The agenda for the 8th World Hallyu Congress hosted at Kellogg College in Oxford – but held online via Zoom – has been announced, with panel sessions on Coronavirus and Pop Culture, Netflix, Broadway and the Pandemic, Inter-Asia Cultural Exchanges and Melancholia in Pop Culture. One session, Cosmetic Surgery before and after Covid-19, will be … [Read More]
Category: Classes talks and seminars (page 21)
Umma’s Table: Yeon-sik Hong in conversation with Paul Gravett
For the KCC’s August literature event, cartoonist Yeon-sik Hong and the Comics curator Paul Gravett will join for a live virtual talk about Umma’s table. Following the talk, Yeon-sik Hong will respond to questions from the audience. Umma’s Table by Yeon-sik Hong, translated by Janet Hong Yeon-sik Hong in conversation with Comics curator Paul Gravett … [Read More]
Off the Wall: Korean movies outside of the mainstream
Those who were introduced to Korean movies in the first few years of this century with the likes of Oldboy and Bittersweet Life can be forgiven for gaining the impression that the majority of Korean movies are ultra-violent. But that’s in part because of the types of movie that distributors such as Tartan chose to … [Read More]
Online Korean Cuisine Class: Summer Dessert
A perfect introduction to Korean desserts – apply by 8 August. Hansik Class: Summer Dessert Wednesday 11 August 17:30 – 18:30 (BST) Venue: ZOOM (Online) Entrance Free – Booking Essential Apply to [email protected] with your name, email by 8 August 2021. For your summer cooking inspiration, the KCCUK presents an online Korean cuisine class looking … [Read More]
Rising to the Top – Sports Talk with So-Hyun Cho and Jack Aitken
Tottenham’s playmaker So-Hyun Cho and Williams F1 reserve driver Jack Aitken joins the KCC for a talk on living and working as elite athletes. Sports Talk: Meet elite athletes in the UK Thursday 5 August 18.30 (60 mins) Free Online Webinar on MS Teams | Registration Required on Eventbrite The Korean Cultural Centre UK is … [Read More]
The Korean War Talks: from Pusan to the Imjin via Pyongyang with The Glosters
To mark the 70th Anniversary of the Battle of the Imjin River, Lt Col Rob Dixon OBE will be giving two talks about the Gloucestershire Regiment’s involvement. A restricted number of seats will be available in the Long Room of the Soldiers of Gloucestershire Museum, and the event will be live streamed via Zoom. Saturday 3 … [Read More]
Grass: Keum Suk Gendry-Kim in conversation with Janet Hong
July’s literature event organised by the KCCUK features a well-received graphic novel. Author Keum Suk Gendry-Kim and translator Janet Hong will give a live virtual talk about her novel ‘Grass’. Following the talk, author Kim will respond to questions from the audience. Grass by Keum Suk Gendry-Kim, translated by Janet Hong Wednesday 28 July 2021 … [Read More]
LKFF Summer Teaser screenings and discussion
The KCC’s exciting lineup of teaser screenings for the 2021 London Korean Film Festival starts on 17 June. Discover the best in contemporary Korean Cinema. Films showing are Hong Eui-jeong’s beautifully shot Voice of Silence – which screened at the Glasgow Film Festival earlier this year – action-packed Korean megahit Deliver Us From Evil and stylish … [Read More]
Ra Jong-yil Lecture 2021 – Professor Victor D Cha
This year’s Ra Jong-yil Lecture for Cambridge’s Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies will be given by Victor Cha, this Friday lunchtime. Korea’s Place in Coalitional Diplomacy Friday, 11 June 2021 13:00 – 14:30 (UK time) The talk will be held via Zoom | registration required via this link The international system today is … [Read More]
Online talk: Music for Healing — BTS, radical love and becoming other
An interesting talk coming up this week: Music for Healing: BTS, radical love and becoming other Speaker: Dr Colette Balmain, Senior Lecturer in Media and Communication, Kingston University Research series: ArCC (School of Arts, Culture and Communication) research seminar series organised by Visconti Studio. Mode: Online via Microsoft teams. Email c.balmain at kingston.ac.uk for link. … [Read More]
Online symposium: Muslims in Korea – Past, Present and Future
Details of the below conference just arrived in my inbox – organised by SOAS Centre of Islamic Studies in collaboration with Salam Nuri, an Islamic NGO based in Korea. Muslims in Korea – Past, Present and Future Sunday 6 June 2021, 9am UK time (5pm Korea time) Online | Register via SOAS website Conference Schedule … [Read More]
I’m Waiting For You: Kim Bo-Young in conversation with Sophie Bowman and Sung Ryu
This is the third speculative fiction title to be featured at a KCC literature event this year: I’m Waiting For You by Kim Bo-Young, translated by Sophie Bowman and Sung Ryu Wednesday 23rd June 2021 12:00 noon – 1:30pm Registration required by 8 June In the title story, an engaged couple working in distant corners … [Read More]
Understanding Minari: Language and life between and beyond Korea and America
The last Wednesday in May is turning out to be a busy day online at the KCC: the book launch for Choi Jin-young’s To the Warm Horizon, the first of the K-music online showcases, and now this talk: Understanding Minari Language and life between and beyond Korea and America Wednesday 26 May 2021, 6pm | … [Read More]
Physical Korean Cuisine Workshops at Westminster Kingsway College
Is life really returning to normal? I had to pinch myself to convince myself that I was not dreaming when I read that we’re being offered some cooking classes in real life, not via YouTube. These are sure to sell out quickly. Physical Korean Cuisine Workshops Saturdays, 15 May – 12 June 2021, 10am – … [Read More]
Traditional Korean Ink Painting course
As a follow-up to her classes in April, Young Maeng is now providing a series of five classes on Korean traditional ink painting: Traditional Korean Ink Painting Wednesday, 26 May – 23 June 2021, 7pm-9pm Apply via link on KCCUK website by 14 May The Korean Cultural Centre UK is proud to announce a new … [Read More]
Online talk: Korean Neo-Confucianism and its Shrines
This is a first for LKL. After more than 15 years online, we’re organising our first ever event! Having sat through rather too many online seminars which I logged on to because they happened to be available, I suddenly realised that I really didn’t find many of them all that interesting. And then I discovered … [Read More]