[SNUAC] 2024 SNUAC WEEKLY (2nd Week of Nov)

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FEATURES THIS WEEK

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[Review] Fluctuating Mosaic of Socio-spatial Inequalities in Contemporary Pyongyang

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On Tuesday, November 5, 2024, SNUAC hosted a brown bag seminar featuring Pavel P. Em, a researcher from the Paris School of Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (EHESS), who presented on “Fluctuating Mosaic of Socio-spatial Inequalities in Contemporary Pyongyang.”

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UPCOMING EVENTS

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Defining National Cuisine in Asian and Oriental Cookbooks

Date: November 12th, Tuesday, 2024, 12:00 – 13:00
Location: Room 304, SNUAC (Bldg.101)

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A Lecture Series on K-SDGs and Future Earth 6

Date: November 13th, Wednesday, 2024, 16:30 – 18:00
Location: Room 604, Bldg. 83

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The 8th Indian Literature Workshop

Date: November 15th, Friday, 2024, 18:00 – 20:00
Location: Room 303, SNUAC (Bldg. 101)

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VSED as Voluntary Fasting up to Death with Dignity

Date: November 19th, Tuesday, 2024, 12:00 – 13:00
Location: Room 304, SNUAC (Bldg.101)

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Mobility and Migration in the Making of Early Modern Southeast Asia

Date: November 20th, Wednesday, 2024, 13:00 – 15:00
Location: Room 303, SNUAC (Bldg.101)

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2024 SNUAC-ASPOS Joint Conference: Human Mobility and Care Democracy in Japan and South Korea

Date: November 23rd, Saturday, 2024, 14:00 – 16:00
Online via Zoom

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CHS 100 minute Talk 24-7: The Dynamic Essence of Transmedia Storytelling: A Graphical Approach to The Journey to the West in Korea

Date: November 25th, Monday, 2024, 17:00 – 18:40
Online via Zoom

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Pilgrimage to Mecca and Jerusalem by a Central Asian Muslim in the 11th Century

Date: November 25th, Monday, 2024, 15:30 – 17:00
Location: Room 303, SNUAC (Bldg.101)

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The War in Gaza and Lebanon: Regional and Global Impact

Date: November 27th, Wednesday, 2024, 15:30 – 17:00
Location: Room 303, SNUAC (Bldg.101)

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The Meaning of the Global South in the Era of U.S.-China Competition: Focusing on Africa

Date: November 29th, Friday, 2024, 12:00 – 13:30
Location: Room 611, SNUAC (Bldg. 101)

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Book & Book Concert: China’s History and Modern Challenges

Date: November 29th, Friday, 2024, 15:00 – 17:30
Location: Room 240, SNUAC (Bldg.101)

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The Global Journey of West African Music

Date: December 6th, Friday, 2024, 12:00 – 13:30
Location: Room 304, SNUAC (Bldg. 101)

PEOPLE

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SNUAC offers a visiting scholars fellowship to promote the exchanges of scholars at home and abroad interested in Asian studies and their cooperation with SNUAC.

Let us introduce the SNUAC visiting fellows for Fall 2024.

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[Visiting Scholars] Yeonjae Ra

Yeonjae Ra is a folklorist specializing in food studies and cultural anthropology. She earned her Ph.D. from the Graduate School of Korean Studies (folklore), where her dissertation examined how each entrepreneur’s banal national sentiments and aesthetics have shaped Korean food. Her current research includes ethnographic methods to explore culinary practices and gastronomical foodscapes.

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