#  William O'Grady | Jejueo: Korea’s Lost Language 

 



    ![William O'Grady](/sites/g/files/omnuum10896/files/styles/hwp_5_4__480x385/public/2025-12/KI_Koreas_Lost_Language_RD2.jpg?itok=zRt44QVp) 

 



 

####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **April 23, 2026** 

 04:30PM - 06:00PM EDT 

####  pin\_drop Location 

 **Belfer Case Study Room (S020), CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138**  



 

 [ here arrow\_circle\_right ](https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_IFlRsv9WTlypoy_U9Bjupg) 

 



 

*Wagner Special Lecture*

   ![William O'Grady](/sites/g/files/omnuum10896/files/styles/hwp_1_1__720x720_scale/public/2025-12/KI_Koreas_Lost_Language_RD2.jpg?itok=xzo1Ed4A) 

 

**William O'Grady**  
Professor, Department of Linguistics, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

William O’Grady is a professor in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. He is well known for his writings on syntactic theory and language acquisition, as well as for his work on Korean and Jeueo, on which he has authored and co-authored several books and numerous articles, including *Categories and Case: The Sentence Structure of Korean*, *The Handbook of Korean Vocabulary*, *The Sounds of Korean*, and *Jejueo: The Language of Korea’s Jeju Island*.

Chaired by **Hi-Sun Kim**, Senior Preceptor in Korean; Director of the Korean Language Program, Harvard University, Harvard University

**Abstract:**  
Modern Jeju Island is rich in history and culture, all the more so because it is home to a unique language, Jejueo, about which little is known even within Korea, where its very existence is officially denied. My talk will document the sad history of Jejueo, including its origin, its relationship to Korean, its unique vocabulary and language, the people who still speak it, and the ongoing attempts to suppress it.

\*\*\*  
To attend this event online, please register [here](https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_IFlRsv9WTlypoy_U9Bjupg).

*Generously supported by the Edward W. and Namhi Kim Wagner Memorial Fund at the Harvard Korea Institute*



 

 



 

 See also:- [ Wagner Special Lecture ](/eventtypelecture/wagner-special-lecture)
 
 

 Share on:- [     Facebook ](#)
- [     Twitter ](#)
- [     Linkedin ](#)
 


 Save: [ Add to calendar calendar\_today ](https://korea.fas.harvard.edu/node/1948751/event-feed.ics)  Copy link link