The Center for Korean Research is pleased to announce the publication of Si Nae Park’s book The Korean Vernacular Story: Telling Tales of Contemporary Chosŏn in Sinographic Writing published by Columbia University Press. This is the third book in the Center for Korean Research book series. Click here for more about the book. To learn more about the CKR/CUP series, click … [Read more...]
Applications for the Center for Korean Research AKS Postdoctoral Research Scholar in Korean Studies, 2020-21 are now open!
Visit this link for additional information. Eligibility Applicants must have completed all Ph.D. degree requirements (completed and filed the dissertation) between May 1, 2017 and August 31, 2020. Application Procedure Candidates must attach all files to one application email, or upload all documents to a cloud-based platform and include a link to those documents in the … [Read more...]
CKR Event: “The Dictatorship of Capital: Urban Redevelopment and the Question of Violence in Post-Authoritarian South Korea”
Colloquium Featuring: Hae Yeon Choo, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Toronto This talk examines the relationship between democratic citizenship, capitalist profit-making, and violence. In particular, it focuses on an evictee protest against urban redevelopment in Yongsan, South Korea in 2009, resulting in a fatal police raid. Based on the … [Read more...]
CKR Event: “Inventing Modern Sound Culture The Transnational Recording Industry in Colonial Korea (1910-1945)”
CKR Manuscript Workshop Featuring: Hye Eun Choi, Korea Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow Discussants: Charles Armstrong, Columbia University Kim Brandt, Columbia University Michael Denning, Yale University Keith Howard, SOAS, University of London Choi's manuscript, tentatively titled “Inventing Modern Sound Culture The Transnational Recording … [Read more...]
“Legacies of Leftism in Film and Media Theory: East Asia and Beyond”
International Symposium “Legacies of Leftism in Film and Media Theory: East Asia and Beyond” Roundtable Discussion Thursday, February 28 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM Faculty House Conference Friday, March 1 – Saturday, March 2, 2019 7:00AM – 6:00PM Lenfest Center for the Arts, Katharina Otto Bernstein Screening Room Evening Screenings: … [Read more...]
