Relevant training
B.A. in Japanese Language and Culture, Leiden University (1969)
Research student, Depts. of Korean History and Cultural Anthropology, Seoul National University (1973–1975)
M.A. in Korean Language and Culture, Leiden University (1976)
Doctorate in Korean Language and Culture, Leiden University (1985)
Professional experience
1969–1973: Teaching assistant for Japanese and Korean, Leiden University, Centre for Japanese and Korean Studies
1974 Part–time Lecturer, Dutch Department, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Seoul
1976–1978 Lecturer in Korean Studies, Centre for Japanese and Korean Studies, Leiden University
1979–1990: Assistant–Professor in Korean Studies, Centre for Japanese and Korean Studies, Leiden Univ.
1990–1994: Associate–Professor, Korean Studies Dept., Leiden Univ.
1994–present: Full Professor, Language and Culture of Korea, Leiden University
2000: (for the period of one month) Visiting Professor of the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris.
Other relevant activities
President of the Association for Korean Studies in Europe, 1995–1999
Member of the Committee for Academic Affairs of the International Institute for Asian Studies, 2000 – present.
Overseas Director of the Kug; kungmunhakhoe (Society for Korean Language and Literature), 2003– present.
Member of the International Advisory Committee of the Korea Foundation, 2004– present.
Member of the Editorial Board of the Sungkyun Journal of East Asian Studies, 2005– present.
Member of the Northeast Asian Council of the Association for Asian Studies, 2005– present.
