Retired Event Series

2011 Feb 14

"Holiday in Seoul" (Sǒul ŭi hyuil, 1956) // by director Lee Yong-min

4:00pm to 6:00pm

Location: 

Porté Seminar Room (S250), CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United States

Korean Cinémathèque: The Varied Colors of Korean Comedy

People Involved:
Introduced by Dima David Mironenko-Hubbs, Ph.D. Candidate in East Asian Languages & Civilizations, Harvard University

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2011 Mar 07

"Hyperbola of Youth" (Ch'ŏnch'un Ssanggoksŏn, 1956) // by director Han Hyung-mo

4:00pm to 5:30pm

Location: 

Porté Seminar Room (S250), CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United States

Korean Cinematheque: The Varied Colors of Korean Comedy

People Involved:
Introduction by Dima David Mironenko-Hubbs, Ph.D. Candidate in East Asian Languages & Civilizations, Harvard University

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2011 Apr 25

"Our Fragrance" (Uri ŭi hyanggi, 2003) // by director Chŏn Chong-p'al

4:00pm to 6:00pm

Location: 

Porté Seminar Room (S250), CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United States

Korean Cinémathèque: The Varied Colors of Korean Comedy

People Involved:
Introduced by Dima David Mironenko-Hubbs, Ph.D. Candidate in East Asian Languages & Civilizations, Harvard University

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2011 May 09

"Crush and Blush" (Missŭ Hongdangmu, 2008) // by director Lee Kyoung-mi

4:00pm to 6:00pm

Location: 

Porté Seminar Room (S250), CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United States

Korean Cinémathèque: The Varied Colors of Korean Comedy

People Involved:
Introduced by Dima David Mironenko-Hubbs, Ph.D. Candidate in East Asian Languages & Civilizations, Harvard Univeristy

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2011 Sep 19

"Bungee Jumping of Their Own" (2001) // directed by Dae-seung Kim

4:15pm to 6:00pm

Location: 

Porté Seminar Room (S250), CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

Korean Cinematheque: Male Affections: Re-Gendering Korean Masculinity

People Involved:
Introduction by Dima David Mironenko-Hubbs, Ph.D. Candidate in East Asian Languages & Civilizations, Harvard University
Discussant: Ju Yon Kim, Assistant...

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2011 Oct 24

"The King and the Clown" (2005) // directed by Jun-ik Lee

4:00pm to 6:00pm

Location: 

Porté Seminar Room (S250), CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

Korean Cinematheque: Male Affections: Re-Gendering Korean Masculinity

People Involved:
Chaired by Carter J. Eckert, Yoon Se Young Professor of Korean History, Harvard University
Discussant: Insoo Cho, Associate Professor, Korea National University of Arts...

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2011 Nov 28

"Like a Virgin" (2006) // directed by Hae-jun Lee and Hae-yeong Lee

4:00pm to 6:00pm

Location: 

Porté Seminar Room (S250), CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

Korean Cinematheque: Male Affections: Re-Gendering Korean Masculinity

People Involved:
Introduction by Dima David Mironenko-Hubbs, Ph.D. Candidate in East Asian Languages & Civilizations, Harvard University
Discussant: David Pendleton,...

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2014 Oct 07

Logic of Thinking, Logic of Engagement: Chan/Sŏn Buddhism in the Life-World

5:15pm to 7:00pm

Location: 

Common Room, Center for the Study of World Religions, 42 Francis Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138

Religious Identities in Asia Series

Jin Y. Park
Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy and Religion; Director, Asian Studies Program, American University

Abstract
Chan/Sŏn Buddhism has been criticized for its seeming lack of...

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2015 Feb 19

Redefining Zen: Ch’oŭi Ŭisun’s (1786-1866) Affirmation of the Kataphatic Discourse in Zen

4:30pm to 6:00pm

Location: 

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

Religious Identities in Asia Series

Seong-Uk Kim, Soon Young Kim Postdoctoral Fellow, Korea Institute, Harvard University

Dr. Kim received his Ph.D. in Korean Religions and Korean Buddhism with a subfield in East Asian religions and religious studies from...

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2010 Sep 21

Vegetarian (Ch'aesikjuŭija, 2009) // by director: Lim Woo-seong

4:00pm

Location: 

S153, CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United States

Korean Cinémathèque

Discussant: Christina Klein, Associate Professor, English Department, Boston College

Director: Lim Woo-Seong // South Korea // 111', Korean (English subtitles)

Ominous dreams haunt and drive a young woman to abolish meat from...

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2015 Nov 02

Challenges and Opportunities faced by Korean Universities: With References from the Past, Present and Future of Ewha Womans University

4:30pm to 6:00pm

Location: 

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

Leadership Forum

Kyunghee Choi, President, Ewha Womans University

President Kyunghee Choi became the 15th President of Ewha Womans University in August 2014. Ewha is the most comprehensive women’s university in the world with 25,000 students, 12...

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2014 Feb 10

Mountain Monasteries & Metropolitan Meditation Centers: A Century of Buddhist Propagation in Modern Korea

5:15pm to 6:30pm

Location: 

Common Room, Center for the Study of World Religions, 42 Francis Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138

Religious Identities in Asia Series

Mark Nathan
Assistant Professor of History and Asian Studies, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York

Abstract
In recent years, the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism has been promoting a form of...

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