Centre For Korean Studies

The Centre for Korean Studies at the University of Sheffield

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Join us 12-2pm on the 25th February in Western Bank Library for the launch of ‘Her Pages, Her Power’…
An exhibit showcasing the unstoppable wave of new writing by Korean women in recent years!

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Our final Centre for Korean Studies event of 2025 took place on 11 December and brought together two exciting speakers for a joint seminar exploring intersections between public art, walking, fashion and textiles and questions of cultural identity.

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On 13th November we had the privilege of welcoming internationally renowned scholar and artist Jinjoon Lee to the Diamond Building for a fascinating lecture titled Bridging Media Art and East Asian Philosophy in the AI Era.

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Join us on Thursday 13th November for Bridging Media Art and East Asian Philosophy in the AI Era with leading scholar and media artist Dr Jinjoon Lee. This lecture explores ontology in the post-digital age, where myth and history, memory and data, identity and anonymity converge.

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Congratulations to Dr. Derek Kramer for his latest publication in the Seoul Journal of Korean Studies. Waiting for the End: An annotated Translation of “Hiroshima’s Last Day” can be found in full in the Seoul Journal of Korean Studies 38, no 2 (June 2025)

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A conference of true cross-disciplinary dialogue and international exchange…
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Join us in Mappin Hall on the 30th April for a mesmerising Korean Pansori performance by Chan Park from Ohio State University!

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Day 2 of the Reflections of the North: The Spaces and Subjects of the DPRK has begun here on this pleasant spring day in Sheffield, starting our first panel off with Science and Storytelling in the DPRK, 1949-1955 🔬

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The Centre for Korean Studies welcomes delegates to sunny Sheffield today for our ‘Reflections on the North’ conference. Day 1 includes talks on ‘Sport, Medicine and the Body’ ‘Sports, Medicine and the Body’ and ‘The Diplomatic the Digital and the Divine’

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Following the success of our “Beyond the Academy” workshop in 2024 the Centre for Korean Studies hosted 10 postgraduate research students from across the UK for a two-day workshop focused on teaching Korean Studies content to today’s undergraduate students
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On the 26th February The Centre for Korean Studies will host Monica Macias for a book talk. Don't miss this opportunity to meet the author in person and gain insights into her captivating storytelling, her inspirations and her writing process.

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The Centres, Dr Yookyeong Im, Dr Derek Kramer, Dr Sarah Son provide insight into president Yoon Suk Yeol's declaration of martial law, and the subsequent protests.

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On the 4th December the Centre welcomed Dr. Haekyung Um from the University of Liverpool who delved into the intricate relationship between curating Korean popular music and its role in reflecting and shaping South Korea's national branding.

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Dr. Sarah Son’s latest article in The Conversation discusses South Korea’s recent defeat of a presidential attempt to impose martial law.

https://t.co/n43RhpuJGF

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On the 4th November, the Centre of Korean Studies hosted UCLA’s Professor Suk-Young Kim. Kim gave a fascinating talk on the Netflix phenomenon Squid Game as part of a part of a four-city tour coordinated by the British Association of Korean Studies.

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Join us on the 4th December for ‘Sounding Korean: The Politics of Korean Popular Music Exhibitions’.

With University of Liverpool’s Dr Haekyung Um, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Music and the Institute of Popular Music.

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Our very own Dr Sarah Son, from the Centre for Korean Studies, comments on the potential of  unification between North and South Korea over on @theipaper 👇

https://t.co/ZEi0TO0o4s

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South Korean author Han Kang wins the 2024 Nobel prize in literature 📚

Our very own Dr Hyun Kyong Hannah Chang comments on the Nobel prize in literature being awarded to 53-year-old South Korean novelist Han Kang over on @guardian 👇

https://t.co/tOho7wjIlB