Special and Co-sponsored Events

2017 Mar 21

Japan, South Korea and the U.S. Nuclear Umbrella

12:30pm to 2:00pm

Location: 

Bowie-Vernon Room (K262), CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge Street

Weatherhead Center Program on U.S-Japan Relations Presentation, co-sponsored by the Kim Koo Forum on Korea Current Affairs at the Korea Institute, Harvard University

Terence Roehrig, Professor of National Security Affairs and Director, Asia-Pacific Studies Group, U.S. Naval War College

2016 Nov 01

Gender Inequality and Fertility in Japan and South Korea

12:30pm

Location: 

Bowie-Vernon Room (K262), CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

Weatherhead Center Program on U.S-Japan Relations Presentation, co-sponsored by the Korea Institute

Mary C. Brinton, Reischauer Institute Professor of Sociology, Harvard University
Eunsil Oh, Ph.D. candidate in Sociology, Harvard University

Moderator: Susan Pharr, Edwin O. Reischauer Professor of Japanese Politics and Director, WCFIA Program on U.S.-Japan Relations, Harvard University

2016 Apr 29

East Asia: Where Are Things Headed?

4:00pm to 6:00pm

Location: 

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

Weatherhead Center Program on U.S-Japan Relations Symposium; co-sponsored by the Korea Institute

Akio Takahara, Professor, Faculty of Law and Graduate School of Law and Politics, University of Tokyo

Victor Cha, D.S. Song-KF Endowed Chair in Government and International Affairs, Georgetown University, and Senior Advisor and Korea Chair, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

Sheila Smith, Senior Fellow for Japan Studies, Council on Foreign Relations

Zheng Wang, Associate...

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2016 Mar 24

Megacities Asia

5:30pm to 8:30pm

Location: 

Auditorium, Arthur M. Sackler Building, 485 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138

In collaboration with the upcoming “Megacities Asia” exhibition on display at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, from April 3 to July 17, 2016, this event will bring together artists and academics to examine contemporary Asian megacities including Beijing, Delhi, Mumbai, Shanghai, and Tokyo. Discussions will focus on the built environment in these cities, how we think about concepts of modern versus vernacular, formal versus informal, and the impact  of rapid urbanization on inhabitants of cities from Mumbai to Shanghai....

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2015 Nov 20

"Cultured Streets" and "Civilized Cities": Japanese Colonial Expansion and Urban Development in Tokyo, Taipei, and Seoul

4:00pm to 5:30pm

Location: 

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

Reischauer Institute Japan Forum presentation; Co-sponsored by the Weatherhead Center Program on U.S.-Japan Relations and Korea Institute 

Tristan Grunow, Reischauer Institute Postdoctoral Fellow (Ph.D. History, University of Oregon 2014)

Moderator: Andrew Gordon, Lee and Juliet Folger Fund Professor of History, Harvard University

2015 Nov 10

South Korea's New Demography: Implications for Democracy and Diplomacy in East Asia

12:30pm to 2:00pm

Location: 

Bowie-Vernon Conference Room (K262), CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

Weatherhead Center Program on U.S.-Japan Relations Special Series on International Relations of East Asia presentation

Co-sponsored by the Kim Koo Forum on Korea Current Affairs at the Korea Institute, Harvard University

Katharine Moon, SK-Korea Foundation Chair in Korea Studies and Senior Fellow, Brookings Center for East Asia Policy Studies; Professor of Political Science and Edith Stix Wasserman Chair of Asian Studies, Wellesley College

Moderator: Susan Pharr, Edwin O. Reischauer...

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2015 Oct 28

Korea's Role in Asia: Regional Cooperation & National Unification

4:00pm to 5:30pm

Location: 

Ash Center, 2nd Floor North, 124 Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

Harvard Kennedy School Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation presentation; Co-sponsored by the Kim Koo Forum on Korea Current Affairs at the Korea Institute

Jin Park, Global Fellow, Woodrow Wilson international Center for Scholars; Chair Professor, Graduate School of International and Area Studies, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies

Dr. Jin Park is currently a Global Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson international Center for Scholars and Chair Professor at the Graduate School of International and Area Studies of Hankuk University of...

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2015 May 08

What Decision Should Korea Make in 2017? Korean Politics & the Next Presidential Election

4:00pm to 6:00pm

Location: 

NYE A & B, Taubman Building, 5th Floor, Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, MA 02138

Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at the Harvard Kennedy School Presentation; Co-sponsored by the Kim Koo Forum on Korea Current Affairs at the Korea Institute

Hyong-O Kim, Republic of Korea’s Former Speaker of the National Assembly

Hyong-O Kim served as the Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea between 2008 and 2010. He served five consecutive terms as a member of the National Assembly between 1992 and 2012 during which he served as the Floor Leader of the Grand National Party (2006 – 2007), Secretary General...

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