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The latest news about research, events, staff and students from the School of East Asian Studies.
Launch Event 1

K-pop Worlds: Exploring the Global Influence of a Korean Phenomenon Launch Event

K-pop came to Sheffield on Thursday 3rd October when the University Library and the Centre for Korean Studies held a launch event for an exhibition titled K-pop Worlds: Exploring the Global Influence of a Korean Phenomenon.
Student doing Japanese writing
Student doing Japanese writing

Experience Japanese at University and Beyond Programme 2025

Whether you're a complete beginner or already studying Japanese, join us for a great day of workshops, language tasters, and a panel discussion to discover future opportunities of undertaking East Asian studies at university.
KPOP Team
The Exhibition team members, from left to right: Dr Gemma Ballard, Mia Xinrui Liu, Dr Hannah Hyun Kyong Chang and Youn-hi Hughes.

K-pop Worlds: Exploring the Influence of a Global Phenomenon

We are delighted to announce the launch of a special exhibition dedicated to the ever-growing phenomenon of K-pop, which will run from September 11th to October 17th, 2024.
Digital Conference

Digital Korea: Stories, systems and spaces of connection

On May 30-31 the Centre for Korean Studies welcomed over twenty Korean Studies scholars from Europe, the United States, East and South East Asia to share their research.
Film Festival

Korean Documentary Film Festival 

The Centre for Korean Studies partnered with the historic Showroom Cinema in Sheffield in April to screen a special Korean documentary season featuring films on themes ranging from football and the Korean War, to cats and K-pop fandom.
David Tobin Report

The “Xinjiang Papers”: How Xi Jinping commands policy in the People’s Republic of China

David's report “the Xinjiang papers” reveal the centralised decision-making processes behind mass mobilisation and detention, and dispersal of Uyghur and other Turkic-speaking Muslim communities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region XUAR
REF 2021 illustration showing University building and subject areas

University of Sheffield celebrates its impactful research

We are proud that 84 per cent of our research is rated in the highest two categories in the REF 2021, meaning it is classed as world-leading or internationally excellent.
SEAS Artwork Competition

SEAS Artwork Competition

Can you capture East Asian Culture in either a photograph or a piece of artwork? We are looking for some amazing artwork to display in our Jessop West home and are asking for your help.
Video Contest

Sheffield Korean Video Contest

We are delighted to announce the return of our Korean Video Contest for the third time! The Korean Studies programme at the University of Sheffield is hosting a Video Contest to promote awareness of Korean culture in the UK.
Drive My Car

‘Drive My Car’ Oscar is a slow-burn return for Japan’s cinema

Dr Jennifer Coates, from the University of Sheffield's School of East Asian Studies, discusses why Japanese film Drive My Car won the Oscar for best international film, and why it has connected with audiences outside of Japan.