Japan: Beyond Stereotypes, Clichés, and Tropes Lecture Series The Institute for Japanese Studies (IJS) at UCLan is holding a series of lectures over the coming weeks. Dr. Christopher Hood (former Chair of BAJS - British Association for Japanese Studies) from Cardiff University will start the series on Wednesday...
Preston Sejong Institute. 2025 Semester 2 Korean Language Course. Registration closes 6 April 2025. Link to Register: https://onlineshop.uclan.ac.uk/...
☐ Eligibility: UCLan students, and Preston Sejong students ☐ Contest Topic: Announced individually via email one week before the contest ☐ Date: 28 March 2025, 5:00 PM ☐ Venue: Adelphi Building Lecture Theatre ABLT3, University of Central Lancashire ☐ Prize: Outstanding learners will be given the opportunity to participate in a study trip...
International Institute of Korean Studies at University of Central Lancashire (IKSU) 2025 Workshop. North Korea, A Country Left Behind with the Cloaked Society. Addressing Sociocultural Aspects of Period Poverty in North Korea Dr Sojin Lim, Co-Director of IKSU & Reader in Asia Pacific Studies. Invisible and Overlooked: Rights...
While the world enjoys the cultural explosion of K-pop, K-dramas, and the vibrant expression of Korean creativity, North Korea remains a stark contrast—a country left behind with the cloaked society. In North Korea, words can lead to imprisonment, and access to information is a dangerous privilege....
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...
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...
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...
When Applied Linguistics Meets Japanese Studies Seminar, organised by Dr Chisa Matsukawa. Wednesday, 8 May, 2024 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm (BST) Hybrid at ABLT 1 and Via Microsoft Teams Register here: Webinar registration | Microsoft Teams DR MARCO CANCINO Universidad Andres Bello, Chile Associate professor at Universidad Andres Bello in Santiago,...
The Asia Pacific Film Festival is hosted by the Institute for the Study of the Asia Pacific (ISAP) and the Institute for Area and Migration Studies (AMIS). This is an annual event screening films from Asia Pacific countries, often for the first time in the UK....