The EcoS Staff kindly invites you to our upcoming guest lecture with Prof. Dr. Olga Fedorenko, who will explore the complex role of senior–junior (sŏnbae–hubae) relationships in South Korean society. Drawing on in-depth interviews with middle-class South Koreans, the lecture examines how these age-graded ties function as vital networks of care, authority, and opportunity, while also becoming sites of tension and critique in a social context increasingly shaped by neoliberal values of individualism, autonomy, and merit-based competition.

Date: January 26 (Mon), 2025, 17:00–18:00 (CET)

Venue: Seminar Room Koreanology 1, Entrance 5.4, Hof 5, Spitalgasse 2, AAKH Campus, 1090 Vienna

The lecture will be streamed via Zoom. Nevertheless, we highly encourage you to participate in person. Please make sure to sign up for the guest lecture (online or offline). See our event page for more information.