2018 Apr 04
Korea and the U.S. Alliance System: Past and the Future
4:30pm to 6:00pm
Location: 
Belfer Case Study Room (S020), CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Kim Koo Forum on Korea Current Affairs; Co-sponsored by the Korea Working Group at the Harvard Kennedy School, and Harvard Asia Center


Victor Cha
Senior Advisor and Korea Chair, Center for Strategic and International Studies; D.S....
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2018 Feb 22
Mars and Manna: Defense Industry and the Economic Transformation of Korea under Park Chung Hee
4:30pm to 6:00pm
Location: 
Thomas Chan-Soo Kang Room (S050), CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Kim Koo Forum on Korea Current Affairs

Peter Banseok Kwon
Soon Young Kim Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard Korea Institute; Adjunct Policy Researcher, RAND Corporation

Peter Banseok Kwon is the...
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2018 Feb 01
From Refugees to Citizens? Migration & Resettlement of North Korean Defectors Beyond the Korean Peninsula
4:30pm to 6:00pm
Location: 
Thomas Chan-Soo Kang Room (S050), CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Kim Koo Forum on Korea Current Affairs

Sheena Chestnut Greitens
Academy Scholars, Harvard Academy for International & Area Studies; Assistant Professor, University of Missouri

Sheena Chestnut Greitens is...
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2017 Nov 09
Threat of Falling High Status and Corporate Bribery: Evidence from the Revealed Accounting Records of Two South Korean Presidents
4:30pm to 6:00pm
Location: 
Thomas Chan-Soo Kang Room (S050), CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Kim Koo Forum on Korea Current Affairs

Jordan Siegel
Associate Professor of Strategy, University of Michigan
Yujin Jeong
Assistant Professor of International Business, American University...
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2017 Oct 26
What was Different from Former Uprisings?: Candlelight Demonstration in 2016 and 2017
4:30pm to 6:00pm
Location: 
Thomas Chan-Soo Kang Room (S050), CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Kim Koo Forum on Korea Current Affairs


Tae Gyun Park
Kim Koo Visiting Professor in East Asian Languages and Civilizations, 2017-18, Harvard University; Professor of Modern Korean History, Graduate School of...
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2017 Feb 02
Decentering Citizenship: Gender, Labor, and Migrant Rights in South Korea
4:30pm
Location: 
Thomas Chan-Soo Kang Room (S050), CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Kim Koo Forum on Korea Current Affairs

Hae Yeon Choo
Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Toronto

Hae Yeon Choo is Assistant Professor of Sociology and Affiliated Faculty of the Asian Institute and the Women and Gender Studies Institute at the University...
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2016 Dec 06
Will South Korea Survive Shamans, Scandals, and Poisonous Politics?
12:30pm
Location: 
Belfer Case Study Room (S020), CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Kim Koo Forum on Korea Current Affairs, co-sponsored by the Harvard College Korean International Student Association

Katharine H.S. Moon
Edith Stix Wasserman Professor of Asian Studies and Professor of Political Science, Wellesley College; nonresident senior fellow and inaugural SK-Korea...
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2016 Nov 17
A Novel Solution or Mimicry? A Korean Model of Financial Liberalization
4:30pm
Location: 
Thomas Chan-Soo Kang Room (S050), CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Kim Koo Forum on Korea Current Affairs

Myung-koo Kang
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Baruch College, City University of New York
Professor Myung-koo Kang teaches political economy and Asian affairs at Baruch College, City University of...
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2016 Nov 03
Making 'We the People' in Korea: Foreigners, Histories, Identities
4:30pm
Location: 
Thomas Chan-Soo Kang Room (S050), CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Kim Koo Forum on Korea Current Affairs, co-sponsored by the Department of Government, Harvard Law School East Asian Legal Studies Program, and Harvard-Yenching Institute


Sung Ho Kim, Professor of Political Science, Yonsei University; Kim Koo Visiting Professor,...
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2016 Oct 06
Diverging Family Behaviors and Their Implications for Inequality in South Korea
4:30pm
Location: 
Thomas Chan-Soo Kang Room (S050), CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Kim Koo Forum on Korea Current Affairs


Hyunjoon Park
Korea Foundation Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Pennsylvania
Hyunjoon Park is Korea Foundation Associate Professor of Sociology and Education at the University of Pennsylvania. He...
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2015 Nov 10
South Korea's New Demography: Implications for Democracy and Diplomacy in East Asia
12:30pm to 2:00pm
Location: 
Bowie-Vernon Conference Room (K262), CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Weatherhead Center Program on U.S.-Japan Relations Special Series on International Relations of East Asia presentation
Co-sponsored by the Kim Koo Forum on Korea Current Affairs at the Korea Institute, Harvard University

Katharine Moon, SK-Korea Foundation Chair in Korea Studies and Senior Fellow, Brookings Center for East Asia Policy Studies; Professor of Political Science and Edith Stix Wasserman Chair of Asian Studies, Wellesley College

Moderator: Susan Pharr, Edwin O. Reischauer...
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2015 Oct 28
Korea's Role in Asia: Regional Cooperation & National Unification
4:00pm to 5:30pm
Location: 
Ash Center, 2nd Floor North, 124 Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Harvard Kennedy School Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation presentation; Co-sponsored by the Kim Koo Forum on Korea Current Affairs at the Korea Institute

Jin Park, Global Fellow, Woodrow Wilson international Center for Scholars; Chair Professor, Graduate School of International and Area Studies, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies

Dr. Jin Park is currently a Global Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson international Center for Scholars and Chair Professor at the Graduate School of International and Area Studies of Hankuk University of...
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2015 Oct 01
U.S.-Republic of Korea Ambassadors Panel
4:30pm to 6:30pm
Location: 
Tsai Auditorium (S010), CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Kim Koo Forum on Korea Current Affairs 10th Anniversary Special Event

Ambassador Stephen Bosworth (1997 – 2001)
Ambassador Kathleen Stephens (2008 – 2011)
Ambassador Sung Kim (2011 – 2014)...
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2015 May 08
What Decision Should Korea Make in 2017? Korean Politics & the Next Presidential Election
4:00pm to 6:00pm
Location: 
NYE A & B, Taubman Building, 5th Floor, Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, MA 02138
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at the Harvard Kennedy School Presentation; Co-sponsored by the Kim Koo Forum on Korea Current Affairs at the Korea Institute

Hyong-O Kim, Republic of Korea’s Former Speaker of the National Assembly

Hyong-O Kim served as the Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea between 2008 and 2010. He served five consecutive terms as a member of the National Assembly between 1992 and 2012 during which he served as the Floor Leader of the Grand National Party (2006 – 2007), Secretary General...
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2015 Apr 30
A Genealogy of Anti-Communist Film in South Korea: Representing and Imagining Cold War
4:30pm to 6:00pm
Location: 
Porté Seminar Room (S250), CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Kim Koo Forum on Korea Current Affairs

Hyangjin Lee, Professor, College of Intercultural Communication, Rikkyo University; Kim Koo Visiting Professor in the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University

Hyangjin Lee is a...
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2015 Feb 05
Social Hierarchy and Civil Society in South Korea: Class, Gender, Ethnicity/Nation
4:30pm to 6:00pm
Location: 
Porté Seminar Room (S250), CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, United States
Kim Koo Forum on Korea Current Affairs

Seungsook Moon, Professor of Sociology, Vassar College; Sang-kee Kim Visiting Professor of the Social Sciences, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs and Department of Sociology,...
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2014 Nov 20
"A Death Warrant for Our Nation": Syngman Rhee and South Korean Opposition to the Armistice, 1951-1954
4:30pm to 6:00pm
Location: 
Thomas Chan-Soo Kang Room (S050), CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Kim Koo Forum on Korea Current Affairs

Allan R. Millett
Ambrose Professor of History and Director of the Eisenhower Center for American Studies, The University of New Orleans; Raymond E. Mason, Jr. Professor Emeritus of Military History, The Ohio State University...
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2014 Nov 13
Screening of Documentary Film "Divided Families"
4:30pm to 6:00pm
Location: 
Thomas Chan-Soo Kang Room (S050), CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Kim Koo Forum

Followed by a discussion session with Jason Ahn (Director, Executive Producer) and Jieun Baek (Producer)
Moderated by Carter J. Eckert, Yoon Se Young Professor of Korean History, Harvard...
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2014 Mar 06
Some Missing Pieces in the Mid-1960s Korean Development Story
4:30pm to 6:00pm
Location: 
Belfer Case Study Room (S020), CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Kim Koo Forum on Korea Current Affairs

Co-sponsored by the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard Kennedy School, East Asian Legal...
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2014 Feb 27
Transformation and Sustainability of East Asian Development Model: The Cases of Korea, China, and Japan
4:30pm to 6:00pm
Location: 
Thomas Chan-Soo Kang Room (S050), CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Kim Koo Forum on Korea Current Affairs

Hyungkee Kim
Professor of Economics, School of Economics and Trade, Kyungpook National University; Visiting Scholar, Korea Institute, Harvard University

Professor Kim’s research interests include methodology of...
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