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ONDERZOEKER

Dr Koen de Ceuster is a lecturer of Korean Studies at Leiden University.

Projecten

At the LeidenAsiaCentre, Dr De Ceuster is engaged in the ‘North Korean Posters digitization’ project.

Expertise

Dr K. (Koen) De Ceuster has been a lecturer in Korean Studies at Leiden University since 1995. A historian of modern Korean, dr. De Ceuster has published widely on both South and North Korean affairs. His main fields of interest include the intellectual and socio-cultural history of modern Korea, historiography and the politics of memory in contemporary Korea, North Korean art theory and practice, and inter-Korean affairs. Amongst other publications, dr. De Ceuster co-edited (with Valérie Gelézeau and Alain Delissen) De-bordering Korea. Tangible and Intangible Legacies of the Sunshine Policy (Routledge, 2013), a study on the dynamic and diverse impact of inter-Korean rapprochement during the decade 1998-2008. He co-edited with Harry Tupan De Kim Utopie: Schilderijen uit Noord-Korea (WBOOKS, 2015), on occasion of the exhibition De Kim Utopie: Schilderkunst uit Noord-Korea, Drents Museum, Assen, 3 April – 30 August 2015.

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RESEARCHER

Dr Koen de Ceuster is a lecturer of Korean Studies at Leiden University.

Projects

At the LeidenAsiaCentre, Dr De Ceuster is engaged in the ‘North Korean Posters digitization’ project.

Expertise

Dr K. (Koen) De Ceuster has been a lecturer in Korean Studies at Leiden University since 1995. A historian of modern Korean, dr. De Ceuster has published widely on both South and North Korean affairs. His main fields of interest include the intellectual and socio-cultural history of modern Korea, historiography and the politics of memory in contemporary Korea, North Korean art theory and practice, and inter-Korean affairs. Amongst other publications, dr. De Ceuster co-edited (with Valérie Gelézeau and Alain Delissen) De-bordering Korea. Tangible and Intangible Legacies of the Sunshine Policy (Routledge, 2013)a study on the dynamic and diverse impact of inter-Korean rapprochement during the decade 1998-2008. He co-edited with Harry Tupan De Kim Utopie: Schilderijen uit Noord-Korea (WBOOKS, 2015), on occasion of the exhibition De Kim Utopie: Schilderkunst uit Noord-Korea, Drents Museum, Assen, 3 April – 30 August 2015.

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