UCI Center for Critical Korean Studies

The Rise of K-Culture Webinar Series History of K-pop through SM Entertainment Thursday May 27, 2021 7 pm (PDT) Please click the link below to register!... http://bit.ly/DomRodriquez Dominique Rodriguez professionally known as DOM, is a business executive & certified multi-platinum music producer with over 19 years of Entertainment & Corporate Industry experience dating back to 2002. Based in Los Angeles, Dom is the Senior Vice President of SM Entertainment USA, and has worked with artists such as EXO and Girls Generation just to name a few. In addition to his work as an executive & producer Dom also serves as a board member of the Global Citizens Organization.

The Rise of K-Culture Webinar Series Global Vision of Korean Cinema Speakers Lee Joon-dong & Yeon Sang-ho... Lee Joon-dong is the producer of Poetry (2010), for which director Lee Chang-dong won the Best Screenplay Award at the Cannes Film Festival. A younger brother of Lee Chang-dong, Lee Joon-dong has produced over ten feature films that includes Burning (2018), Hwayi: A Monster Boy (2013), and Never Forever (2007). He now serves as the director of Jeonju International Film Festival. Yeon Sang-ho wrote and directed the animated films The King of Pigs (2011) and The Fake (2013), and the incredibly successful live-action film Train to Busan (2016), its sequel Peninsula (2020) and Psychokinesis (2018). Train to Busan is widely regarded as a pioneering work that inspired a series of zombie genre dramatic contents in Korea.

The Rise of K-Culture Webinar Series Global Vision of Korean Cinema Today at 7 pm (PDT) Please click the link below to register!... http://bit.ly/LeeAndYeon Lee Joon-dong is the producer of Poetry (2010), for which director Lee Chang-dong won the Best Screenplay Award at the Cannes Film Festival. A younger brother of Lee Chang-dong, Lee Joon-dong has produced over ten feature films that includes Burning (2018), Hwayi: A Monster Boy (2013), and Never Forever (2007). He now serves as the Director of Jeonju International Film Festival. Yeon Sang-ho wrote and directed the animated films The King of Pigs (2011) and The Fake (2013), and the incredibly successful live-action film Train to Busan (2016), its sequel Peninsula (2020) and Psychokinesis (2018). Train to Busan is widely regarded as a pioneering work that inspired a series of zombie genre dramatic contents in Korea.

The Rise of K-Culture Webinar Series Thursday May 13 7 pm (PDT) Korean Television and Variety Shows Please click the link below to register!... http://bit.ly/NaYoungSeok Na Young-seok is perhaps the best-known television producer and director (PD) working in Korea today. He is responsible for changing the landscape of comedy variety shows by creating the popular variety-reality shows such as 1 Night 2 Days, New Journey to the West, Grandpas Over Flowers, Three Meals a Day as well as their sequels and spin-offs. With the 2021 Academy Award winner Youn Yuh-jung, he created also smash-hit programs Youn’s Kitchen and Youn’s Stay, which just finished airing in 2021.

Kyung Kim, an affiliated professor of the CCKS, talks about how the holiday is celebrated in Korea! https://ucihumanities.medium.com/lunar-new-year-5114305278f

CCKS Co-sponsored Event A Racial Reckoning: Discussion of Cathy Park Hong’s Minor Feelings Wednesday, February 3, 10 AM (Pacific Time) Zoom Meeting Please click on the link to find out more information.... https://www.humanities.uci.edu/critica/calendar/events.php See more

ASK CHARLOTTE ANYTHING! Thursday, February 11, 3 PM (Pacific Time) Zoom WEBINAR & Facebook LIVE... Please click on the link to find out more information. https://www.humanities.uci.edu/critica/calendar/events.php

Lecture Recital and Panel Q&A Korean Sensibility and the Double Reed in Korean Film Music Friday, January 22, 4 PM (Pacific Time) Zoom WEBINAR & Facebook LIVE... Please click on the link to find out more information. https://www.humanities.uci.edu/critica/calendar/events.php

Our faculty member Kyung Kim, a professor of East Asian Studies, was interviewed for a podcast called Lost and Found. Prof. Kyung's part starts at 17:50 and he talks about Hallyu.

Recent Books in Korean Studies, Colloquium Friday, October 23, 2020 | 12:00 PM - 01:15 PM PT Cold War Cosmopolitanism: Period Style in 1950s Korean Cinema By Christina Klein (Boston College, English)... Interlocutor: Hye Kyoung Kwon (UCI CCKS Postdoctoral Fellow) Framed by War: Korean Children and Women at the Crossroads of US Empire By Susie Woo (California State University, Fullerton, American Studies) Interlocutor: Eleana Kim (Associate Professor, UCI Anthropology)

Starting today, we will host a webinar series on "Recent Books in Korean Studies." Please don't forget to register through the link below! It starts at 12 PM PT. See you then! bit.ly/CCKS_RB_01

Watch the first episode the School of Humanities’ "Over Coffee: Leaders Talking Humanities" with Carol Choi! She speaks about her career, her Anteater experience and the importance of sustaining Korean Studies at UCI.

In January, CCKS held a film screening and talk with the director, Joseph Juhn, of "Jeronimo" to introduce the story of a Korean man in Cuba who fought in the Cuban Revolution before turning to his Korean roots and identity. The film screening was very well-attended by an audience who asked questions and gave comments, showing great interest in the film and sparked a dialogue revolving around immigration, minority, diaspora, and identity. The film is now available through Amazon Prime Video! https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08FBJB6HN

California teachers (history, social studies, and other subjects) are invited to a workshop on "comfort women". No background knowledge required. Please spread this opportunity to teachers who might wish to participate! California High School History Teachers’ Workshop (a virtual workshop) Topic: Questions on Teaching the Korean Comfort Women’s Testimonies in High School Classroom... Time/Date: October 29 (Thursday) / 30 (Friday), 4:00-6:00pm The main goal of this workshop is for teachers to generate a set of discussion questions that would be included in the English-translation of the anthology of the Korean Comfort Women Testimony. The English translation of some of the 9 testimonies will be distributed prior to the workshop for the teachers to examine and come up with questions to discuss at the workshop. Each participant is encouraged to bring 1-2 discussion questions to the workshop. * The participants will be compensated with a stipend and acknowledged in the anthology when published, especially those whose questions are selected for publication. The teachers will have an opportunity 1) to become familiar with the comfort women issue (lecture, performance, and discussion), 2) to discuss with other teachers and scholars about how to teach the issue in classroom, 3) to be provided with teaching resources and links, and 4) to contribute to a publication related to the historically important topic. The entire event will be held over zoom for two consecutive days, from 4 to 6pm each day. Please register by October 26, 2020 (Monday) in the following link: http://bit.ly/CCKS_Workshop **Name of the participant and the school s/he is teaching are required when you register. First come, first served. We will inform you about the schedule, materials, and zoom link once the registration is closed before the workshop.

Please join us for our annual Recent Books in Korean Studies, Colloquium! Friday, October 23, 2020 | 12:00 PM - 01:15 PM PT Followed by Q & A with Authors Registration Link: bit.ly/CCKS_RB_01... Cold War Cosmopolitanism: Period Style in 1950s Korean Cinema By Christina Klein (Boston College, English) Interlocutor: Hye Kyoung Kwon (UCI CCKS Postdoctoral Fellow) Framed by War: Korean Children and Women at the Crossroads of US Empire By Susie Woo (California State University, Fullerton, American Studies) Interlocutor: Eleana Kim (Associate Professor, UCI Anthropology) Tuesday, October 27, 2020 | 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM PT Followed by Q & A with an Author Registration Link: bit.ly/CCKS_RB_02 Seeds of Control: Japan’s Empire of Forestry in Colonial Korea By David Fedman (University of California, Irvine, History) Interlocutor: Vanessa Baker (UCI East Asian Studies) Friday, October 30, 2020 | 12:00 PM - 01:15 PM PT Followed by Q & A with Authors Registration Link: bit.ly/CCKS_RB_03 Embodied Reckonings: Comfort Women, Performance, and Transpacific Redress By Elizabeth Son (Northwestern University, Theatre) Interlocutor: Tara Rodman (Assistant Professor, UCI Arts-Drama) Pop City: Korean Popular Culture and the Selling of Place By Youjeong Oh (The University of Texas at Austin, Asian Studies) Interlocutor: Jinna Ji Eun Kim (UCI Sociology)

The Tension that Never Goes Away: North Korea-South Korea Now Thursday | October 1, 2020 During a period of radical hope and deep disappointment, this live, virtual event will be about the relationship between North and South Korea. The panel of experts will give a brief background on the modern history of the region, discuss the ongoing tensions and challenges of North and South Korea relations and offer practical suggestions for moving forward.... Host Victoria Jones, Ph.D., Chief Global Affairs Officer Moderator Joseph Jeon, Ph.D., Director Center for Critical Korean Studies, UC Irvine Presenters Bong-geun Jun, Ph.D., Professor at the Department of Security and Unification Studies at the Institute of Foreign Affairs and National Security (IFANS) in the Korean National Diplomatic Academy Min Gyo Koo, Ph.D., Professor of the Graduate School of Public Administration, Seoul National University, Head of the Peace Cooperation Office, Institute for Peace and Unification Studies

In an ever increasingly connected world, it's important for all of us to become global citizens and learn as much as we can about cultures from across the globe.... Our school is home to cultural studies from Italian and German to Japanese and so much more. Litzy Santoyo is majoring in Korean literature and culture in the Department of East Asian Studies. If you are interested in Korean studies, be sure to check out our UCI Center for Critical Korean Studies, which brings together scholars and research across campus about the Koreas. Visit their website here: https://www.humanities.uci.edu/criticalkorean/

"Interesting things started disappearing from shelves..." Kathleen Ho, stuck in South Korea when the pandemic hit, finishes Professor Ying's "Letters from Seclusion" series sharing her frustration with the inconsistent behavior of panicked people during the pandemic. Go here to read the letter: https://www.humanities.uci.edu/humanitie/spotlight_det.php

Law and Privacy in the New Normal: Long-term COVID-19 Containment Strategy The Center for Critical Korean Studies and the Korea Law Center at University of California Irvine (UCI) and the American Law Center and Cyber Law Center of the Korea University Law School (KU) present the webinar Law and Privacy in the New Normal: Long-Term COVID-19 Containment Strategy where experts will discuss the role of law and privacy in long-term COVID-19 containment strategies both in the ...US and Korea. Korea is the only major country affected by COVID-19 that has neither closed its borders to any country nor mandated general lockdowns. Korea found success instead by quickly re-activating Section 76-2 of the Infectious Disease Prevention Act legislated in 2015 in response to MERS. This Act allows comprehensive location tracking of patients, suspected patients, contactees, and suspected contactees. Implementation of this contact tracing law has been fully embraced by the public in Korea. Even after the COVID-19 curve has flattened, Korea continues to be proactive with its tracing policy in an effort to maintain its open-border, open-business policy. Korea has legislated a new rule that requires every club and bar customers to electronically scan their QR codes. Due to privacy concerns, the U.S. has yet to legislate a new law that would allow for an effective location tracking of patients and contactees. Several Senate bills were recently proposed, including the Exposure Notification Privacy Act on June 1, 2020, which attempts to protect consumer privacy while promoting public health, but these are still being debated. As the U.S. re-opens businesses, the evaluation of Korean law from human rights and trans-constitutional perspectives is urgent. Experts will discuss the role of law in both the United States’ and Korea’s response to the COVID-19, and critically reflect on South Korea’s success story, in the hope of making a contribution to the American legal community.

Law and Privacy in the New Normal: Long-term COVID-19 Containment Strategy : COVID-19 Monday / June 29, 2020 / 4:00 PM (PST)... RSVP to Receive Zoom Instructions https://bit.ly/CCKS0629 Join us via Facebook Live here at www.facebook.com/UCICCKS The Center for Critical Korean Studies and the Korea Law Center at University of California Irvine (UCI) and the American Law Center and Cyber Law Center of the Korea University Law School (KU) present the webinar Law and Privacy in the New Normal: Long-Term COVID-19 Containment Strategy where experts will discuss the role of law and privacy in long-term COVID-19 containment strategies both in the US and Korea. Korea is the only major country affected by COVID-19 that has neither closed its borders to any country nor mandated general lockdowns. Korea found success instead by quickly re-activating Section 76-2 of the Infectious Disease Prevention Act legislated in 2015 in response to MERS. This Act allows comprehensive location tracking of patients, suspected patients, contactees, and suspected contactees. Implementation of this contact tracing law has been fully embraced by the public in Korea. Even after the COVID-19 curve has flattened, Korea continues to be proactive with its tracing policy in an effort to maintain its open-border, open-business policy. Korea has legislated a new rule that requires every club and bar customers to electronically scan their QR codes. Due to privacy concerns, the U.S. has yet to legislate a new law that would allow for an effective location tracking of patients and contactees. Several Senate bills were recently proposed, including the Exposure Notification Privacy Act on June 1, 2020, which attempts to protect consumer privacy while promoting public health, but these are still being debated. As the U.S. re-opens businesses, the evaluation of Korean law from human rights and trans-constitutional perspectives is urgent. Experts will discuss the role of law in both the United States’ and Korea’s response to the COVID-19, and critically reflect on South Korea’s success story, in the hope of making a contribution to the American legal community.

Check out this Q&A with one of our affiliated professors, David Fedman! His new book, Seeds of Control, explores the complex history of Japan's forest management in Korea.

Expand your worldview and learn a new language this summer! UCI Summer Session is offering Korean language courses. Enroll by June 19 for Summer Session I and by July 31 for Summer Session II.