Jerome de Wit

Professor of Korean Studies at the University of Vienna, Austria. Research on N/S Korean literature and film and Korean-Chinese (조선족/朝鲜族) Culture.

[Universität Wien @univienna]

Drei neue Professuren im September! 🤩 Die #univie gratuliert @jerome_dewit zur Professur für Korean Studies, @LauraMKoenig zur Professur für Gesundheitspsychologie und @DesireeSchmuck zur Professur für Medienwandel und Medieninnovation.🎉
Mehr dazu: ⤵
https://t.co/dBDin9X3HV

[Jerome de Wit @jerome_dewit]

@JaccoZed @jeanmackenzie @nknewsorg @BBCWorld And in the Dutch news as well! https://t.co/fkVfVWG7G0

[Hawon Jung @allyjung]

What a photo. In S.Korea, a growing number of venues like cafes, casual bistros, or even public libraries ban children under the "no kids" banner, supposedly not to inconvenience other patrons. One MP criticized the "exclusionary" practice in a presser, with her toddler in tow.

[Jerome de Wit @jerome_dewit]

@JaccoZed It is anonymous, but since it appears as the very first article of that day's paper, it must have been an opinion that was shared widely among the people involved with the Dong-A Ilbo.

[Jerome de Wit @jerome_dewit]

Today marks the 40th anniversary of the Gukurahundi genocide, when North Korean trained elements of the Zimbabwe National Army started killing dissidents in Matabeleland North Province. In 5 years time approximately 20000 people would be killed. https://t.co/Wa7Q8QSV9r

[Jerome de Wit @jerome_dewit]

@chesscom Chessboxing with James Canty III? Oh Hell No!!

[Jerome de Wit @jerome_dewit]

@JaccoZed Definitely Nick Drake. I would reserve the André Hazes epithet for Nam Jin.

[Car Dealership Guy @GuyDealership]

This is bad lol

[Joseph Dempsey @JosephHDempsey]

So, Kim Jong-un just decided to reveal his daughter for the first time publicly at an ICBM launch???

[Jerome de Wit @jerome_dewit]

For the 130th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Korea and Austria the Korean-Austrian Philharmonic Orchestra gave a performance which included the famous soprano Sumi Jo. She even gave a special encore to commemorate the Itaeweon Tragedy.

[Jerome de Wit @jerome_dewit]

@hyunsuinseoul Took 42 minutes to get approved.

[Jerome de Wit @jerome_dewit]

@Osinttechnical 3.5 tonnes... not great, not terrible...

[Jerome de Wit @jerome_dewit]

To mark the 130th year of bilateral relations between Korea and Austria, a special concert of the Korean National Symphony Orchestra was organised at the Wiener Musikverein @Musikverein in the very room where each year the famous New Year's Concert is performed.

[Jerome de Wit @jerome_dewit]

@meghaamrith Great to hear! Looking forward to hearing more about her research.

[Jerome de Wit @jerome_dewit]

Such an interesting study. A similar one is highly needed to understand how Korean-Chinese born in the 1960s and migrating to South Korea and elsewhere in the 1990s are dealing with this.

[Megha Amrith @meghaamrith]

How do aging migrant domestic workers, who have been working abroad long-term on temporary contracts, anticipate temporal borders as they approach retirement and the prospect of mandatory return migration? https://t.co/JthieAw1AQ

[Jerome de Wit @jerome_dewit]

I am happy to announce that I will be continuing my academic journey as Visiting Professor in the Korean Studies Department at @univienna from October.

[Jerome de Wit @jerome_dewit]

Today marks the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and South Korea. An important moment for bringing new opportunities to the Korean-Chinese, and, as they would find out only later, an event that would radically change their identity.

[Jerome de Wit @jerome_dewit]

“Ethnicity-mediated migration infrastructure enables villagers to move, but throughout the move they are continuously perceived as ethnically Korean.”

[Migrant China @migrantchina]

Mobility–ethnicity nexus in the China–North Korea borderland of Yanbian: Migration infrastructure and multi-directional flows - Shiwei Chen https://t.co/KAWG6Aimfu

[Jerome de Wit @jerome_dewit]

@Josh_Merfeld Searching specifically for the different neighbourhoods in Seoul is the closest you can get for geolocated information, but at least there is quite a bit of data concerning housing types in Seoul to be found here:
https://t.co/jlG3zT7Akj