Category: Events

DKSC Reads aims to engage with works that either align with or reinvigorate the critical awareness of decolonizing Korean studies. The first piece we will read together is “Queer Theory Impossible” (“불가능한 퀴어 이론”) by sociologist and queer scholar Minwoo Jung. In this essay, Jung critiques how “Korean queer studies” becomes commodified in ways that

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DKSC는 현재 한국의 계엄령과 탄핵 정국을 주제로 긴급 시국 집담회를 엽니다. “K-민주주의”의 성취와 위기에 대한 지배적인 담론에 문제를 제기하며, 헤테로내셔널리즘과 한국 예외주의, “위기”의 불균등한 분배와 경험, 위기 담론의 효과와 미 제국주의, 집회 공간에서의 차별과 배제, 그리고 광주에서 세월호, 이태원, 팔레스타인까지 이어지는 사회적 기억을 통한 연대와 민주주의의 가능성을 논의하고자 합니다. 이 행사는 한국어로 주로 진행되며, 영어

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DKSC Roundtable for PalestineOct 18 (Friday), 3PM EST (12PM PST) Register: link Please join us for our roundtable for Palestine as we, a collective founded upon solidarity, community, and hopes for a decolonial future, engage in conversation about our positionality and connection to the ongoing genocide as well as the possibilities of a liberated Palestine. 

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How do we navigate the job market within and beyond Korean studies? What does the job market look like, and how does it operate? How can one enter, navigate, or exit the job market with different interdisciplinary training backgrounds? How should we consider and aim for different types of jobs? What are the key considerations

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DKS Collective Presents Its First Book Talk <Whirling Days: Building a Future with HIV, Infection, and Disease> with Dr. Bo Keong Seo (Professor, Department of Cultural Anthropology at Yonsei University & Activist, Solidarity for HIV/AIDS Human Rights – Nanuri+) Panelists: Nam Woong (Activist, Solidarity for LGBT Human Rights of Korea) Kim Jinsook (Assistant Professor, Emory

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