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 contemporary2025-08-20
3rd Colloquium of the Value and Identity Team
– Date: Tuesday, August 13, 2024 – Time: 3:00–5:00 PM – Venue: Room 214, Bldg. 5, Seoul National University Presentation “Rejection of Coexistence Through Impurity: Opposition to Mosque Construction in Contemporary Korean Multicultural Society” Yohan Yoo (Seoul National University)2025-08-19
Reimagining Korea Identity and Values in a Changing World(2025)
■ Bibliographic Information ■ Overview ■ About this book This volume project explores how evolving values and identities in contemporary Korean society are interpreted, particularly through the lens of religion, positioning it as a window into Korea’s dynamic cultural and2025-08-18
Contemporary Korean Music Research Colloquium
The Music Team of the Contemporary Korean Studies Research Group at Seoul National University hosts a monthly colloquium focusing on diverse musical discourses where tradition meets innovation. Each month, the colloquium takes place online and features both Korean and international2025-08-14
Contemporary Korean Music Research Network Seminar “Exploring Contemporary Korean Music” (02.26. 수 오후 2:00)
On February 26, 2025, from 2:00 to 5:00 PM, the “Contemporary Korean Music Research Network” seminar was held under the theme “Exploring Contemporary Korean Music: From Tradition to Classical to K-Pop and Everything in Between”. The seminar, chaired by Professor Hee-Sook2025-08-14
2025 SNU International Conference for Contemporary Korean Studies
The SNU Center for Contemporary Korean Studies will host the 2025 SNU International Conference for Contemporary Korean Studies over two days, from Friday, August 22 to Saturday, August 23, 2025, on the second floor of the SNU Asia Center (Building2025-08-14
The Postdevelopmental State: Dilemmas of Economic Democratization in Contemporary South Korea
We are pleased to announce a new session in the regular open seminar series hosted by the Political Economy Team of Seoul National University’s Center for Contemporary Korean Studies. For this seminar, we are delighted to welcome Dr. Jamie Doucette,2025-07-18
The 11th Theory Atelier: “Habermas’s 2019 Study of Confucianism and Dialogue between Eastern and Western Civilizations”
<Overview> Although Confucianism is discussed in Habermas’s Also a History of Philosophy (2019) as one of the Axial traditions, its status as a world-view of “immanent transcendence” has not been sufficiently explicated. In order to do so, one needs not2025-07-16









