Posted by: Hannah Giles | Posted on: 15th December 2020
Edinburgh Korean Students Society held their 1st Korea Conference on 29 February 2020. This was to commemorate Korea’s March 1st Independence Movement in 1919 against the Japanese colonial rule and to raise awareness among international students in Scotland. Seven speakers were invited and the […]
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Posted by: Cathy Kim | Posted on: 6th March 2020
During the October Half Term 2019, Year 12 and 13 students had the fantastic opportunity to visit South Korea. The trip included two destinations, Pohang and Seoul. During their time in Pohang, students were able to visit a long standing partner school, Ocheon High School. […]
No CommentsPosted by: Cathy Kim | Posted on: 12th March 2019
The Alexander Whitley Dance Company applied for a BKS grant to attend the Performing Arts Market Seoul 7-10 October 2018 at the invitation of the British Council. A report of their visit is available here. “The support from the British Korean Society has helped AWDC […]
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Posted by: Cathy Kim | Posted on: 18th February 2019
From April – June 2018, Fabio Antinori participated in the International Artist in Residence Program at the MMCA National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Changdong, Seoul. As part of the program, participating artists were asked to make use of their time to produce […]
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Posted by: Cathy Kim | Posted on: 18th February 2019
As a researcher at Cambridge University the generous grant given by the British Korean Society allowed me to travel to Korea to further my work on the traditional ‘pojagi’ Korean textile. Whilst in Korea I was able to visit pojabi masters and observe their work and methods, […]
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Posted by: Cathy Kim | Posted on: 7th February 2019
Sarah Duffy was awarded a BKS grant in 2018 to support her stay in Korea during her Artists Residency at the Seoul Museum of Art. I am a Contemporary Artist with an interdisciplinary practice, spanning performance, writing, video, sound and installation. I was selected to […]
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Posted by: Cathy Kim | Posted on: 1st February 2019
Supported by our grants programme, Cranford Community College students made a visit to their partner school in Pohang, and have sent the following report: The award of a £1000 grant to Cranford Community College for their trip to South Korea in October 2018 meant that […]
No CommentsPosted by: Cathy Kim | Posted on: 9th May 2018
Philip Dobison is Assistant Head Teacher at Cranford Community College near Hounslow. The college has a partner school in Pohang, ROK, and is organising a student exchange with them, which will allow British students aged 16-18, who are learning Korean as part of an extended […]
No CommentsPosted by: Cathy Kim | Posted on: 9th May 2018
Dr Marc Vendrell, Principal Investigator at the University of Edinburgh, is organising a meeting there which will bring together specialists from the UK and South Korea in the field of chemical biology and molecular mapping. It is planned that potential areas for collaborative work will […]
No CommentsPosted by: Cathy Kim | Posted on: 9th May 2018
Fabio Lattanzi Antinori is a London-based artist who has had a number of solo exhibitions. He has been offered the opportunity to be artist in residence at the Seoul Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art from April – June 2018 where he will prepare a […]
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Dr Robert Hawley CBE FREng FRSE: Life Member British Korean Society We learned with sadness that Dr Robert Hawley CBE FREng FRSE passed away on 11 October. Dr Hawley will be well known to all members of the British Korean Society following his […]
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It is with sadness that we report the death of Dr Robert Hawley CBE FREng FRSE on 11th October 2020, aged 84. Dr Hawley served as Chairman of the Anglo-Korean Society (now the BKS) for 5 years to 2007 when he became Joint President […]
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