1,099 search results for “japan studies” in the Student website
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Bijutsu: The Key Issue of Contemporary Japanese Art
Lecture
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From Japan Studies to junior school: ‘I was back to square one in the classroom’
It was while wearing clogs at a Dutch theme park in Japan that Cindy Heijdra really got to know Japan. Over 20 years later, she is studying again: to be a primary school teacher.
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Aya EzawaFaculty of Humanities
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Hisashi OwadaFaculty of Humanities
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Anoma van der VeereFaculty of Humanities
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Taka SuzukiFaculty of Humanities
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Ethan MarkFaculty of Humanities
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Kohei Suzuki on Infobae about the problem of loneliness in Japan
Kohei Suzuki, Assistant Professor at Institute of Public Administration, was interviewed by Infobae about loneliness in Japan and the role of government and society.
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Ivo SmitsFaculty of Humanities
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Maja VodopivecFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Sei'ichi Kondō and Sanae Kagaya are the Artists in Residence for 2025
In December 2025, Leiden University welcomes Professors Sei’ichi Kondō and Sanae Kagaya as the 2025 JAPA-UL artists in residence. Students will be given the opportunity to participate in a workshop series that focuses on Japanese cultural heritage and butō dance. There is a limited number of places…
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The Geopolitics of Japan: 2025
Debate, BASIS The Hague, Universiteit Leiden
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Alumnus Asa Splinter: ‘LGBT+ identities are not a burden but a source of inspiration’
Even as a teenager Asa Splinter was determined to study Japanese in Leiden. A HAVO diploma and a change in legislation threatened to throw a spanner in the works, but Asa persevered. After ten years of studying, Asa obtained a master’s degree in Japanese and was nominated for the IHLIA thesis award…
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Scholarships for international internships
There are a number of scholarships available for research and internships abroad.
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Katarzyna CwiertkaFaculty of Humanities
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Andrew Littlejohn in podcast Beyond Japan
In this podcast episode of Beyond Japan, Oliver Moxham and Andrew Littlejohn explore how disaster heritage fosters debate around the relationship between humans and their environments.
- Leiden Lecture Series in Japanese Studies
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Media: Platform, Participation, and the Rise of Digital Populism in Japan
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Decolonisation for whom?: Museum Practices in Europe, Asia, and Japan
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Diasporic Koreans' Decolonization Project in Postwar Japan
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Anoma van der Veere did Japanese Studies at Leiden University
Alumnus Anoma van der Veere did Japanese studies and talks in this interview about his studies in Leiden and his work as a researcher at the Leiden Asia Centre and as Japanese correspondent in Tokyo.
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Financial matters
What are the costs involved in studying abroad and how can you finance your stay? Avoid unexpected expenses by researching financial matters thoroughly in advance.
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The Van der Loon family has had ties with Japan and Leiden University for over a hundred years.
Over a century ago, Alexandra van Elroy's great-grandfather left for Japan, where her grandmother was born. Together with her mother, Maaike van der Loon, she reminisces about her family history, through which a key thread is the study of Japanese and Chinese.
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Christopher GreenFaculty of Humanities
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Symposium: Japan between the East and the West
Symposium
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Manga and Militarism
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Programme
When deciding what to study you undoubtedly read a lot of information about your study programme. Leiden University employs various systems to provide information about programmes and courses and to facilitate communication between lecturers and students.
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Nico KapteinFaculty of Humanities
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Utagawa Hiroshige: The Landscape Artist as Pathfinder
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Peter VerhagenFaculty of Humanities
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Ab de JongFaculty of Humanities
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Tradition and Transformation: Japanese Woodblock Prints from Meiji to 20th Century mokuhanga
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Boudewijn WalravenFaculty of Humanities
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Xiao LuoFaculty of Humanities
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Haneen OmariFaculty of Humanities
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An Unusually Caring Chigo (Buddhist Acolyte): The Medieval Japanese Tale of a Homoerotic Love Triangle and Its Hollow Center
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Maghiel van CrevelFaculty of Humanities
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Living the (Proletarian) Life: Sata Ineko’s Autobiographical Writing
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Henk Schulte NordholtFaculty of Humanities
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Shirley Alexander
Faculty of Humanities
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Francesca Rosati
Faculty of Humanities
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Geoffrey Cain
Faculty of Humanities
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The World of Smallpox Picture Books: The Red Books for Smallpox in the Edo Period
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Onwards to noble death! War representation in the manga of Shigeru Mizuki
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Angelika Koch-LowFaculty of Humanities
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Edegar Da Conceição SavioFaculty of Humanities
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Crewe Williams
Faculty of Humanities
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Amirardalan EmamiFaculty of Humanities
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Xiong XiongFaculty of Humanities
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Caroline Fernandes CaromanoFaculty of Humanities