SOAS, University of London (The School of Oriental and African Studies)

Korean film: Years of radical change

Both North and South Korea have long established cinematic traditions and the past twenty five years in particular have seen some radical shifts in South Korean film. From the 1960’s Golden Age through the ‘New Wave’ of Korean directors and the big budget ‘Planet Hallyuwood’ blockbusters of the early noughties to recent works of ethnic Koreans overseas, Korean cinema has always been vibrant and has always provided its fair share of controversy.  In this one day workshop organised by SOAS Centre for Korean Studies, senior scholars will critically examine some of the most important issues in Korean Cinema.

Programme

Time	Description
10:00	Tea/coffee Opening remarks by Dr Andrew Jackson (SOAS)
10:15	Session 1 Chaired by Dr Isolde Standish (SOAS) Dr Colette Balmain (Coventry University), Female Voices in South Korean Horror Cinema Dr Julian Stringer (University of Nottingham), Exploring Contemporary Korean Cinema Soundscapes
12:15	Break
12:45	Session 2 Chaired by Dr Chris Berry Dr Jinhee Choi (King’s College, University of London), Kim Seung-ho, the National Father: The South Korean Home Drama and Postwar Modernity
13:45	Lunch
14:45	Session 3 Chaired by Dr Chris Berry Dr Chi-yun Shin (Sheffield Hallam University), Cosmopolitanism in the Films of E J-Yong Dr Mark Morris (Cambridge University), Yellow Seas, Frozen Rivers: the Joseonjok and Jang Ryul/Zhang Lu
16:45	Closing Comments Dr Yeon Jae-hoon (SOAS)
17:00	Reception

Book of Abstracts and Speaker Biographies

Provisional book of abstracts and speaker biographies