63 search results for “korean cinema” in the Staff website
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Peter Verstraten over het succes van Koreaanse films
What makes South Korean films successful? In the first part of the video series 'The World of the Korean Wave', University Lecturer Peter Verstraten discusses the recent success of South Korean cinema.
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Koen de Ceuster
Faculty of Humanities
k.de.ceuster@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Shirley Alexander
Faculty of Humanities
s.l.alexander@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Boudewijn Walraven
Faculty of Humanities
b.c.a.walraven@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2171
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Geoffrey Cain
Faculty of Humanities
g.n.cain@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Aihua Li
Faculty of Humanities
a.li@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Hyo Jin Pak
Faculty of Humanities
h.j.pak@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Remco Breuker
Faculty of Humanities
r.e.breuker@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2921
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Ae Ree Nam
Faculty of Humanities
a.r.nam@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6415
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Jin Hee Park
Faculty of Humanities
j.h.park@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5755
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Miguel Mira
Faculty of Humanities
m.mira@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Koen de Ceuster on the NKNews Podcast about North Korean art
Koen de Ceuster, university lecturer for Korea Studies at the Leiden University Institute for Area Studies, was interviewed on the NKNews Podcast about art in North Korea. He speaks about the role of art in North Korean society, art ‘business’, and argues why it is not possible to separate propaganda…
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Christopher Green
Faculty of Humanities
c.k.green@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2327
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Mirae Kim on translation issues at K-pop
K-pop is wildly popular. Fans all over the world sing along to the Korean songs, often without understanding exactly what the lyrics mean. University lecturer Mirae Kim explains why these songs are so difficult to translate in the video series "The World of Korean Wave'.
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Flora Smit on the relationship between K-pop idols and their fans
Fans of the Korean music movement K-pop go through hell for their idols. In return, artists care deeply about their fans: they even get to decide their hair color. In the video series 'The World of the Korean Wave', PhD candidate Flora Smit takes a closer look at this relationship.
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Katarzyna Cwiertka on the declining popularity of kimchi in South Korea
In the Western world, kimchi is on an unstoppable rise, but in South Korea the dish is actually losing popularity. Professor Katarzyna Cwiertka explains how this is possible in the video series 'The World of the Korean Wave'.
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Korean - Dutch Literature Night
Reading & Panel Discussion
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LUCDH Lunchtime Speaker Series: Colonial Korean Print Shops through Computer Vision
Lecture
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Peter Verstraten
Faculty of Humanities
p.w.j.verstraten@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2248
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Bahar Simsek: ‘Research does not need to be holistic’
How does audio-visual material shape the identity of people when those people do not own their own land and are being oppressed? Bahar Simsek delved into the effect of film on the Kurdish identity. She will obtain her PhD on 4 May.
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NICA Mini Symposium 'Fernand Deligny on Cinema and the Image'
Conference
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Netflix hit a metaphor for South Korea: ‘You have to achieve’
South Korean smash hit Squid Game is on track to becoming the most successful Netflix production ever. The series is number one in over 90 countries. Professor and Korea expert Remco Breuker can see why South Korean pop culture is becoming so popular, also outside Asia.
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Se Young Jang
Faculty of Humanities
s.y.jang@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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in Osaka Japanese: In comparison to other varieties of Japanese and Korean
Lecture, research presentation
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Katarzyna Cwiertka
Faculty of Humanities
k.j.cwiertka@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2599
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Anne Gerritsen
Faculty of Humanities
a.t.gerritsen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4692
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LIFF programmer Nick Hortensius: 'It's great to share your taste with so many people'
Alumnus Nick Hortensius started volunteering at the Leiden International Film Festival (LIFF) in his student days. He has since grown with the festival to become head of programming. How does he look back on his student days? And what can we expect from the festival this year?
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Remco Breuker in Time on South Korea’s presidential compound
The president of South Korea, Yoon Suk-yeol, has chosen not to use his presidential compound. Professor Remco Breuker states in Time that this marks a change in South Korea’s approach to the compound.
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Come to the Movies that Matter film festival for free!
Social
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Yorum Beekman: ‘I didn’t want to write about people, I wanted to give them a voice’
As a woman, working in Japan and Korea can be pretty tough, Yorum Beekman discovered. It prompted her to pursue a PhD on the subject: ‘I thought: hey, that’s interesting!’
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Podcast tips for Pentecost
Are you looking for some listening material for the upcoming long weekend? Staff members and alumni of the Faculty of Humanities have been creating various podcasts over the last few months. A selection is shown here:
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Faculty Office has moved to Herta Mohr Building
As from Wednesday 13 May, the Faculty Office has moved to the Herta Mohr Building.
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Organisations and young alumni provide valuable career tips during Meet the Employer Week
Career Services of the Faculties Governance and Global Affairs, Social Sciences, and Humanities joined forces to organise the ‘Meet the Employer’ Week held from 6 – 10 December 2021!
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Seven projects receive funding from JEDI Fund
More focus on diversity in Antiquity, workshops for students with disabilities, and a card game to share stories about diversity: these and other projects will receive funding from the JEDI Fund in 2023.
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Why North Korea and Southern Africa are dependent on each other
North Korea may seem like an isolated country but it has strong ties with African regimes. This alliance, which trades in arms despite international sanctions, is increasingly operating out of the liberal world order’s sight, PhD candidate Tycho van der Hoog warns.
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Looking for that one source? Check the UB's databases
Japanese newspapers, photo archives from the Dutch East Indies or information on gender and sexuality: all these can be found in the University Library's 621 humanities databases. A flyer campaign to raise awareness of them begins this week.
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What the campus at Leiden Bio Science Park will look like
The university campus at Leiden Bio Science Park will change rapidly over the next few years. A short film shows the transformation to a full campus. See what this mix of new university buildings, student accommodation and restaurants and cafés will look like. And sustainability and biodiversity won’t…
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Introducing: Omar Achfay
Omar Achfay recently joined the Institute for History as PhD candidate. Below, he introduces himself.
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Humanities and AI: A fruitful combination
What do a linguist, an artist, a Professor of Conservation and Restoration, and a lecturer at the Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science have in common? They all use Artificial Intelligence. On 7 April they discussed the use of AI at Leiden’s Kijkhuis cinema.
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Literary Leiden
Quietly read a book in our new reading nook, listen to interesting and bizarre stories set in early twentieth-century Leiden, walk past literary locations in Leiden and watch the best film adapted from a Leiden novel as decided on by you. April is Literary Leiden month! A month in which we pay special…
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High school students get acquainted with language studies at profile selection day
The Choose a Language Day was created to make high school students enthusiastic about choosing a linguistic profile and further education. Third-years were able to learn about different language studies at the Faculty of Humanities.
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Three new Leiden bloggers for Faces of Science
What is life like as an academic? Twelve PhD candidates will report on their daily work in videos and blogs on the Faces of Science website (in Dutch). They include three researchers from Leiden who are researching topics such as North Korean support for African liberation movements, how differently…
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Colloquium Translating the Samguk yusa
Lecture, Colloquium
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The Best Leiden Literary Film Adaptation - Literary Leiden
Filmavond
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Leiden academics nominated for Person of the Year
Leiden academics Remco Breuker and Auke-Florian Hiemstra stand to win the title of Person of the Year.
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Film night: 'The Raid: Redemtion' (2011) with passion talk by Casper Liem
Filmavond + lezing
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Public interview with Russian film critic Anton Dolin
Lecture
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K-pop
Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure
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Symposium on Ukraine in images, words and sounds
Conference