2026 Programme

2026 Programme* 

  9.30 –  9: 45 am | Welcome Address |  Dr Owen Miller, Chair of the Centre for Korean Studies, SOAS 

  9:45 – 10:00 am | Introduction | Professor Jeong Eun Jin, INALCO 

10:00 – 10:40 am | Section 1: Culture | Chair: Dr Youkyung Ju-Zaveroni, SOAS 

•  Lili Tessier (INALCO), "Issues and perspectives of Korean crime fiction between international and national book markets"

•  Maxence Reynaert (INALCO), "Posthumanism and feminism in Kim Bo-young and Kim Cho-yeop's science-fiction literature"

10:40 – 10:50 am | Break 

10:50 – 11:30 am | Section 2: Language | Chair: Dr Jiyoung Choi, INALCO 

• Se Won Kim (UCL IoE), "The Effects of Input-based Tasks on the Perception and Production of L2 Korean Stops and Fricatives" 

• Dr Seul Bi Lee (SOAS), "The Making of Modern Korean Writing Style: Sentence Endings and Lexical development" 

11:30 – 12:10 pm | Section 3: Society | Chair: Dr Chloé Paberz, INALCO 

• Seulkee Nam (SOAS), "Marginalised Women, Children, and the Poor in Modern Korea: The Establishment and

Operation of St. Peter’s Hospital for Women and Children in Seoul, 1890–1904"

• Marion Le Pollès (EHESS), "Ageing in South Korea today, a geographical analysis of older adults everydays lives"  

12:10 – 12:20 pm | Concluding Remarks | Dr Youkyung Ju-Zaveroni, SOAS 

*Please note that the time displayed is in BST (UK summer time). CEST (French summer time) is one hour ahead.