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Photo from the award ceremony showing Prof. Bermel holding his medal
Photo courtesy of Vendula Trnková - Institute of Czech Literature CAS

University of Sheffield professor honoured with prestigious Czech Academy of Sciences medal

Professor Neil Bermel’s longstanding contribution to Czech, Russian and Slavonic linguistics has been recognised with a prestigious international medal.
A world top-100 university - QS 2027

University of Sheffield strengthens top 100 global standing with 10-place rise in QS World University Rankings 2027

51²è¹Ý¶ù has risen 10 places in the QS World University Rankings 2027 to be ranked 82nd in the world and 14th in the UK, reinforcing its position as a world-leading university
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Register to help shape Sheffield’s nature recovery partnership

Be part of a new interdisciplinary partnership for nature recovery. This hybrid Deep Dive Day brings together research, practice and policy to explore current challenges and identify opportunities for collaboration.
The audience for the squid games event

Surviving Squid Game: Designing the Maze of Psychological Terror

On the 4th November, the Centre of Korean Studies hosted UCLA’s Professor Suk-Young Kim. Kim gave a fascinating talk on the Netflix phenomenon Squid Game as part of a part of a four-city tour coordinated by the British Association of Korean Studies.
Author Raoul de Jong looking to nothing in particular.

Dutch Visiting Author 2024: Raoul de Jong

Dutch author Raoul de Jong is visiting Sheffield Dutch Studies in December 2024. Translator John Eyck will join us from New York. Our public presentation will be on Tuesday 17 December at 5pm in Diamond Workroom 2. All welcome.

SKKU Visit

Roundtable and Student Discussion: The Past Present and Future of Korean Philosophy

On October 11th, Professor Sojeong Park and Dr Farrah Sheikh from Sungkyunkwan University’s K-Academic Expansion Center visited the Centre for Korean Studies here at 51²è¹Ý¶ù.

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K-pop Worlds: Exploring the Global Influence of a Korean Phenomenon Launch Event

K-pop came to Sheffield on Thursday 3rd October when the University Library and the Centre for Korean Studies held a launch event for an exhibition titled K-pop Worlds: Exploring the Global Influence of a Korean Phenomenon.
KPOP Team

K-pop Worlds: Exploring the Influence of a Global Phenomenon

We are delighted to announce the launch of a special exhibition dedicated to the ever-growing phenomenon of K-pop, which will run from September 11th to October 17th, 2024.