Organiser Jihyun Park explains: We are making new event at SOAS for How about ” North Korea Though the Eyes of North Koreans” We introduce about Bandi book and poem, so how much do you know about Bandi? Please Join us on the 22nd October. Bandi is just like Solzhenitsyn, the writer of the Soviet […]
Category: Language & Learning
SOAS seminar: China and the two Koreas – What next?
Monday 14 October 2019, 5:00 – 6:30 pm SOAS | College Buildings | Russell Square. Room: Djam Lecture Theatre (DLT) This event is open to the public and free to attend, however registration is required Abstract ‘Engagement’ of a kind may have replaced ‘fire and fury’ on the Korean Peninsula after Kim Jong-un met with […]
SOAS seminar: South Korean Resettlement Policy for North Korean exiles
Late notice of a seminar at SOAS today: The Complex Effects of South Korean Resettlement Policy on the Social Class of North Koreans in South Korea Dr Jennifer Hough (SOAS Centre of Korean Studies Research Fellow) Wednesday 9 October 2019, 3:10pm Room S113, Paul Webley Wing (Senate House), SOAS University of London Open to students, […]
Young-sung Kim: hyperrealistic art masterclass
Thursday 3 October 2019, 4pm – 5pm | Register on EventBrite The Menier Gallery | 51-53 Southwark Street | London SE1 1RU Young-sung Kim from Korea will give a masterclass about his amazing world reknowned hyperrealistic art. Born in Seoul Korea 1973. Representative Gallery – Waterfall Mansion Gallery, New York. Plus One Gallery, London. In an economically driven world […]
BTS: A Global Interdisciplinary Conference Project at Kingston University
Media & Communications & Music at Kingston University present: BTS (방탄소년단): A Global Interdisciplinary Conference Project Dates: Saturday 4 January – Sunday 5 January 2020 Venue: John Galsworthy Building | Penrhyn Road campus | Penrhyn Road | Kingston upon Thames | Surrey KT1 2EE Price: to be confirmed Registration: booking will be available soon, please […]
Tate talk: The Networks of Nam June Paik
A talk to go with the Tate’s big Nam June Paik exhibition: The Networks of Nam June Paik Tuesday 29 October 2019, 18.30–20.00 Starr Cinema | Tate Modern | Bankside | London SE1 9TG Tickets £12 | £8 | Book tickets Hear a panel discussion exploring the influence of Nam June Paik The life and […]
Pansori workshop at SOAS with the Korea Pansori Preservation Association
The Korea Pansori Preservation Association are in town for their K-music concert on 6 October, and they’re taking advantage of their trip to run a workshop at SOAS the day before: P’ansori workshop Saturday 5 October 2019, 2pm – 5pm Main Building, Room G52 | SOAS | 10 Thornhaugh St | Bloomsbury | London WC1H […]
Two good sources of Korean Studies videos
First, the Center for International Affairs at the Academy of Korean Studies (AKS) would like to share a Youtube Channel which has lecture videos on various Korea-related topics. The lecture contents are made based on the Societas Koreana lecture meeting programme in which foreign diplomats and researchers who reside in Korea have participated. An index […]
Application window is now open for the 16th K-pop Academy
The Application Window for the 16th K-pop Academy is open from 22 August to 18 September 2019. Don’t miss your chance to join this ever-popular programme. Visit the KCC website for full details. 16th K-Pop Academy 28 September – 30 November 2019 Take your passion for K-Pop to the next level with this free, fun-filled […]
Discussion and celebration: 40 years of Korean Studies at Sheffield
Wed, 18 September 2019, 16:00 – 19:30 BST Lecture Theatre 2 | The Diamond | 32 Leavygreave Road | Sheffield S3 7RD Admission free | Book via EventBrite The University of Sheffield is currently celebrating 40 years for Korean. As part of these celebrations, we have invited Professor Suk-Yong Kim (Professor, Director and Head of […]
August Literature Night: a talk with author Kim Kyung-Uk
The Korean Literature Night (KLN) is a monthly discussion group that explores various themes and topics relating to that month’s chosen book. August’s texts are ‘God Has No grandchildren’ and ‘Spray’ by Kim Kyung-Uk, and the discussion will benefit from the presence of the author himself. The latter story is available online, while the latter […]
Artist Talk: Heezy Yang meets Hurricane Kimchi
Heezy Yang will be giving a talk at the British Museum tomorrow: Heezy Yang meets Hurricane Kimchi Moser Room, British Museum, WC1B 3DG Sat, 13 July 2019 | 11:30 – 12:30 BST Free | Registration required Join us for a talk by Heezy Yang as part of ‘The Liminal’, the ‘Queer’ Asia Art Exhibition 2019. […]
Radio Kimchi K-Pop Fair
Last November’s inaugural K-Pop Fair was a success, so it’s returning this August, bigger and better. Radio Kimchi K-Pop Fair O2 Academy Islington | Angel Central | 16 Parkfield Street | London N1 0PS Saturday 24 August 2019 Two sessions: 12pm-2pm and 3pm-5pm Tickets £6 | Buy tickets 1on1 Events and Radio Kimchi UK present […]
Joint East Asian Studies Conference, Edinburgh, Sept 2019
The programme has been announced for the 2019 Joint East Asian Studies Conference in Edinburgh. It’s a busy three days and you’ll have to plan your time ruthlessly: over 60 panel sessions, but you’ll only be able to go to nine of them (or even fewer if you feel obliged to go to the BAKS, […]
Discover Korean Art at the British Museum
With this art history course, participants will discover the fascinating history of Korea through lectures, gallery talks and behind-the-scenes tours of the conservation studio at the British Museum. Discover Korean Art: from Three Kingdoms to Contemporary Korea A 3-day course exploring Korea’s special place within the British Museum Saturday, 6 July 2-4pm | Korea Foundation […]
Games of Change? Sport Diplomacy and the Korean Peninsula
A symposium organised by the SOAS Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy: Games of Change? Sport Diplomacy and the Korean Peninsula Professor David Rowe (Western Sydney University), Dr Simon Rofe (CISD SOAS) 17 July 2019, 11:00 AM – 6:00 PM Paul Webley Wing (Senate House) Room S113 The 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics has been widely […]
BKS / Chatham House Korean Ambassadors talk: the podcast
For those, such as myself, who couldn’t make it to the recent talk on the Diplomatic Outlook on the Korean Peninsula, Chatham House has kindly uploaded a recording of the event, which you can find on the Chatham House website and embedded below. The Guardian picked up one of the earlier soundbites in the on-the-record […]