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    2023 Apr 28

    A Conversation with Yoon Suk Yeol, President of the Republic of Korea

    4:00pm to 5:00pm

    Location: 

    Harvard Kennedy School, 79 John F. Kennedy St., Cambridge, MA

    The John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum at the Institute of Politics
    Co-sponsored by Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard Kennedy School

    Join a conversation with the President of the Republic of Korea, Yoon Suk Yeol. President Yoon will deliver a speech on the challenges to freedom and the responses to them, followed by a moderated discussion with University Distinguished Service Professor, Emeritus Joseph S. Nye Jr. He will then take questions from audience members.

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    2023 Apr 28

    Beggar Boys, Delinquent Girls: Protestant Humanitarianism in 1950s Cold War South Korea

    11:00am to 12:30pm

    Location: 

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

    Harvard-Yenching Institute Visiting Scholar Talk
    Co-sponsored by Korea Institute

    Paul S. Cha, Assistant Professor of Korean Studies, School of Modern Languages and Cultures, the University of Hong Kong; HYI Visiting Scholar, 2022-23

    Chaired by Carter Eckert, Yoon Se Young Professor of Korean History, Harvard University

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    2023 Apr 27

    Asia and Russia’s War on Ukraine

    12:00pm to 3:30pm

    Location: 

    S010, Tsai Auditorium, CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA

    Asia Beyond the Headlines Seminar Series
    Co-sponsored by Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute, Harvard University Asia Center, Korea Institute, Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies
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    2023 Apr 25

    Entangled Genetic Histories of Bionation Building in Japan and South Korea

    10:30am to 11:45am

    Location: 

    Online (Zoom)

    Co-sponsored by the Harvard University Asia Center, Department of History of Science, Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies and Korea Institute

    Science and Technology Seminar Series
    Entangled Genetic Histories of Bionation Building in Japan and South Korea

    Speaker: Jaehwan Hyun, Assistant Professor of History of Science, Pusan National University
    Chair: Victor Seow, Assistant Professor of the History of Science, Harvard University

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    2023 Apr 21

    Music Department Friday Lunch Talk, "From Tradition to Innovation: A Study of Female Korean Composers’ Use of Traditional Instruments in Contemporary Music, with a Focus on Unsuk Chin and Jin Hi Kim"

    12:00pm to 1:00pm

    Location: 

    Davison Room, Harvard Loeb Music Library

    Music Department Friday Lunch Talk
    Co-sponsored by Korea Institute

    Mingyeong Son
    Postdoctoral Researcher at Musicology, Fulbright scholar, Harvard University

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    2023 Apr 20

    Personalizing North Korean Lives

    4:30pm to 6:00pm

    Location: 

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

    Kim Koo Forum
    Kim Koo Forum

    Katharine Moon
    Professor Emerita of Political Science, Wellesley College; Kim Koo Visiting Professor, Harvard University 

    Katharine (Kathy) H.S. Moon is Professor Emerita at Wellesley...

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    2023 Apr 18

    Digital Democracy - AI in Politics

    4:30pm to 5:30pm

    Location: 

    B-500 Land Hall, Harvard Kennedy School

    Harvard Kennedy School Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation Talk
    Co-sponsored by the Korea Institute

    How are advances in technology, such as AI, machine learning and applications like ChatGPT changing democracy? How are governments gauging the changing risk of such technologies to our political systems, the ways citizens communicate and...

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    2023 Apr 11

    4th Korean Security Summit at Harvard: “Korea – An Oracle of Global Trends"

    Tue - Thu, Apr 11 to Apr 13, 5:00pm - 7:00pm

    Location: 

    Taubman Building, 15 Eliot St, Cambridge, MA 02138

    Korea Project at the Belfer Center, Conference

    During April 11-13, 2023, the Korea Project will convene the 4th Korean Security Summit at Harvard. Our theme of “Korea – An Oracle of Global Trends” continues the exploration of how quickly various Korea-related functional issues play out with global implications. This year, we'll be providing unique Korea-connected insights into global trends ranging from bolstering deterrence to navigating increasing control of...

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    2023 Apr 03

    Korean Feminist Poetry, a reading with WGS Professor Jung Ja Choi

    3:00pm

    Location: 

    WGS lounge, Boylston Hall, ground floor, Harvard University

    Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Department Talk
    Co-sponsored by the Korea Institute

    Learn about the fierce feminist poet who challenged Korean patriarchy in the early 1900s.

    WGS presents a conversation with Professor Jung Ja Choi about her path-breaking new book on Kim Myŏng-sun, outspoken writer and change-maker.Monday, April 3...

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    2023 Mar 14

    Tools of the Trade: The Way Forward

    Tue - Thu, Mar 14 to Mar 16, 8:30am - 7:30pm

    Location: 

    Science Center Hall C / CGIS South Concourse Level / Harvard-Yenching Library

    Co-sponsored by the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, the Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation, the Digital China Initiative, the Korea Institute, the Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies, the Asia Center, the Harvard-Yenching Institute, the Harvard College Library, the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, and the Harvard China Fund

    Workshops and Conferences
    Tools of the Trade: The Way Forward

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