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Comprised of nine research teams, each studying aspects of Korean politics, economy, technology, and culture.
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[Academic] The 14th Theory Atelier: "Testimony of Emotion, Montage of Symptoms"

Lecture Overview:In Le Témoin jusqu'au bout (Les Éditions de Minuit, 2022), Georges Didi-Huberman explores what emotion is and how the language that bears witness to such emotion can be understood....
2026-02-06
[Academic] The 13th Theory Atelier: “Surviving as Non/Human in a World of Endings”

Lecture Overview:In Part III, Reassembled Fringes, of Worm-Time: Memories of Division in South Korean Aesthetics (Cornell University Press, 2024), author Wi-Jung Lee approaches webtoon storytelling...
2025-11-07
[Academic] 2025 SNU International Conference Session: “Reading Cultural Symptoms of Korea”

The Institute for SNU Contemporary Korean Studies hosted an international academic conference on August 22–23 under the theme “Korea as Symptom.” On the first day’s concluding session, the K-Future...
2025-09-17
[Academic] 2025 SNU International Conference Session: “Walking as Object-Method in Korean Studies”

The Institute for Comprehensive Korean Studies at Seoul National University hosted its international academic conference on August 22–23 under the theme “Korea as Symptom.” The opening session feat...
2025-09-17
[Academic] The 12th Theory Atelier: “Queer Politics of the Wounded”

The K-Future Team of the Institute for Korean Studies at Seoul National University invites you to a colloquium with Professor Minwoo Jung from Loyola University Chicago.Title: The Queer Politics of...
2025-09-16
[Academic] The 11th Theory Atelier: “East–West Civilizational Dialogue through Habermas’s 2019 Study of Confucianism”

The K-Future Team of the Center for Contemporary Korean Studies invites you to a colloquium with Professor Tong Shijun, President of NYU Shanghai.Title: Dialogue Between Eastern and Western Civiliz...
2025-08-21
[Academic] The 10th Theory Atelier: “Moishe Postone—Critical Theory That Critiques Critical Theory”

The K-Future Team of the Center for Contemporary Korean Studies invites you to a colloquium with Professor Yong-Taek Chung.Title: Moishe Postone: A Critical Theory that Critiques Critical TheorySpe...
2025-08-21
[Academic] The 9th Theory Atelier: “(Back to the) Future Fieldwork”

The K-Future Team of the Center for Contemporary Korean Studies invites you to a colloquium with Professor Valérie Gelézeau.Title: (Back to the) Future Fieldwork – tapsa and haptic methods in conte...
2025-08-21