Asian Studies (research) (MA)
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Prof.dr. R.E. Breuker
Remco Breuker is a historian of Korea and Northeast Asia, who works on medieval Korean and Northeast Asian history and on contemporary North Korean affairs. He published on the medieval state of Koryo, Korean historiography, Northeast Asia and North Korea, as well as literary translations from Korean into Dutch. View his full profile here.
Prof.dr. K.J. Cwiertka
Kasia Cwiertka is a professor of Modern Japan Studies at the Leiden University Institute for Area Studies. Her research interests are Material Culture and Consumption, History and Anthropology of Food, Anthropology of Colonialism and War, Globalisation. View her full profile here.
Prof.dr. D.E.F. Henley
David Henley is Professor of Contemporary Indonesia Studies. He has a broad range of research interests spanning the politics, history, geography and sociology of Southeast Asia, particularly Indonesia. View his full profile here.
Prof.dr. F.A. Schneider
Florian Schneider's research interests include questions of governance and public administration in the PRC, Taiwan, and Hong Kong, political communication strategies and political content of popular Chinese entertainment, recent Chinese economic developments, as well as Chinese foreign policy. View his full profile here.
Prof.dr. N.K. Wickramasinghe
Nira Wickramasinghe is Professor of Modern South Asian Studies at the Leiden University Institute for Area Studies. Her primary interests are identity politics, everyday life under colonialism and the relationship between state and society in modern South Asia. View her full profile here.
Prof.dr. Y. Zhang
Ying Zhang is a historian of late medieval and early modern China (14-18th c.). She is mostly interested in exploring the history of Chinese political institutions, literati culture, and gender and family. Her current research is focused on examining the intersection of bureaucracy, law, and society in the Ming dynasty. View her full profile here.