780 search results for “korean history” in the Staff website
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Why do Japanese and South Korean women falter on their way to the top?
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.
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Bente de LeedeFaculty of Humanities
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Joost AugusteijnFaculty of Humanities
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Nira WickramasingheFaculty of Humanities
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Miko FlohrFaculty of Humanities
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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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Bart van der SteenLeiden University Libraries
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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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Jeroen DuindamFaculty of Humanities
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Catia AntunesFaculty of Humanities
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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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Elisabeth DietermanFaculty of Humanities
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Marcel KeurentjesFaculty of Humanities
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Fragments of a decentered 19th century history of Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan
Histories Connected: Seminar
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Herman PaulFaculty of Humanities
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Alistair KeffordFaculty of Humanities
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A Colonial and Material History of Astrophotography at Leiden Observatory, 1918-1960
Lecture, Global Histories of Knowledge Seminar
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Symposium: Through the Hands of Signers: History of sign language emergence, transmission, and change
Conference
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Ethan MarkFaculty of Humanities
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Gert OostindieFaculty of Humanities
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Doreen MüllerFaculty of Humanities
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Kim BeerdenFaculty of Humanities
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Marieke BloembergenFaculty of Humanities
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Robert RossFaculty of Humanities
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Paul van TrigtFaculty of Humanities
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Maartje JanseFaculty of Humanities
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Eric StormFaculty of Humanities
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Diasporic Koreans' Decolonization Project in Postwar Japan
Lecture
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Stijn BusselsFaculty of Humanities
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Carolien StolteFaculty of Humanities
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From Coup to Classroom: Viewing the South Korean film "12.12: The Day (Sŏul-ui pom)"
Film screening
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Maud RijksFaculty of Humanities
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Junjie HuangFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Lukas MilevskiFaculty of Humanities
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Kate BrackneyFaculty of Humanities
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Three new Master's specialisations in History: ‘More in line with students’ wishes’
The Master's programme in History at Leiden University is set to change. From September 2026, three of the five specialisations will be replaced by new subjects that are more closely aligned with the field of research and students’ interests. One of these new specialisations will also be taught entirely…
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Mirae KimFaculty of Humanities
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Wonkyung ChoiFaculty of Humanities
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Ying ZhangFaculty of Humanities
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History student wins thesis prize: ‘Look for the stories that didn’t make the history books’
Envoys jumping out of windows, fights, and illegal diplomacy: history student Tessa de Boer encountered them all while writing her master's thesis on Amsterdam as a diplomatic city during the 17th and 18th centuries. For her thesis, she was awarded the Uitgeverij Verloren/Johan de Witt thesis prize…
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Diederik SmitFaculty of Humanities
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Aron van de PolFaculty of Humanities
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Soledad Valdivia RiveraFaculty of Humanities
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Camilla MarracciniFaculty of Humanities
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Jeff Fynn-Paul wins European History Quarterly Prize
Jeff Fynn-Paul, lecturer at Leiden University’s Institute for History, was recently awarded the European History Quarterly’s 2016 Prize for his article “Occupation, Family, and Inheritance in Fourteenth-Century Barcelona: A Socio-Economic Profile of One of Europe’s Earliest Investing Publics.”
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Stefano BellucciFaculty of Humanities
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Leiden make Ted Ed videos: ‘We want to integrate Islamic history into world history’
What are the origins of the Islamic Empire? And what was daily life like there? Two new Ted Ed animations answer these questions in simple language. Arabists Petra Sijpesteijn and Birte Kristiansen explain what the process of developing the videos was like.
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Michiel van GroesenFaculty of Humanities
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Fan LinFaculty of Humanities