From January 6 till January 8 2009 was held in Medan the second historical En- compass (Encountering Common Past in Asia) conference organised by Leiden University, the Netherlands, in cooperation with the University Medan Area, restaurant Omlandia and the University of North Sumatra.

At January 7 the venue of the conference was Omlandia.
There were 48 partici- pants from 8 countries who delivered talks and papers about the theme of the confe- rence:

States of transi- tion:
Modernization, performance and meaning of state and authority in the era of decolo- nization.

The conference was a success.