The Harvard Crimson Article on Bong Joon-Ho at Harvard Film Archive

News Item: Mar 10, 2010

“This movie is often called a thriller or suspense, but it is simply about a mother... although this movie is not the right one to see with your mother.” This is how Bong Joon-ho—one of the leading directors of the current Korean film renaissance—introduced his most recent movie, “Mother,” on February 28th at the Harvard Film Archive.

Prospects for Instability in North Korea

Kim Koo Forum on U.S.-Korea Relations
Urgent Message: 
TOMORROW!! COME EARLY TO GET A SEAT!
Date: 
March 11, 2010 - 4:30pm - 6:30pm

with reception to follow

Mother and a Guest (1961) by Shin Sang-ok

Korean Cinémathèque: Peninsular Genderscapes on Film
Date: 
March 22, 2010 - 4:30pm - 7:00pm

Korean Cinémathèque is a new series launched at the Korea Institute at Harvard University in 2010. Its mission is to introduce Korean film classics to a broad audience of scholars, students, cinephiles and the general public. Each film screening is followed by an informal discussion led by a guest speaker.

The Young Barefoot (1964) by Kim Ki-duk

Korean Cinémathèque: Peninsular Genderscapes on Film
Date: 
March 29, 2010 - 4:30pm - 7:00pm

Korean Cinémathèque is a new series launched at the Korea Institute at Harvard University in 2010. Its mission is to introduce Korean film classics to a broad audience of scholars, students, cinephiles and the general public. Each film screening is followed by an informal discussion led by a guest speaker.

“How the East was Won: ‘Imposed Constitutionalism’ in Japan and South Korea (1945-1948)”

Harvard-Yenching Institute Talk Series – Co-sponsored by the Korea Institute
Urgent Message: 
Date of the talk has changed to April 7!
Date: 
April 7, 2010 - 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Additional Sponsors: 
Min Young-Chul Memorial Fund

Syncretism of Northern and Southern Asian Cultures: the Golden Jewelry of Ancient Silla

Early Korean Art History Colloquium
Date: 
March 10, 2010 - 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Sponsored by: 
Northeast Asian History Foundation
Additional Cosponsors: 
Department of History of Art and Architecture, Harvard University

CIEE Announces Full Scholarship for Spring Break Program in South Korea at Yonsei University

News Item: Jan 27, 2010

CIEE Announces Full Scholarship for Spring Break Program in South Korea at Yonsei University

OIP International Photo Contest- Winning Photographs from Korea

News Item: Nov 23, 2009

On Thursday, November 19th in Fisher Family Commons in the CGIS Kanfel Building, the winners of the annual OIP Photo Contest were chosen.  Winning photographs will remain on exhibit there until December 17th. Do check out these amazing photographs from around the word!

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.