Annual International Photo Contest Reception Nov. 19th @ 5pm

Announcement: Thursday, Nov 19, 2009
Notice: 
TODAY at 5pm! See you there!

Please join us at the International Photo Contest Reception on Thursday, November 19th from 5-6:30pm in Fisher Family Commons in the CGIS Kanfel Building. Come see the winning photos from around the world taken by Harvard College students from their many experiences abroad!

Harvard Summer School Study Abroad Fair!

Announcement: Thursday, Nov 19, 2009

Please join us for our annual Harvard Summer School Study Abroad Fair to be held on:
Wednesday, December 9, from 2-4pm in Ticknor Lounge, Boylston Hall.

This is an afternoon devoted to informal Q&A about the various HSS Programs abroad.

Presidentialized Party Politics in South Korea: A Constitutional Approach

Kim Koo Forum
Date: 
November 19, 2009 - 4:30pm - 7:00pm
Sponsored by: 
Kim Koo Foundation

How Much Equality (and What Kind) in Korea? Some Cases

East Asian Legal Studies Program Talk – Co-sponsored by the Korea Institute
Date: 
November 20, 2009 - 12:00pm

Protection of Cultural Diversity from the Landscape Point of View: Comparison of Chinese, Japanese and Korean Traditional Garden Cultures

Korea GSD - Co-sponsored by the Korea Institute, Harvard University, and Dep't of History of Art and Architecture
Date: 
November 20, 2009 - 5:00pm - 6:30pm

Short Bio:

Sim Woo-kyung
 Professor and Chair, Landscape Architecture Program Director, Institute of Environment and Ecology, Korea University, Seoul, Korea

Director Kim Ki-young Retrospective: <I-eoh Island> (1977)

The Korea Institute Fall Film Series
Date: 
December 10, 2009 - 4:30pm - 7:00pm

OCS Summer Opportunities Fair

Announcement: Friday, Nov 13, 2009

Please join us at the OCS Summer Opportunities Fair on Friday, December 4, 2009 from 12noon-4pm at the Gutman Conference Center & Radcliffe Gym.  OCS will host over 80 summer programs to help you begin your summer search.

David McCann in Chosun Ilbo Oct. 6, 2009

News Item: Oct 22, 2009

"An American professor is promoting Korean literature in the U.S. David McCann, a professor of Korean literature and the director of the Korea Institute at Harvard University, is teaching his students how to write sijo, a traditional three-line Korean poetic form, reciting them in local festivals, and holding sijo competitions for middle and high school pupils.

David McCann in the Boston Globe -- "The new haiku? Harvard professor David McCann says America is ready for sijo"

News Item: Oct 22, 2009

"CAMBRIDGE - The class on writing Asian poetry that Professor David McCann teaches at Harvard includes units on Chinese quatrains, Korean sijo, and Japanese haiku, the last of which is so well-known that McCann’s students had haiku days in middle school.

Thoughts While Living and Working in Seoul, Korea--Check out Returning Summer Intern, Anita Joseph's Articles in the Crimson

News Item: Oct 9, 2009

Anita Joseph, '12, wrote a series of articles from Korea this past summer for The Crimson. She was an intern at the Korea Institute of Science & Technology Evaluation & Planning (KISTEP), in the Global Cooperation & Public Relations Department.
Read some of Anita's great articles on a variety of current topics about Korean life.