#  40th Anniversary 

 



##  Explore Our Academic Initiatives 

 [ Global Migration arrow\_circle\_right ](/40th-anniversary#migration) [ Global Governance and Peace arrow\_circle\_right ](/40th-anniversary#governance) [ Global Cultures arrow\_circle\_right ](/40th-anniversary#cultures) 

 

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Since 1981, the Korea Institute has worked with faculty and students across disciplines to promote and support Korean Studies at Harvard and throughout the world. In celebration of its 40th year, the Korea Institute has committed to three programmatic themes, which have long informed scholarship on Korea and continue to motivate exciting and urgent questions of a fundamentally global nature.



 

 

 

### Global Migration: The Korean Diaspora 

 

The Korean diaspora, which emerged in the mid-nineteenth century, now encompasses more than thirty countries and about 7.5 million people. Korean transnationalism provides a fascinating portal through which to explore questions of demography, migration, race and ethnicity, citizenship, language, nationalism, and many other issues of historical and contemporary concern.

- [**Global Korean Diasporas Postdoctoral Fellowship**](/news/announcing-2021-22-global-korean-diasporas-postdoctoral-fellow-korea-institute "The AY2021-22 and AY2022-23 Global Korean Diasporas Postdoctoral Fellow at the Korea Institute, Harvard, Dr. Bo kyung Blenda Im")
- [**Korean Alumni Biographies Project**](https://projects.iq.harvard.edu/koreanalumnibiographiesproject/home)



 



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### Global Governance and Peace: Korean Political Economy and International Relations 

 

The Korean peninsula, uniquely and strategically located at the epicenter of northeast Asia, has provided a generative site for the study of modern economic development and democratization, as well as communism and dictatorship. The two Koreas continue to be the focus of extensive research and debate regarding nuclear and environmental security, economic and diplomatic policy, and the geopolitical dynamics of science, technology, and commercial enterprise.

- [**SBS Korean Studies Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Social Sciences**](/sbs-korean-studies-postdoctoral-fellowship-social-sciences "SBS Korean Studies Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Social Sciences")
- [**Kim Koo Forum on Korea Current Affairs**](/calendar/past_events?f%5B0%5D=event_hwp_c_eventtypelecture%3A120905)
- [**Korea Project, Belfer Center, Harvard Kennedy School**](https://www.belfercenter.org/project/korea-project)
- [**John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum with President Yoon Suk Yeol**](https://youtu.be/1zuYAYBQQD0)
- [**SBS Distinguished Lecture with Prof. Victor Cha**](/event/different-identities-united-states-republic-korea-alliance-after-70-years "Different Identities: The United States-Republic of Korea Alliance after 70 Years")



 



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### Global Cultures: Korean Art and Performance 

 

Korea’s artistic heritage, both popular and royal-aristocratic, spans the senses: From Koryŏ celadon to the Korean Wave, from the dignified *hanbok* to the delicious *mŏkpang*, arts and performance have been integral to Korean social life. In the last two decades, Korean artists, performers, writers, and designers have experienced an unprecedented surge of interest from audiences and connoisseurs around the world.

- [**Korea Institute Film Events**](/calendar/past_events?f%5B0%5D=event_hwp_c_eventtypelecture%3A121667)
    - [CJ E&M Collection at the Harvard Film Archive](https://harvardfilmarchive.org/collections/cj-enm-collection)
    - [Korean Film Screenings and Events](https://harvardfilmarchive.org/calendar)
- [**Korea Collection at the Harvard Art Museum**](/harvard-art-museums-korean-collection "Harvard Art Museums Korean Collection")
- [**Park Dae Sung: Ink and Soul**](/event/pds-art-exhibit "Park Dae Sung: Ink and Soul (art exhibit)")
- [**Park Dae Sung, Artist Talk and Symposium**](/event/pds-symposium "Park Dae Sung, Artist Talk and Symposium")
- [**North Korean Propaganda Posters Exhibit**](/event/everyday-life-north-korea-through-lens-propaganda-posters "Everyday Life in North Korea: Through the Lens of Propaganda Posters")
- [**Music Performance and Discussion: "From Epigram to Elegy: The Poetics of Musical Interpretation"** ](/event/epigram-elegy-poetics-musical-interpretation "From Epigram to Elegy: The Poetics of Musical Interpretation")
- [**Korean Art and Gender Conference**](/event/korean-art-and-gender-conference "Korean Art and Gender Conference")



 



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 See also:- [ Past Projects ](/research/past-projects)