The aim of the Books & City Series is to encourage students’ polymathic study, to gather knowledge, not only by expanding beyond the borders of countries, but also time and different subjects. Speakers like writers, journalist and faculty from academic departments are invited to share with students. Through this event, we hope to promote reading from the perspective of speakers from various fields as well as to promote library resources.
The Library was honored to invite Prof. Park Young Hwan from Dongguk University, Korea, to deliver a talk titled “Korean Wave Study and the Characteristics of Culture in East Asia Region” on 2 Apr 2015. Prof. Park is a sinologist and his study covers comparative aspects of Chinese and Korean culture. In this talk, Prof. Park discussed the underlying reasons for the rise of Korean wave across the world, the relationships between Korean wave and East Asia region, and the influence of traditional thoughts of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism in the East Asia region reflected in the Korean drama. He quoted numerous examples from the popular Korean drama to show how these traditional thoughts were applied and why audiences were intrigued by them. The talk was facilitate by Dr. Xiaolin Wang, Associate Professor of the Department of Asia and International Studies.
