FORA.tv Speaker - Roald Maliangkay

Roald Maliangkay (Ph.D., SOAS, London) is Head of the Korean Language Program and lectures on Korean popular culture at The Australian National University. His specialties include Korean music and entertainment industries in the early and mid-twentieth century and he has authored various articles on the subject. His current research focuses on traditional music and the recording industry in colonial Korea, Korean animation, advertisements during Korea's colonial period, and the representation of Korean traditional music in Europe.