May 16, 2022 - May 27, 2022 This summer school activity is organized and coordinated by Prof. Thomas Klassen (Public Policy, York University). The Summer School: Inside North Korean Literature, Art and Film is a unique opportunity for graduate and undergraduate-level students to explore aspects of contemporary North Korean culture with a focus on literature, […]
Event Description This event will explore the literary, cultural and social implications of the exportation and importation of children’s literature, film, and animation in North and South Korea. The event is divided into the morning session and the afternoon session and will cover topics including: social and political implications of dubbing vs. subtitles, uses of […]
KORE International Dissertation Workshop
Event Description On March 9, 2022, candidate Yoon Seok-yeol of the People Power Party, who showed a lack of understanding of feminism and pledged to abolish the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family, was elected as Korea’s 20th president. Due to his ignorance of feminist issues and conservative views on labour, disability, migration, sexual minorities, […]
Event Description In 1985, Park Hyunchae, an eminent South Korean Marxist economist contributed a controversial article to a critical journal <Creation and Criticism (Changjak gwa bipyong)>, which led a most heated intellectual debate in Korean intellectual history for more than a decade. It is known as “social formation debate” which is about how to define […]
SYNOPSIS Seyeon is a manager at a company called 'Human Network' and lives with her daughter Mirae. Her company manages collecting overdue credit card bills, and recently corporate has been pressuring her due to her low numbers. June, who is a commercial high school student, wants to be a photographer but works at Seyeon's call […]