Korea Colloquium
The Korea Colloquium is the KI’s flagship seminar series on Korea-related topics.
Upcoming Events
Korea Colloquium with Theodore Hughes
October 15, 2026
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4:30PM - 6:00PM EDT
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(In-Person) Thomas Chan-Soo Kang Room (S050), CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
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Korea Colloquium with Na Sil Heo
October 22, 2026
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4:30PM - 6:00PM EDT
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(In-Person) Thomas Chan-Soo Kang Room (S050), CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
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Korea Colloquium with Areum Jeong
February 25, 2027
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4:30PM - 6:00PM EST
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(In-Person) Thomas Chan-Soo Kang Room (S050), CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
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Past Events
Artificial Intelligence in South Korea: An Interdisciplinary Study
April 16, 2026
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4:30PM - 6:00PM EDT
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(In-Person) Thomas Chan-Soo Kang Room (S050), CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Adam Bohnet | Evaluating Fragments: Reconstructing the Lives of Ming Migrants
April 9, 2026
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4:30PM - 5:30PM EDT
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Online (Zoom)
Chaeyoung Lee | The Politics of Yesultan: An Entangled Performance Network and the Cultural Labor of North Korean Defector Musicians in South Korea
April 2, 2026
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4:30PM - 6:00PM EDT
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(In-Person) Thomas Chan-Soo Kang Room (S050), CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Dahye Kim | Pok Kŏ-il: The Cybernetic Typewriter and the Failing Korean Writing System
February 26, 2026
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4:30PM - 6:00PM EST
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(In-Person) Thomas Chan-Soo Kang Room (S050), CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Ethan Waddell | Between Phonography and Ethnography: The Traditional Singing Voice in South Korean Literature of the 1960s
February 12, 2026
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4:30PM - 6:00PM EST
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(In-Person) Thomas Chan-Soo Kang Room (S050), CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Christopher P. Hanscom | Impossible Speech: The Politics of Representation in Contemporary Korean Literature and Film
October 16, 2025
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4:30PM - 6:00PM EDT
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(In-Person) Thomas Chan-Soo Kang Room (S050), CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Encountering Law: Legal Knowledge and Practice in Chosŏn Korea
April 24, 2025
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4:30PM - 6:00PM EDT
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(In-Person) Thomas Chan-Soo Kang Room (S050), CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Border of Water and Ice: The Yalu River and Japan's Empire in Korea and Manchuria
March 6, 2025
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4:30PM - 6:00PM EST
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Thomas Chan-Soo Kang Room (S050), CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Christianity, Rituals, and the Problem of Religious Difference in Colonial Korea
December 5, 2024
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4:30PM - 6:00PM EST
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Thomas Chan-Soo Kang Room (S050), CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138