Jennifer Barclay, author of Meeting Mr Kim: Or How I Went to Korea and Learned to Love Kimchi, will be talking about some of her travels at the Korean Cultural Centre this month. Jennifer is a contributor to London Korean Links, and there should be several other LKL contributors present in the audience as well. … [Read More]
Category: Classes talks and seminars (page 41)
Modal Questions in Korean and Japanese: free SOAS linguistics talk
A bit short notice I’m afraid, but there’s a free talk at 5pm today, 9 June at SOAS Venue: Room B104, First Floor, Brunei Gallery, Russell Square Campus The abstract below may have lost a little in translation from Word to OpenOffice. Modal Questions in Korean and Japanese Yukinori Takubo (Kyoto University) Summi Kim (Miyazaki … [Read More]
Historians, clerks and accountants: Methodological issues in the use of sources on Chosŏn History
News of a one-day workshop at SOAS this Friday. Historians, clerks and accountants: Methodological issues in the use of sources on Chosŏn History Date: 21 May 2010 Time: 10:00 AM Room: 4421 [4th floor Russell Square: College Buildings, Thornhaugh Street, London WC1H 0XG] Type of Event: Workshop The aim of this workshop is to discuss … [Read More]
KCC Lecture: Tradition and Innovation of Korean Buddhist Sculpture
News of this month’s Global Korea lecture at the KCC: Tradition and Innovation of Korean Buddhist Sculpture By Professor Youngsook Pak (SOAS) Date & Time: Wednesday, 19th May 2010 6.30pm Venue: Multi-purpose Hall, Korean Cultural Centre UK Email to [email protected] or call +44(0)20 7004 2600 to reserve your place About the Talk As part of … [Read More]
From Brawn to Brain: Korean Economy at a Crossroads
South Korea’s opposition leader and corporate innovator is coming to Cambridge. The former candidate for South Korea’s Presidential Election 2007, Mr Moon Kook-Hyun is coming to Cambridge to deliver a special lecture on “From Brawn to Brain: Korean Economy at a Crossroads” on 14th May (Friday, 5 pm) at the Umney Theatre, Robinson College. He … [Read More]
Historiography and the Remaking of North Korea’s Ideology in the Age of Globalization
News of the first SOAS Friday evening seminar of the summer term: Friday, May 14th, 5pm, room B102 (Brunei Gallery, opposite SOAS main building) Professor Youngsoo Yook (Leiden University/Academy of Korean Studies) Historiography and the Remaking of North Korea’s Ideology in the Age of Globalization – Interpreting the Revised Edition of Dictionary of History Speaker … [Read More]
On hearing the first court nightingale: Reflections on music in Korea in the 1970s
An interesting talk later this month at the KCC: On First Hearing the Court Nightingale Reflections on Music in Korea in the 1970s Emeritus Professor Keith Pratt (University of Durham) Date & Time: Wednesday, 28th April 2010 6.30pm Venue: Multi-purpose Hall, Korean Cultural Centre Email to [email protected] or call +44(0)20 7004 2600 to reserve your … [Read More]
New term of language classes at the KCC
Details of the new season of language classes at the KCC. SEJONG INSTITUTE (세종학당) APPLICATION PERIODS: 29th ~ 31st March 2010 ** New application procedure ** Due to the ever increasing popularity of our language classes we have redrafted our application procedure for the Beginners 1 class to make it as fair as possible for … [Read More]
Korean Court Paintings: one-day workshop at SOAS and British Museum
Details of the one-day seminar at SOAS on 29 March, including abstracts of the papers to be presented. Korean Court Paintings Date: 29 March 2010 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM Venue: Russell Square: College Buildings Room: Khalili Lecture Theatre Introduction Funded by the Centre of Korea Studies at SOAS and the Academy of Korean Studies … [Read More]
European Association for Korean Language Education Workshop
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]
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]