Evolution of Migration (이민의 진화)
Key information
- Date
- Time
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5:00 pm to 7:00 pm
- Venue
- Russell Square: College Buildings
- Room
- RG01
- Event type
- Seminar
About this event
Evolution of Migration (이민의 진화, 서울: 푸른숲, 2025) introduces the last 150 years’ history of Korean migration to Australia. It discovers the first Korean immigrant in Australia, John Corea who landed in Australia in 1876, and the first Korean international student, Kim Ho Yul who studied in Melbourne in 1921-1924.
The book covers various types of migration such as onward chain, shuttle and return migration and carries stories of contemporary Korean migrants including working-holiday makers. The author travels around the Australian outback to investigate young Korean labour migrants in the late 19th century pre-federation British colony in Australia until today.
Registration
This event is free, open to the public, and held in person only.
Organiser
This event has been organised by the SOAS Centre of Korean Studies.
About the speaker
The author, Jay Song (송지영) is honorary associate professor at the Australian National University. Prior to her current affiliation, she was Korea Foundation associate professor at the University of Melbourne to set up the Korean Studies programme and the Korean Studies Research Hub (2017-2023). Besides her academic career, she also held various positions in government, think tanks and the UN in Seoul, London, Sydney and Geneva. She’s now based in Murrumbateman, rural New South Wales, Australia, raising alpacas and writing about Asian migration and race issues in Australia.
Contact
Contact email: centres@soas.ac.uk
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