New Course ST 2016! EASTD 150 CERAMIC ARTS OF KOREA – PLACENTA JARS, POTTERY WARS AND TEA CULTURE Spring 2016 Conference Course 0600 (Seminar room at Harvard Art Museum), Th 1:00pm – 2:59pm
Instructor: Dr. Maya Stiller, mstiller@fas.harvard.edu
In this course, students will examine how the availability of appropriate materials, knowledge of production/firing technologies, consumer needs and intercultural relations affected the production of different types of Korean ceramics. A hands-on approach to the examination of ceramic objects in the...
Launch Your Summer Search! Please join us at the annual Harvard Summer School Study Abroad Fair/OCS Summer Opportunities Fair on Friday, Dec. 4th from 12noon-4pm at the Harvard SOCH (Student Organization Center at Hilles- 29 Shephard St. Cambridge) This is a once a year event!
Come learn about the great undergraduate opportunities available for you in Korea this coming summer! Look for the Korea Institute table!
2016 Harvard Summer School in Seoul Program - Find Out More!
Start to research your summer plans for Korea! Talk it over with your family over the Thanksgiving or Winter Break. The 2016 Harvard Summer School in Seoul Program online application is due: Thursday, January 28, 2016 .
The Korean Broadcasting System has released a 4-part documentary entitled: "Korean Economy 100 Years of Drama" with interviews at Harvard of: Dwight Perkins, Jeffrey Frankel, Paul Chang, Carter Eckert, Richard Freeman, and David Cole as the Presenter.
The Korean version of the documentary is now accessible at: https://www.ondemandkorea.com/ or on David C. Cole's Facebook page. An English version should be available sometime in October at the same sites.
I arrived on my first day of work at the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea expecting to gain a deep understanding of the complexities of Korean politics and the legislative process. Specifically as an intern in the Committee of Foreign Affairs and Unification, I looked forward to viewing international relations from the perspective of a foreign country while at the same time pursuing my interest in inter-Korean diplomacy. All of these expectations were not only met—they were exceeded.
Every day of my four weeks in Korea was a wonderful experience. Though I’ve been to Korea twice before, this experience was completely different from the rest. I learned so much, made lifelong friends and enjoyed and experienced the beauty of Korea.
One aspect of the trip that made it so enriching was having the opportunity to study at a college in Korea alongside Ewha students as well as students from different universities from around the world. It was great to learn with and from each other. The Korean classes at EWHA were really enjoyable and well taught. My Korean skills...
I spent around three weeks in Seoul in total for archival research at the Korean Film Archives, where I made extensive use of their oral history archive, which contains their ongoing project to interview veteran filmmakers and film workers in the Korean film industry. Many of the oral histories were recorded in interview transcripts, while others were videos made available in the KFA’s multimedia lab.
Using the KFA’s database, I focused on reading or listening to ‘lifetime’ oral histories of filmmakers born in the 1920s or the 1930s, those who had experienced pre-1945 Korean (...
My 7-week summer research took me to the Mokchon Architecture Archive in Sajik-dong, Seoul, located a stone’s throw away from Gyeongbokgung. Started by Kim Jung Sik, the founding president of the prominent architecture firm, Junglim, the private archive is the first of its kind to document, among others, drawings and writings of modern Korean architects. Spearheaded by the Kim Jung Sik Foundation, the Mokchon Archive records interviews conducted with first-generation modern architects who practiced in the post-Korean war period. These interviews are eventually published as Korean-...
