Here are the Korean Literature discussion nights that the KCC has lined up for 2014: Wed 26 Feb Please Look After Mother by Shin Kyung-sook Please Look After Mother is the story of So-nyo, a wife and mother, who has lived a life of sacrifice and compromise. In the past she suffered a stroke, leaving … [Read More]
Category: Classes talks and seminars (page 41)
One Fine Day: Short Film & Discussion of Korean Media Art in London
This coming Friday’s evening seminar at SOAS takes the form of a short film screening followed by Q&A. Well worth the time. One Fine Day Korean Short Film and Media Art in London Ingeun Kim (Director, Royal College of Art) / Sukho Yun (Director of Winter Sonata) 24 January 2014, Russell Square: College Buildings, G50, … [Read More]
SOAS evening seminars: Spring 2014 series
Here are the talks in the Spring 2014 series of seminars at SOAS, together with their abstracts. 17 January 2014 Buddhism in contemporary South-Korean society 24 January 2014 One Fine Day: Korean Short Film and Media Art in London 7 February 2014 Twelve gasa poetry in the context of Korean literature development: re-thinking the approach … [Read More]
Korean Studies seminars at EHESS, Paris
The Centre de Recherches sur la Corée of EHESS has a series of public seminars, 2pm-4pm usually on Friday afternoons, which are definitely worth a visit if you are in Paris. The seminars are held in the ground floor seminar room or the first floor Grand Salon of the Maison de l’Asie, 22 avenue du Président … [Read More]
CFP for South Korean Screen Culture Conference 2014
In 2014 the “Years of Radical Change” Korean Screen Culture Conference moves to Sheffield, after two successful years at SOAS. The Call for Papers has just been issued. CFP for South Korean Screen Culture Conference 2014 Friday 13 – Saturday 14 June 2014 Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, United Kingdom Call for presentations: The Korean Screen … [Read More]
Artist talk by Jukhee Kwon, 7 December
To accompany her first solo exhibition at October Gallery, Jukhee Kwon will talk about her new work and how she creates sculptures from discarded books. Saturday, 7th December, 2013. 3pm. Admission £Free. October Gallery Please reserve a place on https://jukheekwon.eventbrite.co.uk/ October Gallery | 24 Old Gloucester Street | Bloomsbury | London WC1N 3AL [Map] | … [Read More]
Inside North Korea – Life, Love, and The Leader
Ambassador John Everard, British Ambassador to North Korea from 2006-2008, delivers the 2013 Ra Jong-Yil Lecture in Korean Studies in the Umney Theatre, Robinson College, Tuesday 3 December, 5pm Inside North Korea – Life, Love, and The Leader Ambassador Everard will talk about his experiences there and about the lives both of the North Koreans … [Read More]
LSESU Korea Political and Economic Forum 2013
Coming up this Saturday at LSE’s Hong Kong theatre: the LSE’s third Korean Political and Economic forum, focusing on the hallyu and mobile contents. Of special interest will be the talk by Yun Sukho, director of the famous TV drama Winter Sonata, one of the first big hallyu hits in Japan. The first, political, session … [Read More]
Korea-UK Forum on The Peaceful Unification of Korea
An upcoming conference on inter-Korea issues. Registration is required via the contact details on the poster below: Korea-UK Forum on The Peaceful Unification of Korea THE CROMWELL SUITE Millennium Gloucester Hotel, SW7 4LH 19 November 2013, 1pm – 9pm As part of the Korean President State Visit in November 2013 and to celebrate the 130th … [Read More]
Inside Kim’s Kingdom: John Everard talks to the Anglo-Korean Society
John Everard will be introducing his book Only Beautiful Please to the Anglo-Korean Society on 16 October: Inside Kim’s Kingdom A talk by John Everard Former British Ambassador to North Korea Wednesday 16th October 2013 6.45pm for 7.00pm Korean Cultural Centre Grand Buildings, 1-3 The Strand, London WC2N 5BW (nearest underground stations–Charing Cross & Embankment) … [Read More]
Current Developments in North Korea – Aidan Foster Carter at the Japan Society
A North Korea related event in mid-town this week, courtesy of the Japan Society: Current Developments in North Korea – Aidan Foster-Carter Wednesday 2 October 2013, 12.00 for 12.30pm JETRO MidCity Place 71 High Holborn London WC1V 6AL £12 for members of Japan Society & JCCI and those introduced by JETRO £18 for non members … [Read More]
The autumn season of evening seminars at SOAS
The programme of evening seminars at SOAS for October and November is set out below. Briefly, the agenda is: Thursday 17 October: North Korean nukes Friday 18 October: Economic Democracy in South Korea Friday 25 October: Anxiety and Nostalgia of Korean Contemporary Artists Friday 15 November: North Korean army in the Economy of North Korea … [Read More]
Crime and Punishment in Chosŏn Korea
Three years ago SOAS held a conference entitled Historians, clerks and accountants: Methodological issues in the use of sources on Chosŏn History. One of the more interesting elements of that day was a consideration of court records of criminal trials and a discussion of Joseon dynasty autopsy techniques. The speaker, Kim Ho, returns this Friday … [Read More]
East Asian Societies in Transition: Challenges and Connections — Joint East Asian Studies Conference at Nottingham
I always try to get to the BAKS and Joint East Asian Studies conferences – a great way to learn, meet like-minded people, broaden your horizons and enjoy yourself. This one looks particularly interesting. There will be six panels on Korea: two on North Korea, two on popular culture in South Korea, one on historiography, … [Read More]
Human Rights forum: rethinking our approach to North Korea
Notice of a conference organised by the European Alliance for Human Rights in North Korea – their first Forum and Policy Paper Release Event – on 3 September. Registration will commence from 1.00pm, with the first session beginning at 1.30pm. The event will be held in Room 104 in Senate House. There is limited seating. … [Read More]
A Creative Writing Workshop taking the Moon Jar as inspiration
A reminder of the final event associated with the Moon Jar exhibition at the KCC: A Creative Writing Workshop Monday 12 August 14:00-16:00 KCCUK multi-purpose hall Taking the Moon Jar as a starting point, this workshop explores creative approaches to writing about objects. A writer and craft historian, Dr Eleanor Flegg will help to tease … [Read More]