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SOAS–INALCO Joint Postgraduate Conference: Reframing Contemporary Korea — Language, Culture, and Society

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Date: Friday 5 June 2026, 9:30am - 12:20pm
Venue: Online | Tickets: Free |
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The Centre for Korean Studies (CKS), SOAS University of London, in collaboration with INALCO, warmly invites students, scholars, and members of the public to attend the first SOAS–INALCO Joint Postgraduate Conference, Reframing Contemporary Korea: Language, Culture, and Society, to be held online on Friday, 5 June 2026.

This one-day postgraduate conference aims to provide a supportive and interdisciplinary space for postgraduate researchers to share and discuss their work on contemporary Korea through the lenses of language, culture, and society. Bringing together presenters from SOAS, INALCO, UCL Institute of Education, and EHESS, the conference encourages scholarly exchange and dialogue across a range of topics in Korean Studies.

The 2026 programme features presentations on Korean literature and publishing, feminism and science fiction, Korean linguistics and language acquisition, modern Korean writing styles, medical history, gender, ageing, and contemporary Korean society.

The conference reflects a shared commitment between SOAS and INALCO to supporting postgraduate research development and fostering academic exchange and collaboration in Korean Studies among early-career scholars in Europe.

We warmly welcome all those interested in Korean Studies to join us for a day of interdisciplinary discussion and scholarly exchange.

Join the conference:

Time: Jun 5, 2026 09:30 AM London
Join Zoom Meeting
https://soas-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/99445985259?pwd=TyvuNM4PfwsHU7Tgud6EnjPYKtD84O.1
Meeting ID: 994 4598 5259
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Conference programme

9:30 – 9:45 am Welcome Address | Dr Owen Miller, CKS Chair, SOAS
9:45 – 10:00 am Introduction | Professor Jeong Eun Jin, INALCO
10:00 – 10:40 am Section 1: Culture | Chair: Dr Youkyung Ju-Zaveroni, SOAS
  • Lili Tessier (INALCO), “Issues and perspectives of Korean crime fiction between international and national book markets”
  • Maxence Reynaert (INALCO), “Posthumanism and feminism in Kim Bo-young and Kim Cho-yeop’s science-fiction literature”
10:40 – 10:50 am Break
10:50 – 11:30 am Section 2: Language | Chair: Dr Jiyoung Choi, INALCO
  • Se Won Kim (UCL IoE), “The Effects of Input-based Tasks on the Perception and Production of L2 Korean Stops and Fricatives”
  • Dr Seul Bi Lee (SOAS), “The Making of Modern Korean Writing Style: Sentence Endings and Lexical development”
11:30 – 12:10 pm Section 3: Society | Chair: Dr Chloé Paberz, INALCO
  • Seulkee Nam (SOAS), “Marginalised Women, Children, and the Poor in Modern Korea: The Establishment and Operation of St. Peter’s Hospital for Women and Children in Seoul, 1890–1904”
  • Marion Le Pollès (EHESS), “Ageing in South Korea today, a geographical analysis of older adults everydays lives”
12:10 – 12:20 pm Concluding Remarks | Dr Youkyung Ju-Zaveroni, SOAS

Please note that the times displayed are in BST (UK summer time). CEST (French summer time) is one hour ahead.

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