A preliminary listing of seminars at SOAS this term. As more are announced this post will be updated. An up-to-date list can always be found on the SOAS Centre of Korean Studies web page. 17/3/17Korean Language Education in Japan: From the Underground Heritage Language to the Mainstream “Hobby Language” Dr Robert J. Fouser (Independent Scholar) … [Read More]
Author: Chan E Park
Selected publications by Chan E Park
- Voices from the Straw Mat: Toward an Ethnography of Korean Story Singing, University of Hawai'i Press 2003
From Local Monsters to BEAST: 1500 years of Korean music and dance at SOAS
Last weekend’s free seminar at SOAS ranged from Silla dynasty lion dances to last month’s tour of Taiwan by BEAST, and from ancient Confucian ceremonial music to Samulnori and hip-hop via Trot. Juhae Gu introduced us to the dying musical form of Akkeuk (악극) – a form of stage musical using Trot music. It is … [Read More]