Join us this Wednesday 11 December for the 2024 IKSU - SEJONG KOREA FILM DAY with an exciting guest talk by Soo-ro Kim! Discover the world of Korean Popular Culture and The Performing Arts as we delve into the global appeal of the vibrant Korean musical industry. Details: Wednesday...
Join us on Wednesday 4th December 2024 for our UCLan APS Scholarship Event. In this you learn about the opportunities available to students of UCLan focussing on the Asia Pacific Region. These discussions include: Representatives of the Taipei Representative Office in the UK (TRO) to discuss...
Our third Bruce Jacobs memorial lecture by Nicole Yang Nicole Yang, the Founder and Director of Harmony Home Taiwan. Nicole Yang, was one of the pioneers helping people with HIV/AIDS since 1986. Nicole has been unafraid of people with HIV/AIDS for she believes that helping people is...
Join us for this exciting talk led by Professor Suk-Young Kim that will examine K-pop's double entendre as both a seminal player in and a critic of the fashion industry by comparing two highly influential music videos - G-Dragon's "Crooked" (2013) and BTS's "Spring Day"...
The strand HOME x Environment will cover 2 days of exciting events! 28 October 2024, 18:30-21:30 The Dukes Cinema Lancaster Documentary Screening of Lin Jing-jie’s 林俊傑 “He is Still Young 他還年輕” (2022). Q&A chaired by Dr Christopher Brown, University of Sussex. The film features a renown Taiwanese...
The Centre of Austronesian Studies (COAST) at the University of Central Lancashire is pleased to announce its call for submissions of the 2024 Young Talent photography award, featuring the theme of “Ocean and Marine Wildlife”. Are you a fan of marine wildlife or a person who...
The Centre of Austronesian Studies (COAST) at the University of Central Lancashire look forward to welcoming you to "2024 Spotlight Taiwan Festival: Home x Ocean" on UCLan Campus and Preston PR1 Gallery! We have a series of cultural events including a Photography Exhibition featuring "Voices of...
Please join us to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the International Institute of Korean Studies at the University of Central Lancashire. Wednesday 9th October 2024 1.00pm in Foster Social Space, Foster Building, UCLan. - Celebration Cake Cutting - Violin Performance (performed by Artistic Director Hyung Joon Won) - Hanbok (Korean...
2024 UCLan Spotlight Taiwan will be hosting its "Home x Queer" strand on 23 Sept 2024 (Monday) in Manchester. The day is packed with a film screening of Taiwanese retro-LGBTQ film "Eternal Summer" @Manchester HOME Cinema. In the afternoon, we also have the honour to invite...
The International Institute of Korean Studies (IKSU) is inviting scholars whose research focuses on the issues related to the Korean peninsula, including other divided nations and the implications for the Korean peninsula. This is a widely open topic, and we particularly welcome research projects that...