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

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

OIP International Photo Contest- Winning Photographs from Korea

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!

Harvard Summer School Study Abroad Fair!

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.

OCS Summer Opportunities Fair

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

"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"

"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

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.

Read and Learn About Various Student Experiences in Korea this Past Summer!

Please click under the NEWS tab above to read about several undergraduate Harvard student experiences in Korea this past summer.

Internships, Study Abroad and Harvard Summer School in Seoul are some highlights...

Welcome Back!

Whether you spent the summer in Korea or are thinking about going to Korea, we welcome you to drop by the Korea Institute to learn about our upcoming events & resources that the Korea Institute offers. We very much look forward to getting to know you or reconnecting with you after you've returned. We are located in CGIS South at 1730 Cambridge St.