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As a Residential College, residents of Tembusu College live and learn together with their peers under the same roof. Integral to the learning is the University Town College Programme (UTCP) where residents read five Seminar-style Modules over their two year residency. Find out more About the Programme or browse available modules on the left.
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Keen to continue residing at the college after completing the UTCP? Find out what lies ahead in the Senior Learning Experience.
Work in Progress Seminar
Star Wars vs Seopyeonje: Images of Science and Technology in South Korea
27th March 2014, 6pm
First Floor Common Lounge
Dr. Dong-Won Kim
Register at Tembusu.nus.edu.sg
Why are the Star Wars movies not so popular in South Korea? Until the early 1990s Korean Movies were less popular than imported Hollywood movies. Seopyeonje (1993) was the first Koreans have gone to cinemas to see Korean movies but not the three Star Wars prequels. So are science and technology a big part of Korean culture? How are science and technology usually represented in South Korea? And there a link between popular culture and the “crisis in science and technology” in South Korea?
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