Dr Kevin Cawley, Director of the Irish Institute of Korean Studies at UCC, would like to congratulate the 9 students from Korean Studies at UCC who participated in the 3rd Joint Korean Studies Program at the University of Bologna (UNIBO) in May. The two-day event was co-organized by Dr. Kevin Cawley and hosted in Bologna by Dr. Marco Milani. It was fully funded (travel and accommodation for all students) by an award from the Academy of Korean Studies (AKS). We all want to express our gratitude to Dr. Mary Lou Emberti Gialloreti for her assistance in organizing the entire program and for taking care of us while we were there.

 

Students from Korean studies at UCC gave impressive presentations on a variety of topics, including gender and K-Media semiotics, linguistic differences and NK Refugees in SK, as well as student activism and anarchism in SK. We would also like to thank the students in Bologna for their fascinating papers that also covered many topics using different methodologies.

 

The program overview is provided below. (UCC-Bologna Program Activities).