Willy Vande Walle


Willy F. Vande Walle is a Belgian academic, author, Japanologist and Sinologist.
Willy Vande Walle was born in Roeselare, Belgium. His secondary education focused on classical humanities at Klein Seminarie Roeselare. He studied Oriental Philology and History at the State University of Ghent and earned his doctoral degree in Oriental Philology in 1976.

Career

Willy Vande Walle is Professor Emeritus of Japanese Studies at the Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium. He taught several classes such as Japanese language and literature, history of Japan, art history of East Asia, as well as history of China and Chinese poetry. The KU Leuven coursework is supplemented with active Internet learning programs linked to Japanese educational partners.
Willy Vande Walle is the Belgian coordinator for projects conducted by the European Association of Japanese Studies.

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