Scottish Centre for Korean Studies Distinguished Lecture Series: Jihoon Kim In brief Date - 18 June 2024 Venue - Lecture Theatre G.03, 50 George Square Speaker - Professor Jihoon Kim (Chung-ang University) Title - Activism and Post-activism: Korean Documentary Cinema, 1981 - 2022 Series - Scottish Centre for Korean Studies Distinguished Lecture Series 2023-24 About the event by Jihoon Kim This talk presents an overview of my recent publication, Activism and Post-activism: Korean Documentary Cinema: 1981 - 2022 (Oxford University Press, 2024), the first-ever English-language monograph on the South Korean non-fiction film and video practices in the non-governmental and non-corporate sectors from their foundational period (early 1980s) to the present. Making the tripartite connections between: the socio-political history of South Korea (from the 1980s mass anti-dictatorship movement to twenty-first-century labour issues, Truth and Reconciliation, feminism, LGBT rights, environmental justice, and key events such as the Sewol Ferry disaster and the Candlelight Protests) documentary's aesthetics and politics and the shifting institutional and technological evolution of documentary production and distribution; I will argue that what is unique and particular about this forty-year history of South Korean documentary cinema is the intensive and compressed co-evolution of activism (which includes social change documentaries aimed to engage social movements in the forms of alternative nonfiction media practice) and post-activism (a set of twenty-first-century documentaries whose formal and aesthetic experimentations gesture toward overcoming and renewing the activist tradition). About the speaker Jihoon Kim is Professor of Cinema and Media Studies at Chung-ang University. His second book, Documentary's Expanded Fields: New Media and the Twenty-First-Century Documentary, was also published by Oxford University Press in 2022. About the Distinguished Lecture series Each year, the Scottish Centre for Korean Studies welcomes a fantastic range of guest speakers to give a free public lecture. They cover a range of topics, from literature and poetry to international relations. Often, speakers will present on recent publications, and audiences have the opportunity to participate in question and answer sessions after presentations. Selected lectures have been recorded and uploaded to the Scottish Centre for Korean Studies’ YouTube channel and Facebook page. How to attend This event is free to attend and open to all. Registration is not required. Are you interested in studying with us? Take a postgraduate degree in Korean Studies with us and explore one of the most dynamic countries in East Asia, gaining a unique vantage point on crucial topics of relevance across the Northeast Asian region and the globe. We offer a taught MSc, an MSc by Research, and a PhD in Korean Studies. Find out more about Asian Studies Jun 18 2024 14.30 - 16.30 Scottish Centre for Korean Studies Distinguished Lecture Series: Jihoon Kim Join the Scottish Centre for Korean Studies for an in-person seminar by Professor Jihoon Kim (Chung-ang University), entitled 'Activism and Post-activism: Korean Documentary Cinema, 1981 - 2022'. Lecture Theatre G.03 50 George Square University of Edinburgh EH8 9LH Find the venue
Scottish Centre for Korean Studies Distinguished Lecture Series: Jihoon Kim In brief Date - 18 June 2024 Venue - Lecture Theatre G.03, 50 George Square Speaker - Professor Jihoon Kim (Chung-ang University) Title - Activism and Post-activism: Korean Documentary Cinema, 1981 - 2022 Series - Scottish Centre for Korean Studies Distinguished Lecture Series 2023-24 About the event by Jihoon Kim This talk presents an overview of my recent publication, Activism and Post-activism: Korean Documentary Cinema: 1981 - 2022 (Oxford University Press, 2024), the first-ever English-language monograph on the South Korean non-fiction film and video practices in the non-governmental and non-corporate sectors from their foundational period (early 1980s) to the present. Making the tripartite connections between: the socio-political history of South Korea (from the 1980s mass anti-dictatorship movement to twenty-first-century labour issues, Truth and Reconciliation, feminism, LGBT rights, environmental justice, and key events such as the Sewol Ferry disaster and the Candlelight Protests) documentary's aesthetics and politics and the shifting institutional and technological evolution of documentary production and distribution; I will argue that what is unique and particular about this forty-year history of South Korean documentary cinema is the intensive and compressed co-evolution of activism (which includes social change documentaries aimed to engage social movements in the forms of alternative nonfiction media practice) and post-activism (a set of twenty-first-century documentaries whose formal and aesthetic experimentations gesture toward overcoming and renewing the activist tradition). About the speaker Jihoon Kim is Professor of Cinema and Media Studies at Chung-ang University. His second book, Documentary's Expanded Fields: New Media and the Twenty-First-Century Documentary, was also published by Oxford University Press in 2022. About the Distinguished Lecture series Each year, the Scottish Centre for Korean Studies welcomes a fantastic range of guest speakers to give a free public lecture. They cover a range of topics, from literature and poetry to international relations. Often, speakers will present on recent publications, and audiences have the opportunity to participate in question and answer sessions after presentations. Selected lectures have been recorded and uploaded to the Scottish Centre for Korean Studies’ YouTube channel and Facebook page. How to attend This event is free to attend and open to all. Registration is not required. Are you interested in studying with us? Take a postgraduate degree in Korean Studies with us and explore one of the most dynamic countries in East Asia, gaining a unique vantage point on crucial topics of relevance across the Northeast Asian region and the globe. We offer a taught MSc, an MSc by Research, and a PhD in Korean Studies. Find out more about Asian Studies Jun 18 2024 14.30 - 16.30 Scottish Centre for Korean Studies Distinguished Lecture Series: Jihoon Kim Join the Scottish Centre for Korean Studies for an in-person seminar by Professor Jihoon Kim (Chung-ang University), entitled 'Activism and Post-activism: Korean Documentary Cinema, 1981 - 2022'. Lecture Theatre G.03 50 George Square University of Edinburgh EH8 9LH Find the venue
Jun 18 2024 14.30 - 16.30 Scottish Centre for Korean Studies Distinguished Lecture Series: Jihoon Kim Join the Scottish Centre for Korean Studies for an in-person seminar by Professor Jihoon Kim (Chung-ang University), entitled 'Activism and Post-activism: Korean Documentary Cinema, 1981 - 2022'.
