Korean Studies News

Korea Institute 2010 Undergraduate and Graduate Student Awards for Study and Work in Korea

News Item: May 24, 2010

A listing of the 2010 Undergraduate and Graduate Student Awards for Study and Work in Korea. These Korea Institute student awards are generously supported by the Academy of Korean Studies, Korea, and by the Young-Chul Min Memorial Fund, Sunshik Min Endowment for the Advancement of Korean Literature, and the LG Yonam Endowment Fund at the Korea Institute, Harvard University.

OIP International Photo Contest- Winning Photographs from Korea

News Item: Apr 22, 2010

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 world!

Sijo Festival, headed by professor David McCann, at the Sejong Cultural Society (April 9th-30th, 2010)

News Item: Apr 22, 2010

The Sejong Cultural Society (Sejong Society), whose mission is to bridge Korean, American, and Korean- American cultures in the multicultural context of U.S. society, announces the fifth year of its writing competition, and the third year in which that competition has encompassed a special form of Korean poetry known as sijo (pronounced “SHEE-joe”).

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.

**Application Deadlines for Summer Programs in Korea Coming Up!**

News Item: Feb 9, 2010

A reminder that the following application deadlines are due this Friday Feb 12th by 3pm!

Summer Internship Program in Korea for Harvard undergraduates is due-- Friday Feb. 12, 2010 by 3pm

Summer Tuition Waivers for Study at Select Schools in Seoul for Harvard undergraduates is due-- Friday, February 12, 2010 by 3pm

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

Human Rights in North Korea (HRiNK) Awareness Report from Nov 2009

News Item: Jan 7, 2010

Thank you to the Academy of Korean Studies for providing a grant via the Korea Institute. The Harvard student organization, Human Rights in North Korea (HRiNK) was able to put on an amazing Awareness Week at Harvard in November 2009. Below is a summary of the HRiNK Awareness Week Activities:

 

 •Tuesday, November 10, 5:30-7:00 PM, Ticknor Lounge

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.

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.

Korea Institute Graduate Student Associates (GSA) for AY2009-10

News Item: Oct 14, 2009

The Korea Institute provides desks in shared  office space in CGIS South to Harvard doctoral students. This is a valuable way of bringing advanced graduate students into the Korean studies and international research community. For 2009-10, two students were designated as Korea Institute Graduate Student Associates: