Korean Studies Seminar Series

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Tue, 21 Apr 2026

Korean Literature Book Club: Caregiving Stories with Kim Yudam and Sunnie Chae

Join us for our second Korean Literature Book Club of 2026.

Fri, 27 Mar 2026

Women's Lives in Korean Literature

Join us for a literary conversation with acclaimed author Kim Yudam.

Thu, 5 Mar 2026

The 1000 Anton Hurs Problem: The Failure of AI in Literary Translation

Award-winning translator and former app-developer Anton Hur discusses the problem of AI in literary translation.

Fri, 27 Feb 2026

Korean Literature Book Club: In conversation with Anton Hur

Join us for a conversation with one of the most prolific and well-known literary translators of our time.

Thu, 31 Jul 2025

How Much Do You Really Know About K-pop? Understanding Its Identity

Light dinner provided to attendees in the Hedley Bull foyer at 5:30.

Fri, 16 May 2025

Kwangju 1980: From Protest to City Seizure – The Military and Strategic Aspect of the Struggle

The Kwangju (Gwangju) Uprising of May 1980 marked a turning point in South Korea’s modern history, fundamentally transforming the nature of social protest and resistance.

Fri, 2 May 2025

A House Divided: The Rise of Pluricentric Korean in the post-liberation Era

The geopolitical division of the Korean Peninsula in 1945 also resulted in the rupture of many colonial-era (1910-1945) cultural movements, among them the Korean language reform movemen

Thu, 6 Mar 2025