The Korea Institute at Harvard University promotes the study of Korea and brings together faculty, students, scholars, and visitors to create a leading Korean studies community at Harvard. Through the Korea Institute, Harvard offers resources for graduate and undergraduate students to study Korea. On campus in Cambridge, students take courses on Korea and may choose from a wide array of Korea-related programmatic activities. Graduate and undergraduate students may conduct dissertation/thesis research and language study in Korea, and undergraduates may participate in study and...
The Korea Institute is pleased to announce the Soon Young Kim Postdoctoral Fellow in Korean Studies for academic year 2014-15: Dr. Seong Uk Kim.
Dr. Kim received his Ph.D. in Korean Religions and Korean Buddhism from the University of California, Los Angeles in June of 2013. His dissertation is entitled, “Korean Sŏn Buddhism in the 19th Century: Paekp’a, Ch’oŭi and Buddhist-Confucian Interaction at the End of the Chosŏn Dynasty.” His research/teaching interests specialize in Korean Zen Buddhism with a subfield in Korean studies. He focuses on the Korean-Confucian...
Please meet Mr. Rainer A. Crosett '14 and Ms. Hania Chima '14 mentioned in the Harvard Crimson article, The 15 Most Interesting Harvard Seniors of 2014.
The Korea Institute at Harvard University invites applications for the Kim Koo Visiting Professorship of Korean Studies for AY 2014-15. For more information: https://academicpositions.harvard.edu. The application deadline is January 15, 2014.
In Her Shadow: "Woman" in Modern Korean History, Literature and Film
Dr. Mi-Ryong Shim, EALC
Current Korea Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow at the Korea Institute
Class Meets Monday 1-3 PM, with additional film screenings TBD
Half-course in EALC, Spring Term 2014
This inter-disciplinary course explores major issues in modern Korean history through the reoccurring and shifting trope of "woman". We will consider some of the social, cultural, and historical phenomena of 20th and 21st...
Over June and July of this year, thanks to the Korea Institute and Asia Center at Harvard University, I was able to study the Korean language at Ewha Womans University in Seoul...
Courtney Grogan,'13 concentrating in Government interned through the Korea Institute for 8 weeks at Daily NK, an online news publication in Seoul, South Korea which reports the latest developments inside...
This summer I interned at CJ Entertainment in South Korea. Before my internship I had no knowledge of the entertainment or film business, and a very unclear vision of what I would do after college. My internship therefore...
Over June and July of this year, thanks to the Korea Institute and Asia Center at Harvard University, I was able to study the Korean language at Ewha Womans University in Seoul...
Courtney Grogan,'13 concentrating in Government interned through the Korea Institute for 8 weeks at Daily NK, an online news publication in Seoul, South Korea which reports the latest developments inside...
This summer I interned at CJ Entertainment in South Korea. Before my internship I had no knowledge of the entertainment or film business, and a very unclear vision of what I would do after college. My internship therefore...
