Department News
November 20, 2024
“Why are Yale students taking K-pop classes?”
The Korea Herald presented an article investigating this question examining Sociology Professor Grace Kao’s course “Race and Place in British New Wave, K-Pop and Beyond”. According to Professor Kao the course explores how popular music moves across national borders via technology and people, and how popular music reflects society and how governments regulate it or use it as a form of soft power.
Korea Herald November 19, 2024
More information on K-Pop conference organized by Prof. Kao.