NON-VIOLENCE PROGRAM: Series presented by the Matsunaga Institute for Peace with Chaman Nahal, fellow of Churchill College, Cambridge University. "Nonviolence and Literature: East and West," noon to 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, University of Hawaii-Manoa, East-West Center, John Burns Hall 2121. "Family Biography and the Nonviolent Novel," noon to 1:30 p.m. Thursday, University of Hawaii-Manoa, Cottage 96-36, 1633 East West Road. Call 956-7427.

KOREAN STUDIES LECTURE: "The State of North Korean Studies: A Critical Appraisal," speakers Byung Chul Koh of the University of Illinois at Chicago and Do-Yul Song of the Korea Institute, Humboldt-Universitat zu Berlin speak. 2-5 p.m. next Monday, University of Hawaii-Manoa, Center for Korean Studies. Call 956-2212.