Nordic Baltic Korean Studies Days 2024

15/10/2024

The most popular training session of the NBKSD 2024 was the Silla Exhibition Training led by Andrew Logie and supported by a team from Seoul National University: Prof. Jongil Kim and Prof. Ilhong Ko (archaeology), and Sanghyun Bae (MA candidate).

15/10/2024

Moments from the Game Jam on The Journey to the West with a "Korean twist" 🐒🥰 Thanks to Sarah Grossi and Ida Broni Christensen! Play the games here:
1. Tripitaka Chicken: https://mafazmahmoud.itch.io/tripitaka-chicken?secret=6haIygY8iM5u6ZJGXvf4Y7Pe0o
2. Journey to the Hangeul: https://group5game.itch.io/journey-to-the-hangeul?secret=ipXinHYUCBJHr4V4StP9QWh7RO0
3. Journey to the Beats: https://patrickauri.itch.io/journey-to-the-beats?secret=UEtHUueaLdpMPpmScqzaKyIMslU
4. Journey to Jeju: https://acece.itch.io/journey-to-jeju?secret=9jjJRRjaCKfanK2BSaT5kHyAU
5. Journey through West Heaven: https://pcl231.itch.io/journey-through-west-heaven?secret=y948es7lDcemwYU6fDuT0zDh4
6. Kimchi Crisis: https://kimchicrisis.itch.io/kimchi-crisis-project

15/10/2024

Some precious treasures from the Nordic Baltic Korean Studies Days 2024: VIDEO 8🤩Gabriel Jonsson on "Human Rights and Democratic Consolidation in South Korea" https://youtu.be/XzqaR4MHDx4
Link to the book: https://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/13493?srsltid=AfmBOopvR-UeOyq2cn5HC3GOwPl7e2oqf7yGMee_c0yieNEQiZr5Js0r =aboutBook

Speaker:Gabriel Jonsson (University of Stockholm)Reference note:Jonsson, Gabriel. "Human Rights and Democratic Consolidation in South Korea." Barbara Wall (...

15/10/2024

Some precious treasures from the Nordic Baltic Korean Studies Days 2024: VIDEO 7🤩
https://youtu.be/AgKQtm6ncsA
CedarBough Saeji on "Dressing Up in the Korean Past: An Analysis of Hanbok Wearing as Play Informed by Popular Culture"
You might also want to check out other publications: https://pusan.academia.edu/CedarBoughSaeji
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Speaker:CedarBough Saeji (Pusan National University)Reference note:Saeji, CedarBough. “"Dressing Up in the Korean Past: An Analysis of Hanbok Wearing as Play...

15/10/2024

Some precious treasures from the Nordic Baltic Korean Studies Days 2024: VIDEO 6🤩
https://youtu.be/NFr6Da9zj1I
Olga Fedorenko on "Flower of Capitalism: South Korean Advertising at a Crossroads"
Link to the book: https://uhpress.hawaii.edu/title/flower-of-capitalism-south-korean-advertising-at-a-crossroads/

Speaker:Olga Fedorenko (Seoul National University)Reference note:Fedorenko, Olga."Flowers of Capitalism: South Korean Advertising at a Crossroads." Barbara W...

15/10/2024

Some precious treasures from the Nordic Baltic Korean Studies Days 2024: VIDEO 5🤩
Se-Mi OH on "City of Sediments: A History of Seoul in the Age of Colonialism" https://youtu.be/vA3CnkulEUI
Read the book here: https://www.sup.org/books/asian-studies/city-sediments/excerpts

Speaker:Se-Mi OH (University of Michigan)Reference note:Oh, Se-Mi. “City of Sediments: A History of Seoul in the Age of Colonialism.” Barbara Wall (ed.): No...

15/10/2024

Some precious treasures from the Nordic Baltic Korean Studies Days 2024: VIDEO 4🤩
Younghan CHO on "Global Sports Fandom in South Korea"
https://youtu.be/BZrmu91VrqE
Link to the book:
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-15-3196-5

Speaker:Younghan CHO (Hankuk University of Foreign Studies)Reference note:Cho, Younghan. "Global Sports Fandom in South Korea" Barbara Wall (ed.): Nordic Ba...

15/10/2024

Some precious treasures from the Nordic Baltic Korean Studies Days 2024: VIDEO 3🤩
Soo Ryon YOON on "Korean Performance through the Inter-Asia Lens"
Also check out: "Inter-Asia in Motion Dance as Method", coedited by Emily Wilcox, Soo Ryon Yoon. https://www.routledge.com/Inter-Asia-in-Motion-Dance-as-Method/Wilcox-Yoon/p/book/9781032561585

Speaker:So Ryon YOON (Sungkonghoe University)Reference note:Yoon, So Ryon. “Korean Performance through the Inter-Asia Lens.” Barbara Wall (ed.): Nordic Balt...

15/10/2024

Some precious treasures from the Nordic Baltic Korean Studies Days 2024: VIDEO 2 🤩
https://youtu.be/1QWpiT0kRhk
Vladimir Tikhonov on his book "The Red Decades: Communism and Culture in Korea, 1919-1945"
https://uhpress.hawaii.edu/title/the-red-decades-communism-as-movement-and-culture-in-korea-1919-1945/

Speaker:Vladimir Tikhonov (University of Oslo)Reference note:Tikhonov, Vladimir. “The Red Decades: Communism and Culture in Korea, 1919-1945.” Barbara Wall ...

15/10/2024

Some precious treasures from the Nordic Baltic Korean Studies Days 2024: VIDEO 1 🤩
Martin Gehlmann on "Student Life during Chosǒn Times"
Also check out "Beyond the State Examinations: Evaluations of Knowledge in Premodern Korea", coedited by Vladimir Glomb and Martin Gehlmann (OPEN ACCESS!!!) https://www.harrassowitz-verlag.de/Beyond_the_State_Examinations/titel_7430.ahtml

Speaker:Martin Gehlmann (Ruhr University Bochum)Reference note:Gehlmann, Martin. “Student Life during Chosǒn Times.” Barbara Wall (ed.): Nordic Korean Studi...

15/09/2024

Maya Kerstin Stiller (Associate Professor of Korean Art History & Visual Culture, University of Kansas) is giving a talk on Sept 26!
Zoom link: https://ucph-ku.zoom.us/j/68414240217

07/03/2024

Day 4