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140 search results for “korean cinema” in the Staff website

• Peter Verstraten over het succes van Koreaanse films News - 11 October 2022

  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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  Boudewijn Walraven Professor emeritus of Korean language and literature

  Faculty of Humanities

  b.c.a.walraven@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Geoffrey Cain PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  g.n.cain@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Ae Ree Nam Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.r.nam@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6415

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  Jin Hee Park University Lecturer Korean

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.h.park@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5755

• Call for Papers: The 12th Korean Screen Culture Conference (KSCC) 2025 CFP News - 18 February 2025

  The annual Korean Screen Culture Conference (KSCC) is dedicated to exploring all aspects of Korean screen culture, including television, K-pop, internet, computer gaming, webtoons, and film from both North and South Korea.

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  Christopher Green University lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  c.k.green@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272327

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  Miguel Mira External PhD Candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.mira@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Remco Breuker Professor of Korean Studies

  Faculty of Humanities

  r.e.breuker@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2921

• Koen de Ceuster on the NKNews Podcast about North Korean art News - 12 March 2021

  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…

• Speaking Korean contest: ‘Actually, I don't dare to do this at all’ News - 28 April 2025

  In a well-filled Telders Auditorium, university learners of Korean competed with each other to see who speaks Korean the best.

• Asia Academy #04: The Korean Wave Event - 1 November 2023

  Lecture

• Why do Japanese and South Korean women falter on their way to the top? News - 14 February 2024

  In recent decades, women in Japan and South Korea have been catching up in terms of educational achievements and economic activity. Yet the number of women in leadership positions is still lagging behind. PhD candidate Yorum Beekman investigated why this is.

• Mirae Kim on translation issues at K-pop News - 3 November 2022

  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'.

• Flora Smit on the relationship between K-pop idols and their fans News - 27 October 2022

  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.

• Katarzyna Cwiertka on the declining popularity of kimchi in South Korea News - 20 October 2022

  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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  Aron van de Pol PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.m.van.de.pol@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Chinese Cinema Meets Digital Humanities Event - 2 May 2023

  Lecture

• Korean - Dutch Literature Night Event - 28 March 2023

  Reading & Panel Discussion

• Bahar Simsek: ‘Research does not need to be holistic’ News - 3 May 2021

  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.

• LUCDH Lunchtime Speaker Series: Colonial Korean Print Shops through Computer Vision Event - 16 April 2024

  Lecture

• Late Ottoman Istanbul Meets Cinema: Social Impacts of the First Encounter Event - 16 November 2023

  Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series

• Diasporic Koreans' Decolonization Project in Postwar Japan Event - 24 February 2025

  Lecture

• NICA Mini Symposium 'Fernand Deligny on Cinema and the Image' Event - 20 January 2023

  Conference

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  Aida Gholami External PhD

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.gholami@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Wonkyung Choi Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  w.choi@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276272

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  Mirae Kim Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.kim@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Netflix hit a metaphor for South Korea: ‘You have to achieve’ News - 11 October 2021

  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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  Steven Denney University lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  s.c.denney@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275918

• Colours and symbols to support dyslexic students News - 28 February 2025

  In the very first Korean class that teacher Eun-ju Kim taught, there were already students with dyslexia. With a background in special education and clinical developmental psychology, she developed a new method to help them, partly based on teaching methods from Dutch first language education.

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

  Lecture

• Christopher Green on ABC Australia about COVID-19 outbreak in North Korea News - 2 June 2022

  Assistant Professor Christopher Green was interviewed on ABC Australia about the recent COVID-19 outbreak in North Korea. Green says that the statistics the isolated country has given are ‘essentially nonsense’.

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  Daniel Lee PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  d.lee@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Dongwan Kim Guest researcher

  Faculty of Humanities

  d.kim.11@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Jiyoung Kim PhD candidate / guest

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.kim.15@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• “Dizzy with Wonder:” Early Cinema and the Birth of Movie-Fandom in Egypt, 1896-1935 Event - 16 October 2025

  Lecture

• Intertopian Mode in the Depiction of Turkey-originated Migrants in European Cinema Event - 7 September 2023

  PhD defence

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  Bonnie Tilland University lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  b.r.tilland@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2191

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  Agnieszka Smiatacz PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.a.smiatacz@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Flora Smit PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  f.a.smit@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Rahel Plassen PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  r.plassen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• From Coup to Classroom: Viewing the South Korean film "12.12: The Day (Sŏul-ui pom)" Event - 10 May 2025

  Film screening

• Asia Academy #20: 75 Years of Korean War: The Long Shadow Event - 19 June 2025

  Lecture, LAC Asia Academy

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  Florence Bellemont Library Staff

  Leiden University Library

  f.m.f.bellemont@library.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Marte Boonen PhD candidate / guest

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.c.h.boonen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Helena Hanhikangas PhD candidate / self funded

  Faculty of Humanities

  h.h.hanhikangas@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Careers: The Work-lIfe Experiences of Women Employed by Japanese and South Korean Firms Event - 14 February 2024

  PhD defence

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  Katarzyna Cwiertka Professor of Modern Japan Studies

  Faculty of Humanities

  k.j.cwiertka@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2599

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  Arieke Willemstein Dual PhD candidate

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

  a.c.t.willemstein@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500

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  Mischa Cramer Education coordinator

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.cramer@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727