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Date: November to December 2025 Location: Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU The Korean Studies Programme presents the Run Run Shaw Tower Gallery Exhibition! This exhibition features final-year student projects from the Korean Studies Capstone Seminars. From January to May 2025, students conducted individualized research projects related to Korea, drawing on their academic learning from their experience at the university. Each student chose their research topic and pr

On November 25, 2025, the Korean Studies programme participated in HKU's Information Day. We had the pleasure of welcoming thousands of guests to HKU and promoting our programme and Korean culture to future HKU students. In addition to having our pop-up booths ran by our teachers and students (wearing traditional Korean outfits!), we organised a well-attended Hangul calligraphy workshop. The Korean Studies programme would like to thank our student volunteers for their time an

On October 9, 2025, we had the pleasure of welcoming our Korean Studies majors and minors to a welcome event full of fun and good Korean food! We would like to thank those that attended for their spirited and enthusiastic participation!

The Korean Studies Programme, Women’s Studies Research Centre (WSRC), and Center for the Study of Globalization and Cultures (CSGC), Department of Comparative Literature, present: Among Women across Worlds: North Korea in the Global Cold War Speaker: Suzy Kim , Professor of Korean History, Rutgers University Moderator: Su Yun Kim , Associate Professor, Korean Studies, HKU Date: Thursday, March 6, 2025 Time: 4:30 pm Hong Kong Time Venue: Room 436, 4/F, Run Run Shaw Tower, HKU

Date: March 6, 2025 (Thursday) Time: 12:00pm - 1:30pm Venue: Faculty Lounge (Room 4.30), 4/F., Run Run Shaw Tower, HKU Registration:...

Modern East Asian Literature Research Cluster presents Emerging Research on Modern East Asian Literature   The Politics of Art in Contemporary Korean Fiction   Speaker: Chris Hanscom Professor | Department of Asian Languages and Cultures | UCLA   Moderator: Su Yun Kim Associate Professor | Korean Studies | The University of Hong Kong   DATE: 21 FEB 2025 (FRI) 4:30–6:00 pm (HKT) VENUE: Room 436, 4/F, Run Run Shaw Tower, HKU REGISTRATION: https://bit.ly/MEAL21Feb2025   Using ex

Are you interested in majoring in or minoring in Korean Studies? Are you planning to have an exchange semester/a summer course in Korea? ...

The Korean Studies Programme, Women’s Studies Research Centre (WSRC), and Center for the Study of Globalization and Cultures (CSGC),...

Modern East Asian Literature Research Cluster presents Emerging Research on Modern East Asian Literature   The Politics of Art in...

Date: Mid-September to November 2024 Location: Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU The Korean Studies Programme presents Run Run...

Date: April 2, 2024 (Tuesday) Time: 5:30pm Venue: Korean Cultural Center, PMQ, Block B, 6-7/F, 35 Aberdeen St., Central Speaker:...

Date: April 3, 2024 (Wed) Time: 4:30 pm Venue: CPD-LG.59, Centennial Campus, HKU Speaker: Professor Hyaeweol Choi 2024 President of...

Date: January 30, 2024 (Tuesday) Time: 5:30 to 7:00 pm Venue: CPD-LG.18, Centennial Campus, HKU Speaker: Professor Jaehoon Yeon (SOAS University of London | Academy of Korean Studies) Moderator: Dr. Su Yun Kim  (Korean Studies, HKU) About the speaker Jaehoon Yeon is Professor Emeritus of Korean Linguistics at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, and Professor of Global Korean Studies at the Academy of Korean Studies in Korea. Prof. Yeon rec

Date: January 30, 2024 (Tuesday) Time: 5:30 to 7:00 pm Venue: CPD-LG.18, Centennial Campus, HKU Speaker: Professor Jaehoon Yeon (SOAS...

The Korean Studies Programme cordially invites you to attend the upcoming Career Talk event on September 21st and 22nd. We encourage you...