A two day seminar at SOAS in April. Details as follows: European Association for Korean Language Education Workshop Date: 9 April 2010 Time: 9:00 AM Finishes: 10 April 2010 Time: 7:00 PM Venue: Russell Square: College Buildings, Room: G2 The 3rd biennial workshop of the European Association for Korean Language Education (EAKLE) will be held … [Read More]
Category: Classes talks and seminars (page 49)
Upcoming KCC talk on development on Korean protestantism
News of an interesting lecture at the KCC this month: Korean missionaries: Protestant churches and their global vision Dr Kirsteen Kim (Theology at Leeds Trinity University College) Date & Time: Wednesday 31st March 2010, 6.30pm Venue: Multi-purpose Hall, Korean Cultural Centre Email to [email protected] or call +44(0)20 7004 2600 to reserve your place Wherever you … [Read More]
Korean Adoptee Artists: Discourses of Migration, Exile and Transversality
Further details of Friday’s seminar at SOAS: Friday, March 19th, 5pm, room G50 (main building) Dr. Aino Rinhaug, University of Oslo Korean Adoptee Artists: Discourses of Migration, Exile and Transversality Abstract: In view of how the development of large-scale globalisation changes our perception of family structures, nationhood and sense of belonging, my presentation seeks to … [Read More]
Cuisine, Colonialism and Cold War: Food in 20th Century Korea
This Friday’s lecture at SOAS looks like a must-see. See you all there. Friday, March 12th, 5pm, room G50 (main building) Dr. Katarzyna Cwiertka, Leiden University Cuisine, Colonialism and Cold War: Food in 20th Century Korea Abstract: In this talk, I will introduce my forthcoming book Cuisine, Colonialism and Cold War: Food and Eating in … [Read More]
Kimsooja: Talking Art at Tate Modern
News of an artist talk coming up next weekend. Saturday 20 February 2010, 14.00–15.30 Korean born artist Kimsooja is internationally known for her installations, films, photographs and performances. Her interest in fabrics references nomadic life in her trademark Bottari -bundles made of traditional Korean bedspreads, usually used to pack clothes. This sense of wrapping and … [Read More]
60 years of overseas Korean adoption and the Korean adoption issue
News of an interesting half-day seminar in Cambridge: This is an invitation to the seminar “60 years of overseas Korean adoption and the Korean adoption issue” which will take place in Cambridge on Saturday the 20th of February 2010. Ever since the Korean War Armistice in 1953, almost 200,000 Korean children have been adopted to … [Read More]
Barbara Demick talks about her book Nothing to Envy: Real Lives in North Korea
In her new book Nothing to Envy – Real Lives in North Korea, Barbara Demick uncovers the secrets of the world’s most secretive country, through the stories of six North Koreans. Covering illicit love affairs, party loyalty and crippling poverty, the stories are the result of tenacious investigations and interviews in a country not connected … [Read More]
Korea’s Ancient Culture and Art, and Modern Economy
An invitation to an informational event at the Korean Cultural Centre on 10 February, from the Korean Spirit and Culture Promotion Project. We would like to invite you to a series of short films on Korea’s artistic and cultural treasures, and the remarkable economic growth of the past 30 years. The films will cover, amongst … [Read More]
A glimpse of a Confucian scholar’s intimacy
More details of this Friday’s free seminar at SOAS Friday, February 5th, 5pm, room G50 (main building) Isabelle Sancho, EHESS “A glimpse of Confucian scholar’s intimacy: the correspondence of Yulgok Yi I (1536-1584)” Abstract: The talk will focus on the correspondence of Yulgok Yi I (1536-1584), one of the most outstanding Confucian scholars of the … [Read More]
Han Yongun: Questioning a monk’s nation-building project
More details about this Friday’s seminar at SOAS Friday, January 29th, 5pm, room G50 (main building) Jung-Shim Lee, Leiden University Han Yongun’s posthumous novel Death: Questioning a monk’s nation-building project Abstract: This paper will explore how a Korean monk Han Yongun produced Confucian-inspired nation-building ideas in his novel Death (죽음, 1924). Han Yongun (韓龍雲, 1879-1944) … [Read More]
A Witness to Change: Three Decades of Korea-watching
A reminder of this Friday’s talk at SOAS. Friday, January 22nd, 5pm, room G50 (main building) Warwick Morris, Former UK Ambassador to ROK A Witness to Change: Three Decades of Korea-watching Abstract: Posted in Seoul in January 1975 as the FCO’s first Korean language student, Warwick Morris was to experience the start of tremendous economic … [Read More]
Melodrama of the Modern Girl: Jaesaeng by Yi Kwang-su
Further details of this Friday’s talk at SOAS: Friday, December 4th, 5pm, room G50 (main building) Dr. Michael Shin, University of Cambridge Melodrama of the Modern Girl: The Novel Jaesaeng by Yi Kwang-su (1924-25) Abstract: Yi Kwang-su’s Jaesaeng (Rebirth) was one of the most popular novels in colonial Korea during the 1920s. One reason for … [Read More]
Human Rights and Military-First Politics in the DPRK. Song Jiyoung at Chatham House
Notice of an upcoming lunchtime round-table at Chatham House: Human Rights and Military-First Politics in the DPRK Tuesday 1 December 2009 13.15-14.30 Speaker: Dr Jiyoung Song, Politics and International Studies (POLIS), University of Cambridge Chair: DR JOHN SWENSON-WRIGHT, Associate Fellow, Asia Programme, Chatham House The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) has produced a large … [Read More]
US-North Korean Relations and the Peace System in the Korean Peninsula: A Historical Inquiry
Please find below the abstract and bio for the talk at SOAS on Friday. Friday, November 27th, 5pm, room G50 (main building) Prof. Wookhee Shin, Seoul National University / SOAS US-North Korean Relations and the Peace System in the Korean Peninsula: A Historical Inquiry Abstract This seminar will deal with six cases of US-North Korean … [Read More]
Predicting Change in North Korea: the Post Kim Jong-il Era
The University of Cambridge Department of East Asian Studies is pleased to announce the following lecture in its series of East Asian seminars. This seminar will take place on Wednesday, November 25th in Room 7 of the Faculty of Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (formerly Oriental Studies), Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge from 12.30-14.00 Please note: this … [Read More]
Korean and the Transeurasian languages: similarities that make a difference
More info about this Friday’s talk at SOAS: Friday, November 20th, 5pm, room G50 (main building) Dr. Martine Robbeets, University of Mainz Korean and the Transeurasian languages: similarities that make a difference Abstract: The term “Transeurasian” refers a group of geographically adjacent languages, stretching from Japan in the East to Lithuania in the West, that … [Read More]