Arkansas NCTA presents "Understanding the Rise of K-Culture: K-Pop Demon Hunters in the Classroom," an in-person workshop for teachers of grades 5–12 taking place on November 18, 2025. Learn how to use this pop culture sension to introduce aspects of traditional and contemporary Korean culture in the classroom. Register here!
Kpop Demon Hunters | Netflix
Are your students obsessed with K-Pop Demon Hunters? This workshop will utilize the recent Netflix hit film as an entry point into aspects of traditional and contemporary Korean culture. Educators who are interested in learning about how to incorporate the film in their teaching will gain practical insights into uncovering and understanding golden “easter eggs” (cultural specifics that are integrated into the film) as well as ideas for possible lesson plans. Additionally, a list of resources on traditional Korean culture will be provided.
Format: In-person
Audience: Grade 5 - 12, social studies, fine arts, GT, and world languages teachers
When: Nov 18, 2025 from 4:30 - 5:30pm
Where: University of Central Arkansas, Conway, AR
Irby Hall Rm 215
Speaker:
Dr. Katherine In-Young Lee is Founder of Rise with Clarity, a coaching and consulting business for women of color faculty in higher education. She hosts the Rise with Clarity Podcast. Her book, Dynamic Korea and Rhythmic Form (Wesleyan University Press 2018) explores how a percussion genre from South Korea (samul nori) became a global music genre. Dynamic Korea and Rhythmic Form was recognized with the 2019 Béla Bartók Award for Outstanding Ethnomusicology from the ASCAP Foundation Deems Taylor/Virgil Thomson Awards. Past research topics have included the politicized drumming of dissent and the audible dimensions of a nation branding campaignaudible dimensions of a nation branding campaign. Her research on the role of music as scenes of protest during South Korea’s democratization movementthe role of music as scenes of protest during South Korea’s democratization movement was awarded the Charles Seeger Prize by the Society for Ethnomusicology and the Martin Hatch Award by the Society for Asian Music. She received a Ph.D. in Ethnomusicology from Harvard University in 2012 and served as Assistant Professor of Ethnomusicology at UC Davis and (2012-17) and at UCLA (2017-23), respectively.