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  Chie Arita PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

• Sustaining total war: Militarisation, economic mobilisation and social change in Japan and Korea (1931-1953) Research project

  This project investigates the effects of the Asia-Pacific War (1931-1945) and the Korean War (1950-1953) on the production, distribution, preparation and consumption of food in transwar Japan and Korea.

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  Limin Teh University Lecturer Modern Chinese History

  Faculty of Humanities

• Ideals of Femininity and Female Representation in Nineteenth-century Ukiyo-e Research project

  The goal of this research is to examine the emergence of new types of female representation in nineteenth-century ukiyo-e (woodblock prints from early modern Japan) as these images relate to the ideals of femininity of the time.

• Dutch-Japanese astronomic instrument measures 49 shades of far infrared News - 5 August 2019

  The Dutch-Japanese made DESHIMA instrument has passed its first practical tests when measuring the distances and ages of distant galaxies. The core of the instrument is a chip the size of two euro coins that measures 49 shades of far infrared light. The developers of the spectrometer publish the results…

• Representations of Minamoto no Yoshitsune in Visual Culture and Literature: Cultural Memory in Late Edo and Meiji Japan Research project

  This project examines changes in late eighteenth and nineteenth-century representations of the legendary twelfth-century general Minamoto no Yoshitsune (1159-1189) and how they reflect not only developments in themes of representation, but also changes in the focus of early modern and modern Japan’s…

• "Normal" Feelings in "Abnormal" Worlds, On the Political Uses of Emotion in Science Fiction Manga Research output

  Carl Li defended his thesis on 30 June 2015

• Art beyond Japan: Contemporary art in the politics of translation Research project

  Investigation of 1.) The whereabouts of the epistemological dissonances in art criticisms on Post-war contemporary art from Japan between two different language realms, in this case in English and Japanese; and 2.) What the dissonances disclose, disturb, and contribute in the process of the establishment…

• ‘Japan’ – the other side of the story News - 21 March 2011

  Since the disaster in Japan, professors, staff and students of the department of Japanese Language and Culture at Leiden University have regularly been contacted by the media asking for their opinion about the events taking place there. Ivo Smits and Kasia Cwiertka, Professors of Japanese, give their…

• Memory, Modernity, and Children’s Literature in Japan Research output

  On 1 September 2022 Afke van Ewijk successfully defended a doctoral thesis and graduated.

• Meet our staff Asian Studies (research) (MA)

• De gemaskerde krijger : de menpō in de 16e en 17e eeuw Research output

  Bas Verberk defended his thesis on 6 September 2016

• Culture: text and images in Japan Research Dossier: Asia

  One of the ways of understanding another culture better is to examine what people experience when they read a text, or look at an image. Leiden experts have a lot of knowledge in this field, for example on culture in ancient Japan.

• About the programme Japanese Studies (MA) (120EC)

  The two-year master's in Japanese Studies, a specialisation of the MA in Asian Studies, offers teaching by leading academics and a multi-disciplinary approach to the study of the East Asian region.

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  Anoma van der Veere Guest

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Aya Ezawa University Lecturer Modern Japanese Studies

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Ethan Mark Senior University Lecturer Modern Japanese History

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Ivo Smits Professor of Arts and Cultures of Japan

  Faculty of Humanities

• Ideology and Christianity in Japan Research output

  Ideology and Christianity in Japan shows the major role played by Christian-related discourse in the formation of early-modern and modern Japanese political ideology.

• Chinese Studies

  LIAS aims to advance the globally conscious vision of area studies, both within and outside the academic community. Focusing on Asia and the Middle East, the institute is a meeting place of multiple fields of inquiry, theories and methods, historical periods, and areas.

• Memory Contested, Locality Transformed Research output

  Representing Japanese Colonial 'Heritage' in Taiwan

• Extra-curricular Japanese Studies (MA) (120EC)

  Get the most out of your studies at Leiden University by taking part in our extracurricular activities.

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

• Korean Studies

  LIAS aims to advance the globally conscious vision of area studies, both within and outside the academic community. Focusing on Asia and the Middle East, the institute is a meeting place of multiple fields of inquiry, theories and methods, historical periods, and areas.

• The Hirado Project Research project

  The correspondence of the Dutch factory in Hirado, Japan, 1609-1633

• ‘The disaster in Japan may turn out to be a turning point’ News - 25 January 2012

  ‘There is no such thing as a timeless Japanese soul,’ says newly appointed Professor in Modern Japan Studies Katarzyna Cwiertka. The first month of her professorship turned out to be a crucial test: Japan was hit by a destructive earthquake and tsunami, and Cwiertka had to keep her head in the midst…

• Admission and Application Japanese Studies (MA) (120EC)

  Find out how to apply for Japanese Studies (120 EC) at Leiden University by following our step-by step guide.

• Profiling Leiden Japan Sources in the Global History field: From Bipolar to Multipolar Research Research output

  Leiden University Library and related museum holdings in Leiden contain a body of materials showing the unique role of Dutch-Japanese trade relations as a node in the history of global flows of knowledge, materials and culture during the early modern period.

• Meet our staff Southeast Asian Studies (MA) (60EC)

• Admission requirements Japanese Studies (MA) (120EC)

  To be eligible for Japanese Studies (120 EC) at Leiden University, you must meet the following admission requirements.

• Japan’s Occupation of Java in the Second World War: A Transnational History Research output

  Japan's Occupation of Java in the Second World War draws upon written and oral Japanese, Indonesian, Dutch and English-language sources to narrate the Japanese occupation of Java as a transnational intersection between two complex Asian societies, placing this narrative in a larger wartime context of…

• Associations and Journals Centre for Intercultural Philosophy

  An overview of Professional Associations and Journals

• Blood, Tears and Samurai Love: A Tragic Tale from Eighteenth-Century Japan Research project

  Leiden-Yale collaboration uncovers a tale of samurai same-sex love in a library manuscript.

• Japan’s local governments and governance under population decline Research output

  In this chapter, Kohei Suzuki aims to provide a brief overview of Japan’s local government system.

• Here it is. A Nahuatl translation of European cosmology Research output

  Context and contents of the Izcatqui manuscript in the Royal Tropical Institute, Amsterdam

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

  The one-year master's in East Asian Studies, a specialisation of Leiden University’s master's in Asian Studies, offers focused study of either China, Japan or Korea.

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  A Langeveld

  Faculteit Geneeskunde

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  A. Gerasymenko Data & Security Advisor

  Leiden Learning and Innovation Centre

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  A Gorter

  Faculteit Geneeskunde

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  A Jonker-de Roode

  Faculteit Geneeskunde

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  A Mouret-Vein

  Faculteit Geneeskunde

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  A Gerritsen van der Hoop

  Faculteit Geneeskunde

• Associates Centre for Intercultural Philosophy

  Associates of Leiden University Center for Intercultural Philosophy

• Career prospects Asian Studies (MA)

• Meet our staff Global Conflict in the Modern Era (MA)

• Admission requirements East Asian Studies (MA) (60EC)

  To be eligible for East Asian Studies at Leiden University, you must meet the following admission requirements.

• Rituals of Initiation and Consecration in Premodern Japan Research output

  Power and Legitimacy in Kingship, Religion, and the Arts Volume 87 in the series Religion and Society

• Extracurricular Asian Studies (MA)

  Get the most out of your studies at Leiden University by taking part in our extracurricular activities.

• Extra-curricular Southeast Asian Studies (MA) (60EC)

  Get the most out of your studies at Leiden University by taking part in our extracurricular activities.

• Extra-curricular Politics, Society and Economy of Asia (MA) (60EC)

  Get the most out of your studies at Leiden University by taking part in our extracurricular activities.