Date & Time: 23-25 June 2025, 9 AM – 2.30 PM (UK Time)

Venue: Online via MS TEAMS

Registration & Tuition Fee Payment Deadline: 15 June 2025 (Sunday)

Summer School Tuition Fee: £30

As the course fee is subsidised, the fee is non-refundable once the course has commenced. 

The International Institute of Korean Studies at the University of Central Lancashire (IKSU) launched the Korean Studies Summer School in 2021, and in 2025, the IKSU will offer the Summer School on Korea, along with Preston Sejong Institute. Korean Studies is not only about Korea as a part of Area Studies, but it has wider disciplinary approaches, including anthropology, politics, international relations, and so on. In light of this, IKSU-Sejong Summer School provides lectures about Korea (both North and South) based on various disciplines, with special focus on the culture and society of Korea. 

Upon successful completion (100% attendance), we will issue a Certificate, “Certificate of Successful Completion of the 2025 IKSU-Sejong Korean Studies Summer School”, upon request.

This Summer School is open to individuals aged 18 and above.

We will inform you about how to access the Summer School online, via email on 20 June 2025.

Course Description

Programme

< 23 June 2025 (Monday) >

9 AM – 10.30 AM: What is Korean Culture?

10.30 AM – 12 PM: Religious and Philosophical Traditions of Korea

1 PM – 2.30 PM: Traditional Korean Music

< 24 June 2025 (Tuesday) >

9 AM – 10.30 AM: South Korean Film

10.30 AM – 12 PM: North Korean Film

1 PM – 2.30 PM: Korean Literature Through the Korean Wave

< 25 June 2025 (Wednesday) >

9 AM – 10.30 AM: South Korean Society

10.30 AM – 12 PM: South Korean Politics

1 PM – 2.30 PM: South Korean National Identity and Inter-Korean Relations since 1945

Inquiries: PrestonSejong@uclan.ac.uk or IKSUEnquiry@uclan.ac.uk