Event Category Archives: Featured Korean

Medicine and Geomancy in Premodern Korea

Date & Time: Monday, August 12, 2024 at 10:00am – 4:00pm Location: Room 604, Asian Centre 1871 West Mall, Vancouver, BC This event is free and open to the public. No registration is required. These seminars will be presented in Korean.   Seminar 1 (10:00 AM – 12:00 PM) Hŏ Chun and the Compilation and […]

The Spatial Structure under the Treaty Regime and its Dismantling (1876-1910)

From a European perspective, all “lands” were either European territories or their potential colonies. In contrast, the “sea” remained a free space outside all territorial orders and was open to all countries. In the 19th century, Europe created new spaces in Asian countries by forcing them to agree to a treaty in European terms. In […]

On the Correlations between Lee Sang’s Poems and the Film An Andalusian Dog: Why do Invisible Needles Prick his Skin?

This seminar aims to compare and analyze the artistic spirit of Lee Sang’s poetry and the film An Andalusian Dog which was co-produced by Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí. Lee Sang was a representative Korean poet of the 1930s who frequently mentioned renowned film directors such as Jean Cocteau and René Clair in his poetry, […]

Reading Group on Anti-Racism and Racial Justice Transformation

The Anti-Racism and Racial Justice Transformation Committee would like to invite you to its first reading group session on appreciation and appropriation, led by Siyun Pan. Participants are encouraged to read “Between Appreciation and Appropriation: Race-Transitioning among Hallyu Fans” by Min Joo Lee, a chapter in an edited volume ahead of the session – an […]

Korean Studies Visiting Scholar Seminars

Date & Time: Friday, April 4, 2025 | 9:30 AM – 12:00 PM Location: Room 604, Asian Centre 1871 West Mall, Vancouver, BC This event is free and open to the public. No registration is required. These seminars will be presented in Korean.   Seminar 1 (9:30 AM – 10:40 AM) On the Modern Fusion […]