The University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa Center for Interpretation & Translation Studies is accepting applications for its 2019 Summer-Intensive Interpreter Training program. Interpreters from the United Nations and the European Parliament will be teaching at the Summer-Intensive Interpreter Training from July 1 to August 9, 2019. The program is an opportunity to learn interpreting from […]
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The Center for Korean Studies is pleased to present a special program commemorating the one hundredth anniversary of the March 1st Korean Independence Movement. The day-long program will take place at the Center Friday, March 15, 2019, beginning at 9:30 a.m. The demonstrations in Korea on March 1, 1919, were among the earliest public displays
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The University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa Center for Korean Studies will present a symposium on Zainichi literature and culture on March 5 and 6, 2019, in the CKS auditorium. The symposium will run from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. each day. The term “Zainichi” refers largely to Koreans who were involuntarily brought to Japan during
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University of Hawai’i at Mānoa Korean studies students stage their eleventh annual Korean Culture Day at the Center for Korean Studies Friday, March 8, 2019. The event starts at 10:00 a.m. and continues until 2:00 p.m. The event offers opportunities to experience something of the feel and taste of Korea. Activities include music, dance, games,
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In the wake of his initial meeting with President Donald J. Trump, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un revealed that he would prepare for the forthcoming second summit meeting by approaching denuclearization negotiation through “joint research and fine-tuning” with “China.” Western observers did not fully appreciate the significance of this wording, according to Lee Seong-hyon, director
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A conference at the Center for Korean Studies February 14–15, 2019, will delve deeply into the works of more than a dozen well-known modern and contemporary Korean Women writers. The conference, titled “Intersectionality of History, Socio-political Consciousness, and Gender: Modern and Contemporary Korean Women Writers and Their Works,” was organized by Yung-Hee Kim, professor of
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What does it mean to be a national security threat as a queer person during a public health crisis in contemporary South Korea? Dr. Timothy Gitzen will address that question Tuesday, February 12, 2019, in a lecture titled “The Threat of Queer Bodies: HIV, Sexuality, and Biosecurity in South Korea.” The lecture, sponsored by the
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The East-West Center Arts Program will present a performance of Korean mask dance and music Sunday, February 17, 2019, at 4:00 p.m. in Orvis Auditorium on the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa campus. The program will feature an ensemble called Chunhajeil Tal Gongjakso 천하제일탈공작소 (The Greatest Masque). The group will perform solo mask dances from
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Sexuality has become a major issue in public politics in South Korea, where the MeToo movement has emerged, as elsewhere. Anthropologist Hyun Mee Kim of Yonsei University will take on this topic February 7, 2019, when the Center for Korean Studies presents its tenth Forum on Critical Issues in Korean Studies. In her lecture–titled “Sexuality
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The Korea-America Student Conference (KASC) is currently recruiting for its 12th delegation, to comprise American and Korean undergraduate and graduate students. KASC is a three-week academic and cultural conference focused on educating the next generation of leaders on U.S.-Korea and regional issues. The 12th KASC will convene in Los Angeles, California; Incheon, South Korea; and
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