(SOAS, 5 June 2006, 7pm: the concluding event of the London Korean Festival 2006) I’m more reluctant than usual to make this post. The ground covered in Professor Kim’s hugely stimulating conclusion to the London Korean Festival was more than extensive, and left the audience wanting to ask tons of questions. To condense a hundred … [Read More]
Venue: SOAS (page 17)
Exploring Korean Music Old and New – Tradition and creativity
SOAS, 24 February 2006 Many thanks to Dr Keith Howard of SOAS for putting together a fascinating half-day colloquium on Korean music. Presentations were as follows: Simon Mills’s (SOAS) subject was the rhythmic drum patterns (Changdan) used in shamanistic ritual on the East coast of Korea. He focused on the startling digressions (Tokkaebbi changdan) which … [Read More]
Hwang Sok-yong reads from his novel ‘The Guest’
Hwang Sok-yong reads from his novel ‘The Guest’ 14 December 2005, 5pm – 7pm SOAS Kalili Lecture Theatre To celebrate the publication of his novel The Guest by Seven Stories Press, Hwang Sok-yong will be reading from the novel and answering questions at SOAS. [Read More]
SOAS Seminar: Culture and Society in Pre-Modern Korea
Room: B34, Birbeck College Friday 2 December 2005, 10:15am – 5pm Jo Yoong-hee Grace Koh (SOAS) Lim Chi-kyun Sheen Dae-cheol Yeon Jaehoon (SOAS) Hwang Moon-hwan Pak Youngsook James Lewis Chung Ku-bok Anders Karlsson (SOAS) Links: Official event notice on SOAS website [Read More]



