Politics, Society and Economy of Asia (MA) (60EC)
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Dr. K. de Ceuster
Koen de Ceuster is a University Lecturer at the Leiden University Institute for Area Studies. His fields of interest are the Intellectual history of modern Korea, the Socio-cultural history of colonial Korea and Inter-Korean Affairs. View his full profile here.

Prof.dr. D.E.F. Henley
David Henley is a 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.N. Pieke
Frank Pieke is professor at the Leiden Asia Center, Leiden University, and affiliated professor of Modern China Studies at the Institute for Area Studies. His fields of interest are Modern Chinese Studies, social anthropology and the Chinese Communist Party. View his full profile here.

Dr. F.A. Schneider
Florian Schneider is an University lecturer of Modern China Studies. His 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. 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.