SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITY (SKKU), SEOUL, KOREA

The SKKU-Leiden University Joint Forum was successfully held on Jan 31, 2018 at the SKKU's 600^th Anniversary Hall. This forum was the 2^nd join forum after the 1^st forum held at Leiden University June 30^th ~ July 1^st of 2016.

At the forum, five professors from the Department of East Asian Studies at SKKU and four professors from the Leiden University Institute for Area Studies (LIAS) participated and spent time discussing subjects including culture, arts in China and Japan, labor and human rights in North Korea, and Korean history with new perspectives.

The Leiden University Institute for Area Studies (LIAS) is a global research institute with a long tradition and excellent academic competencies. Also, it has created some of the world's top interdisciplinary research performance in the field of Asian Studies.

From the forum, the Academy of East Asian Studies at SKKU is expected to expand its global academic network into the European region and prepare the ground for sustainable and productive joint research with Leiden University.