by Juliette SCHWAK, ULB/EASt

During this lunch seminar, our new colleague Juliette Schwak will present her ERC project.

This project (PENEA: ‘Longing for an economic past? Political economic nostalgia in East Asian societies’) explores if, as East Asian societies reach the limits of their miraculous development, East Asian citizens look back on their economic past, and if they seek to build alternative, post-growth futures on this basis.

Juliette Schwak received her Ph.D. from City University of Hong Kong in 2017 and was an Assistant Professor of International Political Economy at Tokyo International University (2017-2019) before joining Franklin University Switzerland in 2019. A French citizen, she has lived and worked for several years in South Korea, Hong Kong, the Philippines and Japan.

She specializes in political economy, but she conducts interdisciplinary research bringing together political economy and sociology. She is an East Asian specialist with specific expertise in the economy and society of the Republic of Korea, where she has conducted extensive field research. Her areas of research include everyday political economy, development, labour, and promotional politics and nation branding.

Wednesday 28 January 2026, from 12:15pm until 13:45pm

Salle de réception
ULB - Bâtiment DE1 - Niveau 3 - Salle R.3.105
Avenue Antoine Depage 1
1000 Bruxelles

Free entrance

Contact : east@ulb.be