Events
Forging an Agreement to Denuclearize North Korea
U.S. Department of State legal adviser Robert Choo will discuss efforts to resolve nuclear issues with North Korea in a colloquium at the University of Hawai‘i Center for Korean Studies Thursday, August 29, 2019. Choo’s presentation, titled “Legal Considerations in Forging a Denuclearization Agreement with North Korea,” will begin at 3:00 p.m. The Center is…
Five Numbers to Know About North Korea
North Korea expert Victor Cha will talk on “Five Numbers on North Korea That You Should Know” Tuesday, May 28, 2019, at the University of Hawai’i Center for Korean Studies.
Broadcasting Histories of Second-Generation Koreans in Hawai‘i
Center for Korean Studies faculty member Gary Pak, a professor of English at the University of Hawai’i at Manoa, will lead a colloquium titled “Plantation Children: Broadcasting Histories of Second-Generation Koreans in Hawai‘i” Tuesday, April 23, 2019, at the Center. The colloquim begins at 1:30 p.m. and runs until 3:00 p.m. This program is based…
Family Responses to the Sewol Ferry Disaster
Clinical psychologist Sunyoung Kim will discuss research on the families of victims and survivors of the Sewol ferry disaster in a colloquium titled “Trauma Responses of the Bereaved Families and the Survivors’ Families of the Sewol Ferry Disaster” at the Center for Korean Studies May 1, 2019, at 12 noon. The Sewol sank April 16,…
North Korean Diaspora Conference Highlights “Defector Artist”
A one-day conference at the Center for Korean Studies titled The North Korean Diaspora: Art and Politics will provide a showcase for the work of noted “defector artist” Song Byeok. The conference, organized by Professor Harrison Kim of the UH History Department, will take place Wednesday, April 17, 2019. An exhibit, The Iconoclast: Art of…
SPAS Graduate Student Conference
The 2019 annual UH School of Pacific and Asian Studies Graduate Student Conference begins Thursday, April 11, at the Center for Korean Studies. Thogchai Winichakul, a well-known critic of Thai political and social issues, will deliver the keynote speech at 3 p.m. to highlight the conference opening day. (See the conference program here.) Thongchai Winichakul…