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The strong points of this department relate to the following topics: 1. Research on Multilingualism and Bilingualism: A strong team of internationally known people has been working for a number of years in this field. 2. Dutch in the 19th century: This original research is innovative and important at the same time. It offers new insights in the development of the written language. 3. Theatre research: Within the department the study of Modern ...

The Research Centre for Operations Management (OM), Campus Brussels

The Research Centre for Operations Management tackles the broad field of operations management (OM), i.e., supply chain management, management of products and services, inventory management and warehousing, total quality management, planning systems,… Operations are the transformation of inputs (capital, material, human skills and knowledge, technology, resources,...) ...

Research topics of this team are:
- The massive repatriation to North Korea by the Korean minority in Japan (Zainichi)
- The issue of Japanese wives residing in North Korea
- Japanese-North Korean relations and parliamentary diplomacy
- The attitude of Japanese and Zainichi intellectuals towards the Korean peninsula
- The concepts tenkō 転 向 ("ideological conversion") and parrhesia παρρησία ("truth")