Korean Studies (MA) (120EC)
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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. Other interests are Korean cinema, Modernity and Central Asian history. View his full profile here.
Prof.dr. L.L. Cheng
Lisa Cheng is Academic/Scientific Director and Professor of General Linguistics at the Leiden University Centre for Linguistics. Her research interests centre upon comparative syntax, and the interactions between syntax and semantics, syntax and prosody, as well as syntax and processing. View her 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.
Dr. J.h. Park
Jin Hee Park is an university lecturer for Korean Studies. Her research themes are Korean syntax, critical discourse analysis, second language acquisition in Korean, and teaching Korean as a foreign language. View her full profile here.
Dr. E.G. Paskaleva
Elena Paskaleva is assistant professor in critical heritage studies of Asia and Europe. Her current research focuses on the material culture of Central Asia, and in particular on the history and socio-political importance of Timurid architecture. View her full profile here.