LAC Anniversary Symposium: A Decade of Dialogue

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We are currently very busy preparing our largest event to date:

To celebrate our ten-year anniversary, we are hosting a symposium titled ‘A Decade of Dialogue: Asia and Europe in a Changing World’.

Various speakers with different backgrounds are invited to discuss many topics:

  • Japan – South Korea – Europe security cooperation
  • The Africa-Asia-Europe triangle
  • How should Europe deal with North Korea?
  • Soft Power in Korea vs. China
  • Religion in Indonesia
  • China & AI
  • And more…

Prepare for a day full of lectures and debates by leading experts from academia, government and business!

Read below to find out some of our confirmed speakers.

Details

  • 1 October 2026
  • 09:00 – 17:00
  • Glazen Zaal, Prinsessegracht 26, 2514 AP Den Haag

Please note that this event is invitation only. Did not receive an invitation? You may send an email to anniversary@leidenasiacentre.nl, stating your affiliation and why you would like to join the symposium.

About the speaker(s)

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Haruko Satoh

Keynote speaker – Specially Appointed Professor at the Osaka School of International Public Policy (OSIPP), where she teaches Japan’s relations with Asia and identity in international relations. She is co-director of the OSIPP-IAFOR Research Centre and has previously worked with the Japan Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House, and Gaiko Forum. Her research focuses on state theory, Japanese nationalism, and identity politics.

Nanae Baldauff

Associate Research Fellow at UNU-CRIS

Lami Kim

Korea Chair at International Institute for Strategic Studies

Peter Paul van 't Veen

TNO Director Nederlands Materialen Observatorium

Yunnan Chen

Research Fellow at ODI

Costanza Franceschini

Postdoctoral researcher at Leiden University

Panashe Madamombe

Researcher at Leiden Asia Centre

Marialaura De Angelis

Researcher at the Pacific Forum

Thomas J. Biersteker

Honorary Professor at Geneva Graduate Institute

Flora Smit

PhD candidate at Leiden University

Ruohan Xie

Journalist and podcaster, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

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Carwyn Morris

Senior lecturer at SOAS

Tamara Soukotta

Researcher at Erasmus University

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Ward Berenschot

Professor at University of Amsterdam and Senior Researcher at KITLV

Paul Bekkers

Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion and Belief at Rijksoverheid

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Rogier Creemers

Professor at Leiden University

Guangyu Qiao-Franco

Guangyu Qiao-Franco

Professor at Radboud University

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Eric Siyi Zhang

Researcher at Leiden Asia Centre, PhD candidate at University of Amsterdam

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Anoma van der Veere

Japan Correspondent at NOS & NRC, Researcher at Leiden Asia Centre

Pim ten Haaf

Senior Policy Officer Indo-Pacific at the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs