Events

    2012 Dec 20

    The Republic of Korea Presidential Election Panel Discussion

    4:00pm to 6:00pm

    Location: 

    Belfer Case Study Room (S020), CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

    Kathleen Stephens, Senior Associate, Georgetown University; Former U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Korea

    Andrew Gordon, Lee and Juliet Folger Fund Professor of History, Harvard University

    Sung-Yoon Lee, Kim Koo-Korea Foundation...

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    2012 Dec 12

    North Korea in the Socialist World: Integration and Divergence, 1945-1972

    4:00pm

    Location: 

    Thomas Chan-Soo Kang Room (S050), CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

    Kim Koo Forum on Korea Current Affairs

    Avram Agov, Korea Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow, Korea Institute, Harvard University

    Avram Agov received a B.A. in philosophy (second major, history) from Sofia University, Bulgaria in 1988. He was a visiting scholar at...

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    2012 Nov 16

    Korean Ceramics in the International Nexus: the New Ceramic Galleries at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London

    12:00pm

    Location: 

    Porté Seminar Room (S250), CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

    Korea Colloquium

     

    Beth McKillop
    Beth McKillop is Deputy Director of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. In 1992 she curated the initial installation of the Samsung Gallery of Korean Art there. Since then, she has maintained an interest in Korean...

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    2012 Nov 08

    Reading the Commercial Tea Leaves: New Insights into Regime Dynamics in Pyongyang

    4:30pm to 6:30pm

    Location: 

    Thomas Chan-Soo Kang Room (S050), CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

    Kim Koo Forum on Korea Current Affairs

    John S. Park, Stanton Foundation Junior Faculty Fellow, Security Studies Program, MIT (starting in August 2012); Associate, Belfer Center, Harvard...

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    2012 Nov 06

    Addressing Challenges and Opportunities in Promoting National Security: An Assessment of the Policy Toolkit and Comment on Korean Military

    2:00pm to 4:00pm

    Location: 

    Porté Seminar Room (S250), CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

    Weatherhead Center For International Affairs Roundtable On World Affairs

    Contact Person: Nirvana Abou-Gabal

    Stephen Peter Rosen, Beton Michael Kaneb Professor of National Security and Military Affairs, Harvard University

    Owen R. Coté, Jr...

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    2012 Nov 06

    Japanese Diplomacy Today: Challenges and Opportunities

    12:30pm to 2:00pm

    Location: 

    Bowie-Vernon Conference Room (K262), CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

    Program on U.S.-Japan Relations Seminar

    "Institutional Change and Japanese Politics"

    Tomohito Shinoda, Professor, International University of Japan

    Professor Shinoda is a leading scholar of Japanese politics, Japanese foreign and national security policymaking, and...

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    2012 Nov 01

    Passion, Paradox and Propaganda: Exploring North Korean Art through Chosunhwa

    4:30pm to 6:30pm

    Location: 

    Porté Seminar Room (S250), CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

    Korea Colloquium

    B.G. Muhn, Professor, Art and Art History Department, Georgetown University

    During his 25 years at Georgetown, Professor B.G. Muhn has been recognized for consistently demonstrating a devotion to teaching and inspiring his students. ...

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    2012 Oct 31

    Understanding North Korean Refugees' Education Experience: A contextual analysis of their hardships, failures, and resilience in South Korea

    12:00pm to 1:30pm

    Location: 

    Harvard-Yenching Library, Common Room, 2 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138

    Harvard-Yenching Institute Lunch Talk Series - Co-sponsored by the Korea Institute

    Soon-yong Pak, Associate Professor, Department of Education, Yonsei University; Harvard-Yenching Institute Visiting Scholar

    Soon-Yong Pak is an anthropologist who currently...

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    2012 Oct 04

    Reaching for the World: Korean/American Missionary Aspirations and Evangelical Encounters

    4:30pm to 6:30pm

    Location: 

    Porté Seminar Room (S250), CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

    Korea Colloquium

    Event Poster

    Ju Hui Judy Han, Assistant Professor in Geography, University of Toronto, Scarborough

    Ju Hui Judy Han (PhD, UC Berkeley) is Assistant Professor in Geography at the University of Toronto, Scarborough. Her research interests include...

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    2012 Sep 27

    Progressives and Labor under Park Chung Hee: A Forgotten Alliance in 1960s South Korea

    4:30pm to 6:30pm

    Location: 

    Belfer Case Study Room (S020), CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

    Wagner Special Lecture

    Event Poster

    Hwasook Nam, James B. Palais Endowed Associate Professor in Korea Studies, Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies and the Department of History, University of Washington

    Hwasook Nam teaches courses on Korean...

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    2012 Sep 05

    Retrospective of Exhibition Posters from the National Museum of Korea, 1979 – 2011

    Wed Sep 5 (All day) to Mon Nov 5 (All day)

    Location: 

    First Floor Lounge Gallery, CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

    Art Exhibit

    Curated by Insoo Cho, Associate Professor, Korea National University of Arts, with assistance from Susan Laurence, Kelly Maccioli, Jina Kim and special thanks to Professor Sun Joo Kim

    ...

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