2025 SNU ICCK Session – South Korea and Post-Cold War Geopolitics
Seoul National University’s Center for Contemporary Korean Studies held an international conference titled “Korea as Symptom” over two days, on August 22 and 23. On the second day of the conference, the Political Economy Team and the Modernity and Development2025-09-17
2025 SNU ICCK Session – Foreign Policy Narratives toward South Korea
The Seoul National University Contemporary Korea Research Group held an international conference on August 22–23 under the theme “Korea as Symptom.” As the opening session of the conference, the Statehood and Civil Society Team conducted the session “Foreign Policy Narratives2025-09-17
Palgrave Series in Contemporary Korean Studies: Reimagining Korea: Identity and Values in a Changing World
The Values and Identity Team has published “Reimagining Korea: Identity and Values in a Changing World” as the first book in the Palgrave Series in Contemporary Korean Studies. Publisher Introduction: This volume explores how evolving values and identities in contemporary2025-09-15
2025 SNU ICCKS Day1
2025-09-10
Rereading Opera – Encounters Between Western Opera and Korean Stage Interpretation
At the Contemporary Korean Music Research Colloquium, Professor Jeon Jeong-Im (Chungnam National University) delivered a presentation entitled “Aspects of Regietheater in Foreign Opera Productions – Focusing on the Works of Director Jang Soo-Dong.” She explored how the concept of Regietheater2025-09-10
2025 SNU ICCK Session – Korean Democracy at a Crossroads
Seoul National University’s Center for Contemporary Korean Studies held an international conference titled “Korea as Symptom” over two days, on August 22 and 23. On the second day of the conference, the Political Economy Team and the Democracy and Democratization2025-08-30
2025 SNU International Conference Session: “Walking as Object-Method in Korean Studies”
SNU Contemporary Korean Studies held an international conference under the theme “Korea as Symptom” on August 22 and 23. The K-Future Team opened the conference with the panel “Walking as Object-Method in Korean Studies,” exploring how walking, as an everyday2025-08-22
2025 SNU International Conference Session: “Reading Cultural Symptoms of Korea”
SNU Contemporary Korean Studies held an international conference under the theme “Korea as Symptom” on August 22 and 23. On the final session of the first day, the K-Future Team presented a panel titled “Reading Cultural Symptoms of Korea.” Chaired2025-08-22