Korean Identities in a Global Age British Association of Korean Studies (to be convened at the University of Sheffield) Full Conference Programme Rates and Accommodation Information Conference Registration From the birth of modern Korea, the Korean people have been prominently entwined with and influential upon global events, but this may not be completely new. As the cultural, political, and economic influence of… Read more →

Volume 15 of our journal BAKS Papers is now available to buy from this website. Please click the link below to purchase. BAKS Papers volume 15 (2013) Buy BAKS Papers 15 ‘The Korean Peninsula in 2032’ Contents: Editorial Introduction, ‘The Korean Peninsula in 2032’ Hyun-Gwi Park, ‘The ‘Multicultural Family’ and the Politics of Selective Inclusion in South Korea’ Glen David… Read more →

When not researched as national cinema, Korean cinema has been most often studied as South Korean cinema’s relation to former colonialist and contemporary rival Japan or the big Other of Hollywood. But Korean Cinema in a Transnational Context is multiple and rhizomatic. It is both North and South Korean, and its connections move in many other less-explored directions. In this… Read more →

The British Association for Korean Studies administers a number of bursaries for undergraduate and postgraduate students. The deadline for all three schemes is Monday April 8th, 2013. 1) British Korean Society Post-Graduate Bursary Download details and form here. The British Korean Society, through the Bursary Committee of the British Association for Korean Studies, is offering two £1000 bursaries on a competitive basis… Read more →

JOINT CONFERENCE of The International Forum for Contemporary Chinese Studies and Joint East Asian Studies Conference Committee, UK (representing the British Associations for Chinese, Japanese and Korean Studies) University of Nottingham 5 – 7 September, 2013 EAST ASIAN SOCIETIES IN TRANSITION: CHALLENGES AND CONNECTIONS Plenary Speakers: · Prof Frank Pieke (Leiden University) · Prof Heonik Kwon (Senior Research Fellow, Trinity… Read more →

London Korean Links now has a report on the BAKS Symposium 2012: Korea’s Place in the World: Now and Twenty Years Hence, which was held at SOAS earlier this month. You can read it here. Read more →