Global Korea Beyond the Wave

Date: 

Friday, April 12, 2024, 2:00pm to 4:00pm

Location: 

Harry and Mildred Remis Auditorium (Auditorium 161), Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA)

Global Korea Symposium
Co-organized by the MFA and Harvard University's Korea Institute to celebrate the exhibition "Hallyu! The Korean Wave," this symposium explores global circuits of Korean cultural production that preceded and extend beyond the Korean Wave.

Harvard Faculty join V&A Curator Rosalie Kim and MFA Curator Christina Yu Yu to discuss the creation of the exhibition, with additional presentations on Korean fine arts, Cold War cultural exchanges, diasporic Korean theater, and a critically acclaimed contemporary multimedia stage production.

Global Korea Symposium

Organizers: Nicholas Harkness, Modern Korean Economy and Society Professor of Anthropology; Director, Korea Institute, Harvard University, Sun Joo Kim, Harvard-Yenching Professor of Korean History, Harvard University, and Christina Yu Yu, Matsutaro Shoriki Chair, Art of Asia, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA)

Keynote speaker:
Rosalie Kim, Exhibition Lead Curator, Hallyu! The Korean Wave, Victoria and Albert Museum

Presenters:
Nicholas Harkness, Modern Korean Economy and Society Professor of Anthropology; Director, Korea Institute, Harvard University

Cecilia Heejeong Kim, Professor of Composition and New Media, Sangmyung University; Kim Koo Visiting Professor of Theater, Dance and Media, Harvard University

Ju Yon Kim, Patsy Takemoto Mink Professor of English, Harvard College Professor, Harvard University

Soyoung Lee, Landon and Lavinia Clay Chief Curator, Harvard Art Museums, Harvard University

Generously supported by the Jeffrey D. and Jean K. Lee Fund at the Korea Institute, Harvard University

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