The Origins of the South Korean Film Renaissance Conference, a UW-Lingnan joint conference, was held at M+ in Hong Kong on Nov 02-04, 2023. The conference is co-organized by Asian L&L Assistant Professor Ungsan Kim and Lingan University's Associate Professor Sangjoon Lee. A comprehensive conference dedicated to the South Korean film culture of the 1990s and 2000s, the event invited 33 speakers and chairs, including Asian L&L Professor Chris Hamm, Associate Professor Heekyoung Cho, Assistant Professor Ungsan Kim, and Adjunct Professor Yomi Braester. The 3-day-long conference consisted of 8 paper panels with 23 speakers, a critics' roundtable, a film screening and discussion, and a keynote by Kim Hong-joon, the director of Korean Film Archive.
For the detailed program of the conference, refer to the following link: https://www.ln.edu.hk/daci/koreancinema2023