Contemporary Korean Music — Where Does It Stand Today? Voices of Emerging Researchers
On February 5, 2026, from 2:00 to 5:00 PM, the “Contemporary Korean Music Research Network” seminar was held at Building 220, Room 202, Seoul National University, under the theme “Where Is Contemporary Korean Music Heading Today? — Perspectives of Emerging2026-02-06
Seminar Commemorating the Publication of the English Edition of The History of Korean Popular Culture (Chang-nam Kim): Korean Studies Research and Translation
On February 4, 2026, the seminar “Korean Studies Research and Translation,” commemorating the publication of the English edition of The History of Korean Popular Culture (Chang-nam Kim), was held at Young-one Hall in the Seoul National University Asia Center (SNUAC).2026-02-05
The 14th Theory Atelier: “Testimonies of Emotion, Montage of Symptoms”
<Overview> In Le Témoin jusqu’au bout: Une lecture de Victor Klemperer (2022; “The Witness to the End: A Reading of Victor Klemperer”), Georges Didi-Huberman examines what emotion is and how we might understand the language that bears witness to it.2026-01-23
Korean Contemporary Music in a Global and Technological Context
At a recent colloquium of the Music Team of the Center for Modern Korean Studies, two presentations explored Korean contemporary music from the perspectives of traditional instruments and emerging technologies. In the first presentation, Professor Lee Jiyoung(Seoul National University) examined2026-01-20
How Inequality Leads to Social Polarization and Democratic Backsliding – Professor Hagen Koo
On January 14, Seoul National University’s Center for Contemporary Korean Studies held an open seminar titled “How Inequality Leads to Social Polarization and Democratic Backsliding” as part of its regular open seminar series. The seminar focused on the relationship between2026-01-14
Symptomatology of Epoch-traverser: Centering on Han Kang’s The Vegetarian
■ Bibliographic Information ■ Abstract This paper conceptualizes the protagonist Yeong-hye in Han Kang’s The Vegetarian (2007) as an ‘epoch-traverser’ and reflects on the sociological significance of this figure from the perspective of the symptomatology. The term epoch-traverser designates a subject of2026-01-13
Symptomatology of Epoch-traverser: Centering on Han Kang’s The Vegetarian
■ Bibliographic Information ■ Abstract This paper conceptualizes the protagonist Yeong-hye in Han Kang’s The Vegetarian (2007) as an ‘epoch-traverser’ and reflects on the sociological significance of this figure from the perspective of the symptomatology. The term epoch-traverser designates a subject of2026-01-13
Contemporary Korean Music in Context: Bridging Tradition, Modernity, and the Global Stage(2026)
The Contemporary Korean Music Team has published “Contemporary Korean Music in Context: Bridging Tradition, Modernity, and the Global Stage” as the second book in the Palgrave Series in Contemporary Korean Studies. Publisher Introduction: This book encloses an interdisciplinary examination of Korean2026-01-05
Contemporary Korean Music in Context: Bridging Tradition, Modernity, and the Global Stage(2026)
The Contemporary Korean Music Team has published “Contemporary Korean Music in Context: Bridging Tradition, Modernity, and the Global Stage” as the second book in the Palgrave Series in Contemporary Korean Studies. Publisher Introduction: This book encloses an interdisciplinary examination of Korean2026-01-05