Global Korean Studies Major, Ewha Womans University

주제:  Nail Salons as Transnational Body Labor: Korean Immigrant Entrepreneurship, Labor Rights and Diasporic Politics 강연자: Miliann Kang, Associate Professor, University of Massachusetts, Amherst 일시: 12/11(수) 3:30 pm  장소: 국제교육관(IEB) 902호   In the summer of 2015, the New York Times (Times) published an explosive front page series by Sara Maslin Nir on the “The Price of Nice Nails” and “Perfect Nails, Poisoned Workers.”   This series shined much-needed light on labor rights violations, toxic chemical exposures, and occupational health risk in New York City nail salons. Nir’s language and arguments, however, particularly her focus on a “rigid racial and ethnic caste system,” placed most of the blame on Korean immigrant small business owners for labor conditions they alone did not create and by themselves cannot fix. This framing of the story not only oversimplified a sense of Korean owners as villains, but it presented Latina and other Asian w...

Professor Kim Yu-na from Global Korean Studies is invited to give a special lecture to students. Professor Kim Yu-na is a graduate of Ewha Womans University and a professor of current convergence content. She is currently working for HB Entertainment, and last year she spoke about the entertainment industry preparation hosted by the Human Resources Development Institute. She is a fan of various K-pop singers, and the lecture is also very pleasant and we invited her because it would have a good influence on the students. We hope many interested students participate. The special lecture : May 16th at 5  p.m. International Education Building 602

Professor Kim Yu-na from Global Korean Studies is invited to give a special lecture to students. Professor Kim Yu-na is a graduate of Ewha Womans University and a professor of current convergence content. She is currently working for HB Entertainment, and last year she spoke about the entertainment industry preparation hosted by the Human Resources Development Institute. She is a fan of various K-pop singers, and the lecture is also very pleasant and we invited her because it would have a good influence on the students. We hope many interested students participate. The special lecture : May 16th at 5 p.m. International Education Building 602 We're attaching the poster of the special lecture that Professor Kim Yu-na gave last year and the course plan she is currently working on.