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• Student experiences Japanese Studies (MA) (120EC)

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  Paula Esteves dos Santos Jordao Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.p.jordao@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9435

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  Jelle Bruning University Lecturer Middle Eastern Studies / Arabic

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.bruning@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1396

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  Yujing Tan Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  y.tan.5@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009303

• Visualizing the classics: Reading surimono and kyōka books as social and cultural history Research output

  D.P. Kok defended his thesis on 10 October 2017

• A Social History of Painting Inscriptions in the Ming Dynasty (1368- 1644) Research output

  Wenxin Wang defended her thesis on 26 October 2016

• Civil Society and International Students in Japan: Methodology and Fieldwork Event - 20 September 2023

  Lecture

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  Guita Winkel Guest

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.winkel@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Daný van Dam University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  h.d.j.van.dam@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Bastian Still Guest

  b.j.f.still@hum.leidenuniv.nl |

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  Mahmood Yenkimaleki Guest researcher

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.yenkimaleki@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Alireza Asghari PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.asghari@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272031

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  Edmund Amann Professor of Brazilian Studies

  Faculty of Humanities

  e.amann@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1007

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  Mineke Schipper-de Leeuw Professor emeritus Literary studies

  Faculty of Humanities

  w.j.j.schipper@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

• Ewout and Nicole discover the world with Area Studies News - 6 October 2020

  Middle Eastern Studies, African Studies or International Relations: all examples of studies that are part of Area Studies at the Faculty of Humanities in Leiden. Within Area Studies you study a region and immerse yourself in (complex) subjects of that region, such as cultural uniqueness, conflicts,…

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  Michael Herzfeld

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  m.f.herzfeld@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3451

• Memory and Identity Research project

  Research conducted in this group aims at furthering our understanding of how communities and individuals deal with social change, conflict and trauma through remembrance and commemoration as well as forgetting in the arts.

• Who Became a Politician: A Portrait of Modern Japan Event - 12 December 2023

  Lecture

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  Shuqi Jia PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  s.jia@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272171

• Into the ether or the state? Legibility theory and the cryptocurrency markets Research output

  In this article, the authors explore why there is substantial cross-national variation in the level of regulatory clarity surrounding cryptocurrencies

• Education Dossier: Asian Modernities and Traditions

  Overview of the Asia Programmes offered at Leiden University.

• Diplomacy in the Asia-Pacific The Hague Journal of Diplomacy

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  Nathal Dessing University Lecturer Anthropology of Religion

  Faculty of Humanities

  n.m.dessing@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1690

• Japanese Expanded Cinema and Intermedia: Critical Texts of the 1960s Research output

  This edited collection brings together canonical texts on intermedia and expanded cinema in 1960s Japan, most of which translated into English for the first time, in hope to introduce the local critical discourse on this subject to international readership.

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  Ali Shobeiri Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  s.a.shobeiri@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2752

• Memories of Cinema-Going in Postwar Japan: An Ethno-history Event - 10 October 2023

  Lecture

• Ōtsuka Kusuoko (1875-1910) in the Meiji Literary Field: Models of Authorship between keishū sakka and the "New Woman" Event - 6 March 2025

  Lecture

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  Weishuo Li PhD candidate

  Faculty of Archaeology

  w.li@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

• Dialects as the key to Japanese prehistory News - 17 November 2015

  Japanese was not always the language spoken in Japan. Researchers link the arrival of the language in Japan with the migration of farmers around 400 BC. Linguist Elisabeth de Boer has been awarded an ERC Starting Grant to carry out research on the further spread of the language in Japan.

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  Jonathan Stökl University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  t.j.stokl@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2255

• Symposium ‘Beyond Expo: Sustainable Futures’ Event - 24 November 2025

  Conference

• Forging ties abroad News - 15 December 2017

  In 2017, Leiden University secured ties with numerous foreign partners. This is how we bring foreign talent to Leiden, and ensure our students and scientists can gain experience across borders. In this article, we look back on four foreign trips.

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  Deniz Tat University Lecturer Turkish

  Faculty of Humanities

  d.tat@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7100

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  David Henley Professor of Contemporary Indonesia Studies

  Faculty of Humanities

  d.e.f.henley@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2226

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  James McAllister Professor History and Philosophy of Science

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.w.mcallister@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2004

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  Onur Ada PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  o.ada@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5485

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  Elly Mulder PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  c.mulder@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Ugur Derin PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  u.derin@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272171

• Migration History. The Eurasian Experience (16th-21st centuries) | Studies in Global Migration History, Volume: 15/3 Research output

  This volume edited by Jan Lucassen and Leo Lucassen aims to quantify and qualify cross-cultural global migrations and was published in the series 'Studies in Global Migration History'.

• Democracy: Mothers’ Education and Learning Activities in late-1950s Japan, Event - 20 February 2024

  Lecture

• Double Lecture: Illustrated Books and Manuscripts in Early Modern Japan Event - 18 September 2023

  Lecture

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  Olga van Marion University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  o.van.marion@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2128

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  Eric Jorink Guest

  Faculty of Humanities

  h.g.m.jorink@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Berthe Jansen University lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  b.k.jansen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2379

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  Wilt Idema Emeritus Professor of Chinese Literature

  Faculty of Humanities

  w.l.idema@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272171

• Asian Studies events Event
• How climate change affects intangible heritage: ‘Specific materials to build instruments are disappearing’ News - 11 May 2023

  What do climate change and traditional Japanese music have to do with each other? A great deal, university lecturer Andrea Giolai suspects. He has been awarded an NWO grant to study the relationship in more depth.

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  Ajay Gandhi Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

  a.gandhi@luc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9100

• Career prospects Japanese Studies (MA) (120EC)

• About the programme East Asian Studies (MA) (60EC)

  The MA Asian Studies East Asian Studies offers focused study of China, Japan or Korea. You can study the country of your choice from an expansive number of disciplinary perspectives including history, literature, art, art history, sociology, anthropology, media, cultural studies, religious studies,…