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    2023 Nov 15

    Women on the Margin of Chosǒn Korea: Differences, Hierarchy, and Paradoxes

    11:30am to 1:00pm

    Location: 

    Common Room (136), 2 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, MA 02138

    Harvard-Yenching Institute Visiting Scholar Talk
    Co-sponsored by the Harvard-Yenching Institute and the Korea Institute, Harvard University

    JUNG Ji Young
    Professor, Women’s Studies, Ewha Womans University; HYI Visiting Scholar, 2023-24

    Chair/Discussant: Karen Thornber, Harry Tuchman Levin Professor, Literature; Professor, East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University

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    2023 Oct 05

    Bolstering Global Governance with Soft Power: The Case of South Korea

    9:30am to 11:30am

    Location: 

    Bell Hall, 5th Floor, Belfer Building, Harvard Kennedy School

    Workshops and Conferences
    Co-sponsored by the Korea Project (Belfer Center, HKS), Harvard Korea Institute, and Korea Foundation

    Keynote Speaker: Joseph S. Nye Jr., University Distinguished Service Professor, Emeritus and former Dean of the Harvard's Kennedy School of Government

    Panelist: Steve W. Chung, Chief Global Officer for CJ ENM and CEO of CJ ENM America

    Panelist: Euny Hong, Author of The Birth of Korean Cool

    Panelist: Timothy Martin...

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    2023 Oct 04

    Chinese, Japanese, and Korean Holdings at Yenching and Houghton Libraries

    Wed - Tue, Oct 4 to Dec 19, 10:00am - 5:00pm

    Location: 

    Lobby, First Floor, Houghton Library, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138

    Co-sponsored by the Korea Project (Belfer Center, HKS), Harvard Korea Institute, and Korea Foundation

    Curated by staff members from Yenching and Houghton libraries, faculty from the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, and a member of the 2022–23 cohort of Houghton Visiting Fellows

    Harvard-Yenching Library holds the largest East Asian language collection outside East Asia. This collaborative exhibition features a diverse selection of Chinese, Japanese, and Korean language materials curated from both Yenching and Houghton’s collections. From...

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    2023 Oct 02

    T. S. ELIOT MEMORIAL READING: Kim Hyesoon with Don Mee Choi

    6:00pm to 7:30pm

    Location: 

    Edison Newman Room, Houghton Library, Harvard University (Quincy Street &, Harvard St, Cambridge, MA 02138)

    The Woodberry Poetry Room's 2023 T.S. Eliot Memorial Reading
    Co-sponsored by the Korea Institute

    The Woodberry Poetry Room's 2023 T.S. Eliot Memorial Reading will honor one of the pre-eminent voices in South Korean poetry and the trailblazing author of fourteen inimitable books of poetry: Kim, Hyesoon.
    Kim will read with her long-time translator -- the award-winning poet ...

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    2023 Sep 28

    Different Identities: The United States-Republic of Korea Alliance after 70 Years

    4:30pm to 6:00pm

    Location: 

    Tsai Auditorium (S010), CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

    SBS Distinguished Lecture in the Social Sciences

    SBS Distinguished Lecture with Victor Cha

    Victor D. Cha
    Distinguished University Professor and D.S. Song-KF Chair, Georgetown University; Senior Vice President for Asia and Korea Chair at...

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    2023 Sep 22

    Korean Art and Gender Conference

    Fri - Sat, Sep 22 to Sep 23, 9:30am - 5:40pm

    Location: 

    Leeum Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea / Tsai Auditorium (S010), CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

    International Conference at the Leeum Museum of Art (Seoul) and Harvard University (Cambridge)
    For more information, please visit conference website here.

    Co-sponsored by the Art History Association of Korea (AHAK); Department of History of Art and Architecture, Harvard University; Harvard-Yenching Institute; Korea Institute, Harvard University; and Leeum Museum of Art

    Organizers: Sun-ah Choi, Professor,...

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    2023 Sep 18

    Panel, “The Political Economy of Energy Security and Climate Change Response: Korea and Japan in Global Perspective”

    12:00pm to 1:15pm

    Location: 

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

    U.S.-Japan Relations, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs Seminar
    Co-sponsored by the Harvard Korea Institute

    Seong-ik Oh, Director General, Korea’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport

    Phillip Lipscy, Professor of Political Science and Chair in Japanese Politics & Global Affairs, University of Toronto; Director, Centre for the Study of Global Japan, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy;...

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    2023 Jun 08

    An Introduction to Rare Korean Buddhist Books in the Harvard-Yenching Library: Focusing on Min Young-gyu, Hu Shih, and Bruno Petzold

    11:00am to 12:30pm

    Location: 

    Common Room (#136), 2 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA

    Harvard-Yenching Institute Talk
    Co-sponsored by Korea Institute

    Park Younghwan, Dean, Department of Chinese Language and Literature, Dongguk University; Harvard-Yenching Library Research Scholar 2023

    CHAIR/DISCUSSANT: Jidong Yang, Librarian, Harvard-Yenching Library

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