The Asia Research Institute is hosting it’s first annual Korean Studies Symposium, Genre, Gender and Language in Korean Film and Drama. Symposium events will take place April 11 (via Zoom), April 13 (at Squeaky Wheel), and April 14-15 (Capen Hall).

Click here for a full schedule of symposium events, including keynotes, film screening, literary reading, panels, paper titles and abstracts.

Join by Zoom

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Tuesday, April 11 @ 8:00 – 9:00 pm | ZOOM

The Sense of Wonder: A K-drama Literary Reading

Matthew Salesses (Columbia University)

Click here to register for the Zoom event

The eighth book by bestselling Korean American author Matthew Salesses, The Sense of Wonder blends themes of K-drama and basketball to examine racism, injustices, challenges, and tensions experienced by Asian Americans.

Author Q&A moderated by Kelly Rich (Harvard University).

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Thursday, April 13 @ 6:00 – 9:00 pm | Tri-Main Center (2495 Main St., Buffalo, Suite 530)

Korean Cinema and the Single Woman: Korean Women Filmmakers through Yim Soon-rye

Molly Hyo Kim (Hanyang University) with screening of Waikiki Brothers (2001), directed by Yim Soon-rye

Molly Hyo Kim is Adjunct Professor of the College of Humanities at Hanyang University. She has published her works in Acta Koreana, the Journal of Cultural Studies, and the International Journal of Korean History. Discussion moderated by Ekrem Serdar, curator at Squeaky Wheel, and Margaret Rhee, assistant professor of Media Study at UB and the New School.

The event is hosted by Squeaky Wheel, and will take place at Journey’s End Refugees Services

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Friday, April 14 @ 10:00 am – 5:45 pm | Capen 10 (North Campus)

Genre, Gender and Language in Korean Film and Drama

Keynotes, panels and special presentations

Keynote address by Joseph Jeon (Professor of English, UC-Irvine)

Saturday, April 15 @ 10:30 am – 5:00 pm | Capen 240 (North Campus)

Keynote address by Nam Lee (Associate Professor of Film and Media Studies, Chapman University)

Featuring scholars from the U.S., Asia and Europe examining a wide range of topics in Korean film and television, including sexuality, LGBTQ representation, translation, violence and popular productions like Squid Game and Parasite

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Symposium events are sponsored by the Academy of Korean Studies, Asia Research Institute, Asian Studies Program, Squeaky Wheel Film and Media Center, UB Departments of Media Study, English, Global Gender and Sexuality Studies, Art, Linguistics, Global Film Studies Minor Program, Gender Institute and UB Humanities Institute.