Events

    2010 May 19

    National Defense, Dragon King, and the Western Paradise: The Twin Pagodas of the Kamŭnsa Monastery (682 CE) of Unified Silla

    4:00pm

    Location: 

    Porté Seminar Room (S250), CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United States

    Early Korean Art History Colloquium


    SPEAKER: Youn-mi Kim, PhD Candidate, Department of History of Art and Architecture, Harvard University
    CHAIR: Dr. Mark Byington, Project Director, Early Korea Project, Korea Institute, Harvard University
    DISCUSSANT: Nancy Steinhardt, Professor of East Asian Art, Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, University of Pennsylvania

    Sponsored by: Northeast Asian History Foundation
    Additional Cosponsors: Department of History of Art and Architecture, Harvard University... Read more about National Defense, Dragon King, and the Western Paradise: The Twin Pagodas of the Kamŭnsa Monastery (682 CE) of Unified Silla

    2010 May 11

    Origins and Development of Koryŏ Buddhist Painting

    4:00pm

    Location: 

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

    Early Korean Art History Colloquium

    SPEAKER: CHUNG Woothak, Professor of Art History, Department of Art History, Dongguk University, Korea
    CHAIR and DISCUSSANT: Dr. Robert D. Mowry, Alan J. Dworsky Curator of Chinese Art and Head of the Department of Asian Art, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard University
    Contact Person: Mark Byington

    Sponsored by: Northeast Asian History Foundation
    Additional Sponsors: Department of History of Art and Architecture, Harvard University... Read more about Origins and Development of Koryŏ Buddhist Painting

    2010 May 03

    Early Korea - Japan Interactions: New Perspectives on Old Issues

    (All day)

    Location: 

    Porté Seminar Room (S250), CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United States

    Early Korea Project Workshop

    Contact Person: Mark Byington

    Sponsored by: Northeast Asian History Foundation
    Additional Sponsors: Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies, Harvard University
    Harvard-Yenching Institute

     

    This workshop is planned and hosted by the Early Korea Project (EKP) at Harvard.
    Generous funding is from the Northeast Asia History Foundation in Seoul, the
    Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies at Harvard, and the Harvard Yenching
    Institute. Please note that presentations will be given in Korean
    and Japanese and will be supplemented in some cases with PowerPoint
    presentations that have English subtitles on the slides.
    Translated papers will be available on the day of the workshop sessions so that
    those who use English can follow.
     

    Organized by Mark Byington (Harvard U.) and Ken'ichi Sasaki (Meiji U.)... Read more about Early Korea - Japan Interactions: New Perspectives on Old Issues

    2010 Apr 29

    Socrates vs. Confucius: An Analysis of South Korea's Implementation of the American Law School Model

    5:00pm

    Location: 

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

    Kim Koo Forum on U.S.-Korea Relations co-sponsored by the East Asian Legal Studies Program

    People Involved:
    Jasper Kim, Associate Professor, Graduate School of International Studies, Ewha University (Korea)
    Chaired by Bill Alford, Henry L. Stimson Professor of Law, Harvard University
    Contact Person: Dima Mironenko

    with reception to follow... Read more about Socrates vs. Confucius: An Analysis of South Korea's Implementation of the American Law School Model

    2010 Apr 28

    The Harvard University Lecture Series on Contemporary Korea

    5:30pm

    Location: 

    Belfer Case Study Room (S020), CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United States

    JungBong Choi, Department of Cinema Studies, Tisch School of the Arts

    Harvard Social Anthropology Program Seminar Series

    2010 Apr 28

    Seeing Maitreya: Aspiration and Vision in an Image from Early Eighth Century Silla

    10:00am

    Location: 

    Arthur M. Sackler Museum, 485 Broadway, Room 515, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United States

    Early Korean Art History Colloquium


    Speaker: RHI Juhyung, Professor of Art History, Department of Archaeology and Art History, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
    Chair: Dr. Mark Byington, Director of the Early Korea Project at the Korea Institute, Harvard University
    Contact Person: Mark Byington

    Sponsored by: Northeast Asian History Foundation
    Additional Cosponsors: Department of History of Art and Architecture, Harvard University... Read more about Seeing Maitreya: Aspiration and Vision in an Image from Early Eighth Century Silla

    2010 Apr 26

    Young-Ja on the Loose (1975) by Kim Ho-Sun

    4:30pm

    Location: 

    Porté Seminar Room (S250), CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United States

    Korean Cinémathèque: Peninsular Genderscapes on Film


    Discussant: Dima Mironenko, Ph.D. Candidate in East Asian Languages & Civilizations, Harvard University
    Program Coordinators: Han Sang Kim & Dima Mironenko

    Korean Cinémathèque is a new series...

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    2010 Apr 22

    The Harvard University Lecture Series on Contemporary Korea

    4:30pm

    Location: 

    Belfer Case Study Room (S020), CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United States

    David Kim (Department of Anthropology, Columbia University and SUNY Purchase)

    The Harvard University Lecture Series on Contemporary Korea Presents:”Uncanny Insurances: Consumption, Control, and Divination in South Korea”David Kim (Department of Anthropology, Columbia University and SUNY Purchase)CGIS South Rm S020 (Belfer Case Study Room), 1730 Cambridge Street at 4:30 p.m.Sponsored by the Korea Institute and the Department of Anthropology.

    2010 Apr 20

    The Harvard University Lecture Series on Contemporary Korea

    5:00pm

    Location: 

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

    Nicholas Harkness, Department of Anthropology, University of Chicago

    The Harvard University Lecture Series on Contemporary Korea Presents:“Hearing Cleanliness: Christianity, Temporality, and the Voice in Contemporary South Korea”Nicholas Harkness (Department of Anthropology, University of Chicago)CGIS South S050, 1730 Cambridge Street at 5:00 p.m.Sponsored by the Korea Institute and the Department of Anthropology

    2010 Apr 20

    The Relationship of Ceramics between China and Early Goryeo in the 10th Century

    12:00pm

    Location: 

    Porté Seminar Room (S250), CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United States

    Early Korean Art History Colloquium


    Speaker: JANG Namwon, Assistant Professor, Department of Art History, Ehwa Womens University, Seoul, Korea
    Chair: Dr. Mark Byington, Director of the Early Korea Project at the Korea Institute, Harvard University

    2010 Apr 19

    Yalkae, a Joker in High School (1976) by Seok Rae-Myung

    4:30pm

    Location: 

    Porté Seminar Room (S250), CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United States

    Korean Cinémathèque: Peninsular Genderscapes on Film

    People Involved:
    Discussant: Kyong-mi Kwon, Ph.D. Candidate in East Asian Languages & Civilizations, Harvard University
    Program Coordinators: Han Sang Kim & Dima Mironenko

    Korean...

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    2010 Apr 15

    North Korea's Power Transition

    4:30pm

    Location: 

    Belfer Case Study Room (S020), CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United States

    Kim Koo Forum on U.S.-Korea Relations

    People Involved: 

    Cha Kwang-nam, Visiting Fellow, U.S. Committee for Human Rights in North Korea, Washington, D.C.

    Chaired by Carter J. Eckert, Yoon Se Young Professor of Korean History, Harvard University... Read more about North Korea's Power Transition

    2010 Apr 12

    A Public Cemetery of Wol-ha (1967) by Kwon Chol-hwi

    4:30pm

    Location: 

    Porté Seminar Room (S250), CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United States

    Korean Cinémathèque: Peninsular Genderscapes on Film


    Discussant: Jie Li, Ph.D. Candidate in East Asian Languages & Civilizations, Harvard University
    Program Coordinators: Han Sang Kim & Dima Mironenko

    Korean Cinémathèque is a new series...

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    2010 Apr 08

    Male Worlds - Female Worlds: Gender Specific Aspects of Early Chosŏn Painting

    4:30pm

    Location: 

    Porté Seminar Room (S250), CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United States

    Wagner Special Lecture

    People Involved:
    Burglind Jungmann, Professor of Korean Art History, University of California, Los Angeles
    Chaired by Eugene Wang, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Professor of Asian Art, Harvard University

    The Wagner Special...

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    2010 Apr 07

    How the East was Won: ‘Imposed Constitutionalism’ in Japan and South Korea (1945-1948)

    12:00pm

    Location: 

    Yenching Common Room, 2 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United States

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

    People Involved:
    Kim Sung Ho, Professor, Department of Political Science, Yonsei University (Seoul, Korea)
    Discussants: Profs. Carter Eckert and Andrew Gordon
    Additional Sponsors: Min Young-Chul Memorial Fund... Read more about How the East was Won: ‘Imposed Constitutionalism’ in Japan and South Korea (1945-1948)

    2010 Apr 05

    The Seaside Village (1965) by Kim Su-yong

    4:30pm

    Location: 

    Porté Seminar Room (S250), CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United States

    Korean Cinémathèque: Peninsular Genderscapes on Film


    Discussant: Han Sang Kim, Harvard-Yenching Institute Visiting Fellow and Ph.D. Candidate in Sociology, Seoul National University (Korea)
    Program Coordinators: Han Sang Kim & Dima Mironenko

    ...

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    2010 Apr 01

    Collecting as a Literary Discourse in Late Chosŏn Korea

    4:30pm

    Location: 

    Porté Seminar Room (S250), CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United States

    Korea Colloquium

    People Involved:
    Jiwon Shin, Assistant Professor of Korean Literature, University of California, Berkeley
    Chaired by David McCann, the Korea Foundation Professor of Korean Literature, Harvard University

    2010 Mar 29

    The Young Barefoot (1964) by Kim Ki-duk

    4:30pm

    Location: 

    Porté Seminar Room (S250), CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United States

    Korean Cinémathèque: Peninsular Genderscapes on Film

    Discussant: Christina Klein, Associate Professor, English Department, Boston College

    Korean Cinémathèque is a new series launched at the Korea Institute at Harvard University in 2010. Its mission is to...

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    2010 Mar 11

    Prospects for Instability in North Korea

    4:30pm

    Location: 

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

    Kim Koo Forum on U.S.-Korea Relations

    People Involved:
    Sue M. Terry, Deputy National Intelligence Officer for East Asia, National Intelligence Council, Washington, D.C.
    Sung-Yoon Lee, Adjunct Assistant Professor of International Politics, Tufts University

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