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2,822 search results for “japan studies” in the Public website

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  Sarah Holma

  Faculty of Humanities

  s.k.holma@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Marat Markert Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.markert@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9934

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  Léon Buskens Director NIMAR

  Faculty of Humanities

  l.p.h.m.buskens@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 212 53 76 68500

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  Irene Hadiprayitno University Lecturer International Studies

  Faculty of Humanities

  i.hadiprayitno@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277402

• 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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  Christian Henderson University Lecturer International Relations / Modern Middle East Studies

  Faculty of Humanities

  c.j.v.henderson@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4995

• 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.

• 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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  Pilar Jimenez Galindo Guest

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.d.p.jimenez.galindo@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1646

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  Al Al Farabi Postdoc / Guest

  Faculty of Law

  a.al.farabi@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Tim Wuisman Tutor Bachelor Security Studies

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

  t.wuisman@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9506

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  Maria Riep PhD candidate

  Faculty of Archaeology

  m.riep@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272171

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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

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  Guita Winkel Guest

  Faculty of Humanities

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

• 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.

• Asian Studies events Event
• 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,…

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  Erik-jan Zurcher Professor emeritus Turkish Studies

  Faculty of Humanities

  e.j.zurcher@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Kiyan Foroutan PhD Candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  k.foroutan@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Hélène Nut External PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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

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  Daný van Dam University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  h.d.j.van.dam@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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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 | 071 5272727

• Style and function of female images in prints by Keisai Eisen (1790–1848) ideals of beauty and gender in the Late Edo Period consumer society Research output

  On the 15th of July Sawako Takemura successfully defended a doctoral thesis and graduated.

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  Michael Herzfeld

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

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

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  Shuqi Jia PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  s.jia@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• V-Cinema: Canons of Japanese Film and the Challenge of Video Research output

  Thomas Mes defended his thesis on 9 January 2018.

• Leiden Jewish Studies Network awards second 'Best Thesis in Jewish Studies' News - 19 December 2025

  This November, Leiden Jewish Studies Network has presented the Best Thesis in Jewish Studies award to a highly talented Leiden graduate, Lotte-Sofie Groenendijk, and awarded an honorable mention to Nasreen Javanjoo. The two theses stood out with their insightfulness and academic rigor among others written…

• About Speech Prosody 2024 (SP2024)

  Speech Prosody is the biennial meeting of the Speech Prosody Special Interest Group (SProSIG) of the International Speech Communication Association (ISCA).

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  Nathal Dessing University Lecturer Anthropology of Religion

  Faculty of Humanities

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

• The intertopian mode in the depiction of Turkey-originated migrants in European film Research output

  On 7 September 2023 Didem Durak Akser successfully defended a doctoral thesis and graduated.

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  Ali Shobeiri Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

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

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• Countries The Hague Journal of Diplomacy

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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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  Ugur Derin PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  u.derin@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Onur Ada PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  o.ada@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275485

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  Weishuo Li PhD candidate

  Faculty of Archaeology

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

• Meet our staff Korean Studies (MA) (120EC)

• Yorum Beekman: ‘I didn’t want to write about people, I wanted to give them a voice’ News - 28 November 2022

  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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  Shahab Daneshvar PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  s.daneshvar.2@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Mubarika Nugraheni PhD Candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.d.f.nugraheni@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Countries and Regions The Hague Journal of Diplomacy

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  Jonathan Stökl University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

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

• Cultural Diplomacy The Hague Journal of Diplomacy

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  Deniz Tat University Lecturer Turkish

  Faculty of Humanities

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