UCC Asian Studies

Congratulations to Dr Kevin Cawley on the stellar book review in the Journal of Religious Studies of his latest monograph: The Emplantation of Catholicism in Pre-Modern Korea: Texts, Teachings and Gender Relations with Bloomsbury Press. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/YHSMARTW…

Dr Cawley from Korean Studies at UCC would like to congratulate Éilis Mc Loughlin and Fionn Neenan who graduated last week with First Class Honours in the MA Asian studies. Well Done - 축하합니다!!

Congratulations to Dr Kevin Cawley on his latest book: The Emplantation of Catholicism in Pre-Modern Korea - Texts, Teachings and Gender Relations, as part of Bloomsbury's series on Religion, Gender and Sexuality.

Congratulations to all our students who graduated today. Dr Cawley had the chance to meet some of our wonderful students who specialized in Korean after their graduation ceremony - 졸업을 축하합니다!

The Nobel Prize in literature was awarded Thursday to Korean author Han Kang for what the Nobel committee called “her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life.” koreatimes.co.kr/www/culture/20…

Students from Korean Studies at UCC gave impressive presentations on a variety of topics at the University of Bologna, including gender and K-Media semiotics, translation and NK refugee issues, as well as student activism and anarchism in South Korea.

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 Conference at the University of Bologna (UNIBO) in May.

On Tuesday 23rd April at 2pm, UCC Asian Studies would like to invite you to a screening of the film "All Static and Noise", a documentary about the oppression faced by Uyghurs and Turkic Muslims in Xinjiang, China. The screening will take place in the Kane Building, Room B10.B.

Hideko Takamine, born in 1924, was one of Japan's most famous film stars in the post-war period, starring in over 180 films. In this article, Dr Till Weingartner from the UCC Asian Studies Department analyses six of her films. theconversation.com/hideko-takamin…

UCC Asian Studies will be attending Kaizoku Con today, 12th of April! If you are interested in learning more about this course, come and meet us outside Boole 1 from 5pm - 7pm. There will be plenty of information available!

An interview with Professor Kiri Paramore, who is Head of Asian Studies at UCC. If you are interested in doing Asian Studies at UCC then please visit the Asian Studies website, and watch out for more staff interviews which will be posted soon!

UCC Asian Studies students utilising the brand new digital Portal available in the UCC Library, which allows access to the National Diet Library of Japan, one of the biggest libraries in the world.

NewsTalk - Interview with Dr Kevin Cawley on Moncrieff Highlights: WHY DOES SOUTH KOREA HAVE THE LOWEST BIRTH RATE IN THE WORLD?: newstalk.com/podcasts/highl….

Follow the link below to watch a video about the New Cambridge History of Japan Vol. II, which features contributions from Professor Kiri Paramore of UCC Asian Studies! youtube.com/watch?v=l9R8ew…

Upcoming event: Talk with the fantastic film maker @KazuhiroSoda this Wednesday at UCC, followed by a screening of his Inland Sea at the @TriskelCork . Organised in collaboration with @EastAsiaFFIrl .

A Conversation with Kazuhiro Soda (Film Director) Join us on Wednesday 28th of February at 3pm in the O' Rahilly Building UCC, Room G27 for a talk with this acclaimed Japanese director! See our Facebook page for more information on this event.

Thinking of doing an MA in Asian Studies at UCC? Watch the short video below to learn more about what this degree has to offer!

Would you like to know more about our MA programmes? We will be hosting a webinar on Thursday 8th February from 12:00pm to 1:00pm. Please check our Facebook page for more information! You can register online in advance at @46fe5ca5-866f-4e42-92e9-ed8786245545?fbclid=IwAR2PaX2AdwEMsNQzDauw6gbhKuwK6nvsAJwV65NCVkGV4u1uFoDtfhhGHqk" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">events.teams.microsoft.com/event/624f2356…

Ready for a new adventure this winter? Start learning Mandarin Chinese, Japanese or Korean with one of UCC's evening classes starting soon! uccshop.ie/product-catego…

Come down and meet us at the UCC Postgrad Expo on Wednesday 31st January! You will be able to find us at the table of the School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures in the UCC Hub from 1 - 5pm.