Within the framework of the 8th Orientation and Career Placement Week of the Faculty of Social and Labour Studies, held from 6 to 10 May, the East Asian Studies Department organised various activities for students to develop skills in a practical way. This year’s Career Guidance and Placement Week has a full programme to complement the students’ education.
Programme
Monday, 6 May 2024
Workshop ‘Explore your creativity’ in the subject Introduction to Korean-Spanish Translation. Eun Kyung Kang worked with students on creative processes and collective intelligence. The students worked in groups to prepare a group creative proposal, which was rehearsed and staged. The students were able to approach the field of artistic creation and thus acquired a method of artistic creation that can be reflected in their field of knowledge, fostering the need for an environment of collective creativity.
Tuesday, 7 May 2024
Lecture: “Post-Household Head or Hoju System and Customary Law in Korea” in the course Contemporary and Popular Culture of Korea.
Professor Jeon-cheol An, from Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, presented the legal framework following the abolition of the Hoju system, in which family responsibility was assigned to the head of the household. He then introduced several legal cases that provided practical insight into the effects this change had on the subsequent inheritance system.
Wednesday, 8 May 2024
Workshop ‘Approach to employability’ in the subject Korean IV. Professors Patricia Chica Morales and Luis Botella Sánchez prompted students to ask themselves about their career interests and encouraged them to improve the skills they need to get the job they want. After exploring the various possibilities for their future offered by the Bachelor’s Degree in East Asian Studies, they told them about their personal experiences in developing their academic and research careers. In this way, the students were able to make connections between their current studies and their possible future career.
Friday, 10 May 2024
Visit to the Benalmadena Stupa and the Karma Guen Temple, as part of the History of East Asian Religions course. The students had the opportunity to learn about Buddhism in a practical way by visiting two important centres dedicated to this religion: the Benalmádena Stupa and the Karma Guen Buddhist Centre. In addition to receiving training from the heads of both institutions, the students were able to take part in a guided meditation, learn more about Buddhist literature and find out about the work these centres carry out in our social environment.
