January 27, 2016
Largely unknown to city-dwellers before the 1960s, large apartment complexes (ap’at’ŭ tanji) powerfully shape the landscapes of contemporary South Korean cities. Some are now being memorialized by artists, planners and citizen themselves. How did apparently western-style housing blocks migrate to...
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December 19, 2014
Commentary given at the October 25, 2015 screening at Bloor Hot Docs Cinema- part of the CSK’s Afterlives Symposium This was a hard film to watch. Jiseul raises questions about the politics of filmmaking and how it intersects with history...
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November 20, 2014
The Korean War continues to be the longest drawn conflict in the 20th century. Despite relative peace and tranquillity at the demilitarised zone between the two Koreas, the war officially is still ongoing sixty-four years from its breakout. Korea thus...
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November 20, 2014
An unresolved war in the Korean Peninsula continues to affect people’s lives even today. Korea’s geopolitical conditions have justified as state of emergency as a rule governing life. To address this issue, on October 24, 2014 the Centre for the...
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November 19, 2014
January 24, 2014 At a public lecture on Friday, January 24, 2014, organized by the Centre for the Study of Korea, Professor Janice Kim (York University) examined the largest evacuation movement of the Korean War, the January 4th Retreat of...
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November 19, 2014
McGill University Professor Michelle Cho’s Talk at the Centre for the Study of Korea February 7, 2014 Dr. Michelle Cho admits that she watches Korean dramas for stress relief and she is certainly not alone. A cursory search online shows...
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