Academy of Korean Studies

Academy of Korean Studies is a South Korean research and educational institute with the purpose of establishing profound research on Korean culture. It was established in June 22, 1978 by Ministry of Education & Science Technology of South Korea (교육과학기술부). The Academy has dedicated to interpreting and analyzing traditional Korean culture, defining the academic identity of Korean studies, and educating scholars.

Links

http://intl.aks.ac.kr/english/

Events Sponsored

"In the Service of of His Korean Majesty: William Nelson Lovatt, the Pusan Customs, and Sino-Korean Relations, 1876-1888"

Korea Colloquium-Co-sponsored by the Fairbank Center

Date:

October 15, 2009 - 4:00pm

Additional Sponsors:

Min Young-Chul Memorial Fund

Director Kim Ki-young Retrospective: <Chungnyeo> (1972)

The Korea Institute Fall Film Series

Date:

October 22, 2009 - 4:30pm - 7:00pm

Imagining a Utopic Post-Colonial Korea: Anti-Japanese Resistance and the Rhetoric of Independence within the 1929-1930 Kwangju Student Movement

Korea Colloquium – Co-sponsored by Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies

Date:

November 5, 2009 - 4:30pm - 7:00pm

Additional Sponsors:

Min Young-Chul Memorial Fund

Director Kim Ki-young Retrospective: <Promises> (1975)

The Korea Institute Fall Film Series

Date:

November 12, 2009 - 4:30pm - 7:00pm

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

The Korea Institute Fall Film Series

Date:

December 10, 2009 - 4:30pm - 7:00pm

“Behind the Juche Smokescreen: Racial Mythmaking in the DPRK”

Korea Colloquium

Date:

January 28, 2010 - 4:30pm

Additional Sponsors:

Min Young-Chul Memorial Fund

with reception to follow

“The Singer Sewing Machine in 1930s Korea: Some Riddles of Colonial Modern Times”

Korea Colloquium – Co-sponsored by Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies

Date:

February 4, 2010 - 4:30pm

Additional Sponsors:

Min Young-Chul Memorial Fund

with reception to follow

Flower of Hell (Chiokhwa, 1958) by Shin Sang-ok

Korean Cinémathèque: Peninsular Genderscapes on Film

Date:

February 8, 2010 - 4:30pm - 7:00pm

Additional Sponsors:

Min Young-Chul Memorial Fund

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.