Events
Bekah’s Journey into K-Pop
Former K-pop entertainer Rebekah Kim will give a presentation titled “Hi, Seoul! Nice to Meet You: My Journey into K-pop” Thursday, March 28, 2019. The program will take place in Business Administration A102. Event sponsors are the Center for Korean Studies and the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa Asian Studies Program. Kim, a Honolulu resident,…
Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the March 1st Movement
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…
Symposium on Zainichi Literature and Culture
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…
Eleventh Annual Korean Culture Day March 8
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,…
China-North Korea Intrigue under Xi Jinping and Kim Jong-un
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…
Korean Women Writers are Conference Topic
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…