van Japan weerspiegelt. Van matcha tot sushi en van straatvoedsel tot werelderfgoed. Tijdens de…

21/09/2023

My very first guest lecture "in the flesh" since Covid. https://www.ace.lu.se/calendar/culinary-nationalism-east-asia

09/09/2023

A fantastic new paper just published today. Do not miss it!

This article, based on previously unexplored archival documents, examines the recycling of rags in the early Soviet Union, using the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (SSR) as a case study. Within the context of the early Soviet waste regime, the characteristics of the Ukrainian rag market, its ke...

14/08/2023

Another article on plastic was just published in our journal. "Preserving Offerings, Prolonging Merit: Efficacy, Skillful Means, and Re-purposing in Plastic Buddhist Material Culture in Contemporary Sikkim" by Amy Holmes-Tagchungdarpa

Definitely check it out! https://worldwidewastejournal.com/articles/10.5334/wwwj.96

18/07/2023

I am happy to announce that the journal, which I founded in 2018 is about to embark on a new journey. As of January 2024 the journal will be published by White Horse Press, renowned for environment-related open-access publications. I hope you will consider publishing with us!

Worldwide Waste is an interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed journal presenting innovative research on waste from around the world. It provides the first scholarly platform for open-access scholarship that critically interrogates the cultural, social, economic and political systems within which waste is c...

17/06/2023

The best food I have ever had at a waste conference, and such lovely surroundings!

05/05/2023

Fantastisch initiatief!

Dear Boards of Directors of Dutch Higher Education Institutions, We are calling on you because you lead organizations that bear the responsibility of preparing students for their future as professionals. Together with a community of teachers, researchers and support staff, you perform this task with...

14/03/2023

Two more days to go. Make sure to join us in person or online!

This lecture will be held via Zoom: click here for the link.

08/03/2023

Happy International Women's Day ladies! The image illustrates how it used to be celebrated in old good days of the Polish People's Republic!