Political Economy Team 3rd Open Seminar
Date and Time: Friday, January 31, 2025, 9:00–11:00 a.m. Format: Online / English Speaker 1: Kyung Mi Kim, Sapienza University of Rome; Hyeong-Ki Kwon, Seoul National UniversityTitle: “Divergent Evolution of Statist Coordination Models: A Comparison of Japan and Korea” Speaker2025-01-31
Political Economy Team 2nd Open Seminar
Date and Time: Friday, January 10, 2025, 9:00–10:00 a.m. Format: Online / English Title: Korea and the New International Political Economy Speaker: Stephan Haggard, University of San Diego Zoom Link: https://snu-ac-kr.zoom.us/j/89550469291?pwd=9kwphWspz17e5e9cGfawgVsSu9Vvgu.1Meeting ID: 895 5046 9291Passcode: 703509 Seoul National University’s Center2025-01-10
1st Hallyu Research Student Day
This event was organized to discover and nurture the next generation of Hallyu researchers, reflecting the reality that many students are actively producing academic texts with a keen interest in Korean popular culture and the Hallyu phenomenon. Following a call2024-12-20
Political Economy Team 1st Open Seminar
Date and Time: Friday, December 13, 2024, 11:00 a.m. Format: Online / English Title: Post-crisis Restructuring and Development of Chaebols Speaker: Sea-Jin Chang, National University of Singapore Zoom Link: https://snu-ac-kr.zoom.us/j/82368356853?pwd=oD3nOV7avE4T3pY8QK7ajmW9QnEa7b.1Meeting ID: 823 6835 6853Passcode: 288477 Seoul National University’s Center for2024-12-13
The 6th Theory Atelier: “Civil War and Hygiene: Horizons for a Critique of Colonial Capitalism”
On December 5, 2024, the K-Future Team held its final Theory Atelier of the year, centered on “Civil War and Hygiene: Horizons for a Critique of Colonial Capitalism,” a lecture by Hang Kim, Professor of Cultural Anthropology at Yonsei University.2024-12-05
The 5th Theory Atelier: “Korean Literature and Comparative Research: A Periphery without a Center, or the Possibility of Existing Absence”
On October 22, 2024, the K-Future Team held a colloquium centered on “Korean Literature and Comparative Research: A Periphery without a Center, or the Possibility of Existing Absence,” a lecture by Bodurae Kwon, Professor of Korean Language and Literature at2024-10-22
2024 SNU 1st International Conference for Contemporary Korean Studies
The SNU Center for Contemporary Korean Studies will host The 1st International Conference for Contemporary Korean Studies on August 23–24, 2024, at Youngone Hall, SNU Asia Center. Bringing together scholars working across culture, the arts, religion, history, politics, society, technology,2024-08-29
Invited Lecture by International Scholar — “Believing”
<Overview> Why did both the Full Gospel Church of Cho Yonggi and the Unification Church of Moon Sun-Myong appeal to some Westerners in the 1980s? What did Koreans expect when they converted to Protestantism? How did the rhetoric of these2024-08-22
The 3rd Theory Atelier: “Global Korean Studies: Prospects and a Practice”
On June 24, 2024, the K-Future Team held its third Theory Atelier, centered on “Global Korean Studies: Prospects and a Practice,” a lecture by Heonik Kwon, Research Professor at the Asia Center of Seoul National University and Distinguished Professor at2024-06-24