Events

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15.07.2025

[Workshop] ECNK Online Workshop 2025 - Ethical Issues in North Korean Studies

The European Centre for North Korean Studies (ECNK) invites its fellows to participate in the second ECNK Workshop on July 15 and 16, focusing on...

25.04.2025

[Lecture] The ROK-UK Strategic Partnership for the Future: Economy, Security, Technology and Culture

You are cordially invited to the following event on Apil 25, 2025, co-hosted by the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies and the Centre for...

24.04.2025

[Workshop] North Korea, A Country Left Behind with the Cloaked Society

Join the International Institute of Korean Studies at the University of Central Lancashire on April 24, 2025.

22.04.2025

[Webinar] North Korea's International Health Engagement: Past, Present, and Future

Join Session 4 of the webinar series on April 22, 2025.

15.04.2025

[Guest Lecture] Lessons Learned from 45 Years of Quaker Engagement with the DPRK

Join us for a guest lecture on May 5, 2025, with Jennifer Deibert, DPRK Program Director at the American Friends Service Commitee.

15.04.2025

[Guest Lecture] From Blog to Bureau: Founding NK News and Building a Korea-Focused Media Company

Join us for a guest lecture on April 28, 2025, with Chad O'Carroll, CEO of NK News, NK Pro, Korea Pro, and the related holding company Korea Risk...

07.04.2025

[Exhibition] The Echo Never Stops

In April, the University of Central Lancashire hosts an exhibition about the reality of life under censorship and information control in North Korea.

03.04.2025

[Conference] Reflections on the North: The Spaces and Subjects of the DPRK

The Center for Korean Studies at the University of Sheffield invites participants to a conference, supported by the Academy of Korean Studies.

20.03.2025

[Guest Lecture] Japan’s Foreign Policy: UN Security Council Sanctions on North Korea and their Implications

Join the hybrid u:japan lecture with TOKU Satoko (Deputy Chief of Mission at the Embassy of Japan in Austria)

19.03.2025

[Seminar] Inter-Korean Relations and the End of Peaceful Reunification: A Social Conflict Approach

Join the Asian Studies Seminar Series on March 19 with Dr. Kevin Gray at the University of Edinburgh.

27.01.2025

[Closed] The Economic Situation of North Korea in 2025

Save the date for an University of Vienna guest lecture by Prof. Dr. Bernhard Seliger on January 27, 2025.

15.01.2025

[Closed] Cultural Representations of North Koreans in South Korean Popular Culture:The Intersectionality of Gender, Class & the Division System

Save the date for an University of Vienna guest lecture by Prof. Sung Kyung Kim on January 15, 2025.

08.01.2025

[Closed] Reconciling Divided States: A Comparative Perspective on Korea and Ireland

Save the date for an University of Vienna guest lecture by Prof. Dong Jin Kim on January 8, 2025.

23.11.2024

[Closed] Art of the Deal Redux: Prospects for Diplomacy in the Second Trump-Kim Era

Save the date for a guest lecture with Prof. John Delury on December 9, 2024.

23.11.2024

[Closed] Data Knowledge, and North Korean Scholarship

Save the date for a guest lecture with Prof. Hazel Smith on December 2, 2024.

22.11.2024

[Discussion] Russia and North Korea Against the West: Is Escalation Looming? (German)

Prof. Rüdiger Frank and Dr. Tereza Novotná engage in a discussion with hosted by the Friedlich Naumann Foundation for Freedom (FNF).

20.11.2024

[Closed] Country-risk Analysis's Greatest Challenges: North Korea (Nov 22)

Join Oxford Analytica for an in-depth webinar looking at the challenges of country analysis, with a focus on North Korea.

19.11.2024

[Closed] North Korea: Human rights, Security and Beyond (Nov 20)

Save the date for a panel discussion on Nov 20 involving KINU representatives and leading UK Korea specialists.

15.11.2024

[Closed] Flagging the Future: Symbolism, Sovereignty, and Science in Early Cold War Korea (Nov 20, 2024)

Dr. Derek Kramer speaks at the Asian Studies Seminar Series hosted by the University of Edinburgh.

24.10.2024

[Closed] "Reflections on the North" Conference

The Centre for Korean Studies (University of Sheffield) seeks works for a conference in April 2025 (submission deadline: November 27, 2024).

12.01.2024

[Closed] Workshop on the Current Socio-Economic Development and Exchange in North Korea (Feb. 15, 2024)

The Comenius University Bratislava is encouraging scholars to contribute insights on the current inter-Korean development. Possible to join as...

21.08.2023

[Closed] IKSU K-Unification Friends International Conference for Young Scholars (Dec. 1-2, 2023)

The IKSU at the University of Central Lancashire invites young scholars to present their research on the unification issue in the Korean peninsula.

21.08.2023

[Closed] GWIKS North Korea Program (Oct. 10 - Nov. 16, 2023)

GWIKS is s now accepting applications for the 2023 North Korea Program, structured as a six-week intensive course.

09.06.2023

[Closed] MA Scholarships: North Korean Studies (2023/24)

The International Institute of Korean Studies of the University of Central Lancashire is offering MA scholarships for 2023/24 academic year.

12.05.2023

[Closed] Shifting Geopolitical Dynamics in Northeast Asia-Opportunities and Challenges Regarding North Korea

Watch North Korean experts Rüdiger Frank, Rachel Minyoung Lee and Glyn Ford discussing opportunities and challenges in a recorded livestream.